In 2010, Webster was a member of the Stingers squad that competed at the FINA World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the team’s bronze medal finals 10–8 victory over the United States, she scored a goal. Australia finished the tournament with a bronze medal.
At the 2011 Canada Cup, Webster scored two goals in the first period in the gold medal match against China. She scored four total goals in the match. The team won the game. 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 pool play match against Uzbekistan where Australia won 27–2. In the match, she scored four goals.
Webster competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers. She scored a goal in a Stingers 8–7 win over the United States. In February 2012, she was named to the final training squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She attended training camp that started on 20 February 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.The team of seventeen players will be cut to thirteen before the team departs for the Olympic games, with the announcement being made on 13 June. She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012. This was the team’s first matches against Great Britain’s national team in six years.
In the first game of the test series on 21 February 2012 that Australia won 13 – 5, she scored three goals. She competed in the third match, where Australia won 15–6 and she scored three goals. She competed in the fourth match where Australia won 14–8. In the match, she scored two goals and was one of Australia’s best players in the game.
Rowie Webster has been a finalist for world player of the year the past two years – the only southern hemisphere player in men’s and women’s water polo to do that.
Achievements of Rowie Webster
Olympic Games
- Bronze 2012 London
World Championships
- Silver 2013 Barcelona
Canada Cup
- Gold 2011 Canada Cup
FINA Junior World Championships
- Gold 2007 Porto, Portugal
FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup
- Bronze 2010 World Cup
FINA World League Super Finals
- Bronze 2009 Kirishi, Russia
- Silver 2010 La Jolla, USA
Rowie Webster is Water Polo Olympic bronze medalist, winner of 2007 FINA Junior World Championships, 2009 World Championships, silver medals at the FINA World League Finals, FINA World Cup in 2010, 2012 Pan Pacific Championships, London Olympic Test Event, silver at the World League Super finals and Silver at 2013 Barcelona World Championships. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar President Women Fitness.
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