Rebecca Stoyel
Country represented Australia
Born (1979-04-04) 4 April 1979
Adelaide, Australia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubSouth Australian Sports Institute
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1994 VictoriaUneven bars
Silver medal – second place1994 VictoriaAll-around
Bronze medal – third place1994 VictoriaTeam

Rebecca Stoyel (born 4 April 1979) is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She is the 1994 Commonwealth Games uneven bars champion, all-around silver medalist, and team bronze medalist.[1]

Career

Stoyel won the junior all-around title at the 1992 Australian Championships in addition to winning the junior team, vault, and floor exercise titles.[2] She withdrew from the 1994 Australian Championships due to a broken hand, and she withdrew from the 1994 World Championships after breaking her foot on a balance beam dismount.[3] She returned to competition at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She competed alongside Joanna Hughes, Ruth Moniz, and Salli Wills and won the team bronze medal behind England and Canada.[4] In the individual all-around, Stoyel earned a total score of 38.037 and won the silver medal behind Canada's Stella Umeh.[5] In the vault final, she scored a 9.356 and finished in sixth place.[6] Then in the uneven bars final, she won the gold medal with a score of 9.525.[7] Finally, she competed in the floor exercise final where she finished eighth with a score of 8.887.[8]

Stoyel broke her foot again prior to the 1996 Olympics and retired from competition and began working as a coach.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Rebecca Stoyel". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Australian Gymnast Winter 1992" (PDF). Gymnastics NSW. Australian Gymnastics Federation. p. 18. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ross, Craig (20 May 2008). "Gold medallist adds muscle to gym ranks". PressReader. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Team Competition - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Individual All-Around - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Vault - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Uneven Bars - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Floor - Women Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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