McCONNELL Rebecca

Cycling Mountain Bike

Date of Birth: 27 Sep 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.58/5'2''

Place of birth: CANBERRA, ACT

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : CANBERRA, ACT

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Mountain Bike	Women's Cross-country	28

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu MTB Course	Women's Cross-country	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Cross-country
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	25
2012	London, GBR	24

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Eliminator	XCO Team Relay X
2020	Leogang, AUT	3	-	-
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	3	-	9
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	20	-	14
2016	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE	48	-	-
2015	Vallnord, AND	DNF	-	20
2014	Hafjell, NOR	15	-	6
2013	Pietermaritzburg, RSA	-	15	-
2011	Champery, SUI	-	-	10

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country
2020	Dunedin, NZL	1
2019	Bright, VIC, AUS	1
2018	Dunedin, NZL	4
2017	Toowoomba, QLD, AUS	3

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th
2021	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 12th
2020	Cross-country	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 9th
2020	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 6th
2019	Cross-country	5th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th
2019	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	2 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 9th
2018	Cross-country	45th	1 x 15th, 1 x 26th, 1 x 35th
2018	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 30th
2017	Cross-country	15th	1 x 5th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 17th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2021	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Leogang, AUT
2	2019	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
3	2021	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
4	2020	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
4	2019	Cross-country	Snowshoe, WV, USA
4	2019	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Snowshoe, WV, USA
4	2019	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Val di Sole, ITA
5	2021	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA
5	2017	Cross-country	Albstadt, GER
6	2021	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Albstadt, GER
6	2020	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
6	2019	Cross-country	Lenzerheide, SUI
6	2019	Women's Cross Country (Short Track)	Lenzerheide, SUI

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Bec (Facebook profile, 15 May 2020)

Previous names:

Rebecca Henderson

Occupation:

Husband Daniel McConnell

Languages spoken:

Primaflor-Mondraker-Rotor [Spain] since 2017

Daniel McConnell [personal, husband], AUS

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Daniel McConnell represented Australia in mountain biking at the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019; smh.com.au, 30 Jul 2014)

In August 2018 she was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus after previously experiencing fatigue and fever during competitions. She was off the bike for three months. (bicycling.com, 10 Sep 2019)

Back pain forced her to withdraw from her race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (results.gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018; sbs.com.au, 10 Mar 2017)

In 2015 she was out of action for two months with glandular fever. (smh.com.au, 12 Dec 2015)

She began riding mountain bikes at age 10. (bechenderson.com.au, 19 Jun 2014)

She was introduced to the sport by her father and her older brother Ben. (bechenderson.com.au, 19 Jun 2014)

General Interest

General
HIATUS
She took an extended break from the sport after she was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus in August 2018. She returned competition in April the following year. "You know how you sing and dance and do little things when you're happy around the house? A big warning sign for me was when I realised I had stopped doing that. I knew things weren't right, but it took until mid-season to realise I needed to rest. But it gave me the confidence to know that I do know my body and what I need to do for it." (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019; bicycling.com, 10 Sep 2019; canberratimes.com.au, 21 May 2019)

Milestones

She became the first female mountain biker representing Australia to win a medal in the cross-country discipline at the world championships, claiming bronze at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, Canada. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019; mtba.org.au, 01 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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