Rebecca Ward
Photo courtesy of Bill Ward
2008 Olympic (Beijing) Bronze Medalist
2006 Cadet World Champion, 2006 Jr. World
Champion, 2006 Sr. World Champion
2005 Overall Jr. World Cup Champion, 2005
Sr. World Champion-Team
Congratulations to Becca - 2008 Olympic bronze medalist - click here to see Becca's NBC Olympics.com after match interview with her father, 2006 Sr. World Champion, Cadet World Champion AND 2006 Jr. World Champion! Click here to see Becca's gold-silver CADET match, or click here to see the Jr. gold medal match at the 2006 World Cadet/Jr. Championships in Korea.
Personal:
Date of Birth: 1990 Place of Birth:
CO
Hometown: Beaverton, Oregon
School: Home Schooled
Parents: William and Elizabeth Ward Siblings:
William Ward (also fences sabre)
Coached by: Ed Korfanty of the Oregon Fencing Alliance (also U.S.
National Women's Sabre Coach)
click here to see NBC Olympics.com profile and slideshow of Becca.
Becca is undefeated in her age group, never losing a championship competition. As of Oct. 2005 Rebecca had won 3 World Championships medals: 2 Gold, 1 Bronze.
2007 Results:
Aug.: Pan American Zonal Championships - GOLD, Team Event - GOLD
July: Summer Nationals - Div. 1 - GOLD
June: Las Vegas World Cup - GOLD, Team GOLD; Havana Cuba World Cup - #5, Tianjin
China World Cup-#6
May: Hanoi Vietnam World Cup - SILVER; Klagenfurt Austria World Cup - GOLD,
Belek Turkey Cadet World Championships - GOLD, Belek Turkey Jr World
Championships - BRONZE, Team BRONZE
Feb: Budapest Grand Prix - #18, Team SILVER; Orlean France World Cup - GOLD;
London UK World Cup - SILVER
Jan: Budapest Jr. World Cup - GOLD
2006 Results:
Oct.: Pan
American Zonal Championships - GOLD, World Championships - GOLD, Team
SILVER
June: Sr. World Cup - Vancouver, Canada - GOLD, Las Vegas Sr. World
Cup - #7, Team SILVER
June: Sr. World Cup - Klagenfurt, Austria - GOLD - Congratulations to
Becca for winning her first Sr. World Cup Gold Medal!
April: Cadet and Jr. World Championships - Taebeck City, Korea - Cadet GOLD, Jr.
GOLD - Congratulations double World Champion!
Feb: Grand Prix - Budapest, Hungary - #17
Jan.: NAC Div. 1 - Houston, TX - GOLD, Jrs. - GOLD
2005 Results:
Oct. Sr. World Championships - Leipzeig, Germany - 7th place
2005 Overall Jr. World Cup Champion, 2005 Sr. World Champions - Team
Sept: Jr. World Cup - Sosnowiec, Poland - GOLD
July: Sr. World Cup, Vancouver, Canada - 8th place
July: Nationals, Div. 1 - GOLD, U19 - GOLD
June: Sr. World Cup, Las Vegas - 14th place individual, BRONZE - Team (with
Zagunis, Thompson, and S.Jacobson)
Sr. World Cup, Klagenfurt,
Austria - SILVER
May: Sr. World Cup, Welkenraedt, Belgium - BRONZE
April: North America Cup (NAC), Chattanooga TN - Div. 1, SILVER
March: World Cadet Championships, Linz, Austria - BRONZE-Individual, GOLD-Team(with
club mates Mariel Zagunis & Caitlin Thompson)
World Jr.
Championships, Linz, Austria - 5th Place
Feb: Sr. World Cup, Bangkok, Thailand - 12th Place
Jan: North America Cup (NAC), Overland Park, KS - Div. 1 - 7th place,
Juniors - GOLD
Jr. World Cup, Budapest, Hungary - GOLD
2004 Results:
Dec: Div. 1 North America Cup (NAC), Richmond, VA - BRONZE
Nov: Jr. World Cup, Arricia, Italy - GOLD
Jr. World Cup, Louisville, KY -
SILVER
Oct: Jr. World Cup, Sosnowiec, Poland - BRONZE
July: Summer National Championships, Charlotte, NC, Y14- GOLD,
Cadet-GOLD, Jr-GOLD
April: National Championships, Atlanta, GA - Div. 1- 7th place, Y14 - GOLD
Cadet World
Championships, Plodiv, Bulgaria - 5th place
March: Sr. World Cup, Lamezia, Italy - 51st place
Jan: Jr. Women's World Cup, Goeppingen, Germany - 18th place
North America Cup (NAC) - Jr. Women's
Saber - 5th place
Photo courtesy of Beth Ward
Photo courtesy of Cathy Zagunis
Becca at age 11 ( right after winning a gold medal) with her coach Ed Korfanty
Photo courtesy of Becca Ward
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