Rebecca Rippon

Rebecca "Bec" 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 of Chester Hill, New South Wales. Her nicknames include Beccy, Mike, and 4. She is tall and weighs . She has a sister, Melissa Rippon, who also plays water polo for Australia's national water polo team. Her mother died in 2000 as a result of breast cancer.

Water polo Rippon's home competition pool is Sutherland Leisure Centre.

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

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

National team Rippon made 265 appearances for the Australian national team. 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. After being cut from the national team competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from the sport. 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. In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia. She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers. She was one of the last two players, alongside Lea Barta, before the final team for London was announced.