WEBSTER Rowie

Date of Birth: 27 Dec 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #01 CAN Canada 5 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #08 AUS Australia 15 NED Netherlands 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #14 ESP Spain 15 AUS Australia 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #20 AUS Australia 14 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #22 AUS Australia 8 ROC ROC 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-8th #26 AUS Australia 14 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-6th #30 NED Netherlands 7 AUS Australia 14	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2012	London, GBR
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
3	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
4	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS
5	Women	2011	Shanghai, CHN
6	Women	2009	Rome, ITA
8	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
7	Women	2017	Shanghai, CHN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

Rowie, Casper (cronullawaterpolo.com.au, 01 Jan 2018; vis.org.au, 22 Feb 2012)

Surfing. (cronullawaterpolo.com.au, 01 Jan 2018)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, AUS

Languages spoken:

UTS Balmain Tigers [Sydney, NSW, AUS]

Predrag Mihailovic [national], SRB

Position style:

Centre back (amazonaws.com, 28 Jul 2016)

Right (australianwaterpolo.com.au, 2014)

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Larissa Webster has also competed for Australia in water polo, winning a silver medal at the 2007 World League Super Final in Montreal, QC, Canada.(SportsDeskOnline, 14 Feb 2020; australianwaterpolo.com.au, 13 Jul 2011)

2005 for Australia Against New Zealand (australianwaterpolo.com.au, 13 Jul 2011)

In January 2018 she suffered from bulging discs in her lower back. She returned to the national team in June that year. (Instagram profile, 10 Aug 2018; waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 09 Feb 2018)

National league:

Australian Water Polo League (balmainwaterpolo.com.au, 31 Dec 2018)

She began the sport at age 12 in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (australianwaterpolo.com.au, 13 Jul 2011)

"My older siblings were playing this sport called water polo that I did not really know too much about. I wanted to be a part of the fun so I started playing through school." (1080.plus, 11 May 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 10 Aug 2018)

US basketball player Michael Jordan, Australian swimmer Ky Hunt. (vis.org.au, 22 Feb 2012)

Philosophy:

"If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough." (thewomensgame.com, 09 Sep 2018)

She was named to the Tournament Team at the 2019 Intercontinental Cup in Perth, WA, Australia. (fina.org, 30 Mar 2019)

She was awarded with the Debbie Watson Medal as the Most Valuable Player of the 2016/17 Australian Water Polo League. (theleader.com.au, 11 Apr 2017)

She was selected for the 2015 National League All-Star match in Australia. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 25 Mar 2015)

She was named 2014 National Open Female Player of the Year at the Water Polo Australia Awards. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 01 Dec 2014)

She was named Player of the Tournament at the 2014 World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation. (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 20 Aug 2014)

General Interest

General
TEAM LEADER
She became the captain of the Australian national team in 2017. "Leading by example is always something that I have tried to focus on. Behaviours are important in and out of the water. We are role models in the community and I always strive to inspire the girls to be better people along with being better athletes. I also believe being as approachable as possible helps the team communicate effectively, plus I never take myself too seriously, I'm as much of the team clown as the others." (ais.gov.au, 05 Mar 2020; waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 31 Aug 2018; balmainwaterpolo.com.au, 14 Aug 2018; thewomensgame.com, 09 Sep 2018)

CAREER-THREATENING INJURY
In early-2018 she had a serious back injury, which led her to thinking about retirement. "I thought I was going to have to retire, to be completely honest. Two-and-a-half months into my rehab, with no real improvement in my symptoms, I had that conversation with a group of the Australian team staff; doctors, medics, physios, my coach and the assistant coach. My fiancee was there, too. I asked, 'Is this injury career-ending?' Luckily, they said 'no, we believe we can get you back, fighting fit'." (playersvoice.com.au, 16 Aug 2018)

STUDYING ABROAD
She has spent time studying at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, United States of America. (Facebook profile, 10 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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