Rebecca Joyce
- January 9, 2024
- Rower
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Rebecca Joyce Biography
| Name | Rebecca Joyce |
| Birthday | Sep 12 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Rebecca Joyce is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on September 12, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Rebecca Susan Joyce, an Australian ex-rower and a lightweight sculler was born 12 September 1970 in Melbourne. She was a five time national champion, a 1995 World Champion and a winner of an Olympic medal.
On a number of occasions, she contested the Australian Rowing Championships national titles. She contested in the lightweight coxless pairs in 1990, and in 1991 won the lightweight coxless four title. She won the 1996 national lightweight single-sculls title.
Joyce suffered chronic fatigue in 1992 and took a break from the sport. In 1993, the lightweight double scull was announced for introduction into the Olympic program and this spurred her back into rowing, a move into sculls and a relocation to Sydney in order to be coached by Ellen Randall. Joyce was selected as Australia’s lightweight singe-sculls entrant for the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland. She won her heat, finished second to France in the semi-final and then raced magnificently in the final to win the gold medal and a world championship title.
Joyce brought her Olympic dream to a reality when she was selected with the highly experienced Sydney lightweight Virginia Lee to row Australia’s lightweight double scull at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics They won their heat and semi-final and raced with skill in the final to a bronze medal beaten out the fourth placed Italians by 0.27 seconds.
Joyce was the first woman to be selected for Victorian state representation at the 1989 women’s youth quartet. However, the Interstate Regatta was cancelled that year because of a cyclone. She was an emergency reserve for a Victorian lightweight four in 1990. As stroke of the Victorian women’s lightweight four contesting, she won the Victoria Cup at the 1991 Interstate Regatta. She represented New South Wales from 1995 and competed in the lightweight fours at the Interstate Regatta in 1995. These New South Wales crews won in 1995 and 1996.
Rebecca Joyce Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Rebecca Joyce is one of the richest Rower from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rebecca Joyce 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Joyce attended Geelong Grammar School, where she learned to row. In her final year of school, she joined the Mercantile Rowing Club and rowed there between 1988-1990. Joyce was a rower at the Melbourne University Boat Club between 1991 and 1994. Ellen Randall coached Joyce and she moved to Sydney in 1994. She rowed at UTS Haberfield Rowing Club between 1994 and 2000.
Joyce was eighteen when she became the first national representative. She was chosen to row the lightweight four Australian at the 1989 World Rowing Championships. They finished fourth. Joyce and Sally Ninham sat in the Australian lightweight four in 1990. They were joined by Pam Westerndorf, Amanda Cross, and Amanda Cross. After a valuable trip to North America, they returned to Tasmania in 1990 for the World Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington. Joyce won the silver medal with the Australian four in the final.
In 1991 Joyce was the only returning member of that 1990 four and joined up with Tamsin Angus-Leppan, and Joyce’s Victorian teammates Deirdre Fraser and Minnie Cade to compete at the 1991 World Rowing Championships. The lightweight four place fifth and Joyce & Cade doubled-up to row in the Australian women’s heavyweight eight who placed twelfth.
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Rebecca Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Rebecca Joyce celebrates birthday on September 12 of every year.