Rebecca Rippon
Personal information
Full nameRebecca Marie Rippon
Nickname(s)Beccy, Mike, 4
Born (1978-12-26) 26 December 1978
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWater polo
ClubCronulla Water Polo Club
Retired2012
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2004 Summer, 2008 Summer
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 ChinaTeam competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2006 World CupTeam competition
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place2012Pan PacificTeam competition
FINA World
Silver medal – second place2007 World ChampionshipsTeam competition

Rebecca Marie Rippon (born 26 December 1978) is an Australian former water polo player. She represented Australia as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.

Personal life

Rippon is from the Sydney area[1] of Chester Hill, New South Wales.[2] Her nicknames include Beccy, Mike, and 4. She is 167 centimetres (66 in) tall and weighs 72 kilograms (159 lb).[3] She has a sister, Melissa Rippon, who also plays water polo for Australia's national water polo team.[1] She has a step-sister Kate Gynther, who also has represented Australia in water polo.[4] Her mother died in 2000 as a result of breast cancer.[5]

Water polo

Rippon's home competition pool is Sutherland Leisure Centre.[6]

Club

Rippon played club water polo for Cronulla Water Polo Club in the National Water Polo League, until her 2012 retirement from the sport.[6] She was a member of the team in 2011.[7] Her team tried to encourage her to change her mind into the second month of the season.[8] The campaign to get her to return was led by her Serbian born coach Predrag Mihailovic.[9] She has also played for Balmain Water Polo Club in 2008 and 2010 in the National Water Polo League.[3][10][11]

In 2007, she played club water polo in Greece for Vouliagmeni Nautical Club and for the Balmain Tigers in the National Water Polo League.[12]

National team

Rippon made 265 appearances for the Australian national team.[1] She won gold medals at a member of the national team at the 2006 World Cup and 2012 Pan Pacific. She won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.[1] She was named to the team that competed in 2008 at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin, China.[11] In a 2008 Asia-Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals, she played in the 11–9 win that went to a penalty shoot out. In the match, she scored a goal for Australia.[13] In 2009, she was a member of a team that compete at the FINA World Championships. She played in the semi-finals game against New Zealand that Australia won 14–4. In the game, she scored three goals.[14] After being cut from the national team competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from the sport.[6] In April 2011, she attended a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport where the coach was "selecting a team for the major championships over winter."[15] In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player.[16] In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia.[17] She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers.[4]

Olympics

Rippon competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics on the Australia women's national water polo team.[1][3] She scored a goal late in the Bronze medal match against Hungary that helped her team win.[1] She was not chosen to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1][2][18][19] She was one of the last two players, alongside Lea Barta, before the final team for London was announced.[18] Prior to Rebecca Rippon being cut from the 2012 Olympic squad, .[1][2][18][19] sisters Kate Gynther, Melissa Rippon and Rebecca Rippon had hoped to become the first set of Australian siblings to all compete at three consecutive Olympic Games.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Rippon misses Australia's water polo squad". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Herbertson, Lisa (13 February 2012). "Shark circles Australian team berth - Waterpolo - Sport - Canterbury-Bankstown Express". Express.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bec Rippon Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job - - COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 073.
  5. ↑ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. p. 19.
  6. 1 2 3 Forrest, Brad (5 February 2012). "Push to get star in the pool - Local News - Sport - Waterpolo - St George & Sutherland Shire Leader". Theleader.com.au. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sharks lose in shootout heartbreaker". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 9 May 2011. 2158629.
  8. ↑ Forrest, Brad (16 February 2012). "Forrest Fires: Water polo side tries to stay afloat". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 2458211. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Forrest, Brad (4 February 2012). "Push to get star in the pool". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 2441948. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  10. ↑ Forrest, Brad (3 May 2011). "Cronulla power through to finals series". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 2151588.
  11. 1 2 "Australian women's water polo team named". Canberratimes.com.au. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Heaney, Claire (23 February 2007). "Underwater warfare". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Stingers beat China in pre-Olympic game". Canberratimes.com.au. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  14. ↑ Jeffery, Nicole (24 July 2009). "Mitcham pushes the enevelope". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "Canberra Times: Aussies hoping to bring US down". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 April 2011. WCTS86960225. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Canberra Times: SCOREBOARD". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 6 July 2011. WCTS88924540.
  17. ↑ "AAP News: WPOL:Stingers squad named for worlds". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 5 July 2011. WAAP88910998.
  18. 1 2 3 "Final Aussie Stingers Olympic train on Squad Announced". Au.ibtimes.com. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  19. 1 2 The two-time Olympian will not feature at the 2012 Games. "Rippon misses out | Water Polo | London 2012 | Sky Sports Olympics". .skysports.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ↑ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra AU. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  21. ↑ Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job - - COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 73.
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