| Rebecca Stoyel | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1979 Adelaide, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Australian Sports Institute | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
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