Rosara Joseph

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Rosara Joseph
Rosara Joseph 2007 Bay Cycling Classic 1.jpg
Joseph riding a criterium for the NZ National road cycling team during the 2007 Bay Classic Series
Personal information
Born (1982-02-21) 21 February 1982 (age 43)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline Cross country
road racing
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Mountain bike

Rosara Joseph (born 21 February 1982, Christchurch) is a New Zealand cyclist, active between 2005 and 2012, who won a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

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She was a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford. [1]

Cycling

Joseph began competing in mountain biking in 2005, and in 2006 she won the Oceania Cross Country Championships, held in Melbourne. [2]

In 2006, she won silver for New Zealand in the women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. [3]

In 2007, she finished fifth in the cross country at the mountain bike world championships in Scotland. [4]

She finished ninth in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the women's cross country race. [5]

Education and career

Joseph studied law at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and gained a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 2005, winning the university Gold Medal for top graduating law student that year. [2]

In 2005, she was also awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, to study for a Bachelor of Civil Law. [6] She graduated DPhil in 2011. Her thesis, The War Prerogative, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013. [7]

She also clerked for two Presidents of the New Zealand’s Court of Appeal. [2]

As of 2024, she works for the New Zealand Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rosara Joseph". Graduate and Student Profiles (via Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rosara Joseph". Olympic NZ Team. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mountain biking: Joseph leads way for Kiwis". The New Zealand Herald . 10 September 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ↑ IOC. "Beijing 2008 cross-country women Results – Olympic cycling-mountain-bike". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "2010 Rhodes Scholarship Reception". The Governor General. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Joseph, Rosara (2013). "The War Prerogative: History, Reform, and Constitutional Design". Oxford Academic. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664320.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-966432-0 . Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rosara Joseph". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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