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Rosara Joseph

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Rosara Joseph
Joseph riding a criterium for the NZ National road cycling team during the 2007 Bay Classic Series
Personal information
Born (1982-02-21) 21 February 1982 (age 42)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineCross country
road racing
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Mountain bike

Rosara Joseph (born 21 February 1982, Christchurch) is a New Zealand cyclist, active between 2005 and 2012, who won a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

She was a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford.[1]

Cycling

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Joseph began competing in mountain biking in 2005, and in 2006 she won the Oceania Cross Country Championships, held in Melbourne.[2]

In 2006, she won silver for New Zealand in the women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.[3]

In 2007, she finished fifth in the cross country at the mountain bike world championships in Scotland.[4]

She finished ninth in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the women's cross country race.[5]

Education and career

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Joseph studied law at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and gained a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 2005, winning the university Gold Medal for top graduating law student that year.[2]

In 2005, she was also awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, to study for a Bachelor of Civil Law.[6] She graduated DPhil in 2011. Her thesis, The War Prerogative, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.[7]

She also clerked for two Presidents of the New Zealand’s Court of Appeal.[2]

As of 2024, she works for the New Zealand Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Oxonian Olympians". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Rosara Joseph". Graduate and Student Profiles (via Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Rosara Joseph". Olympic NZ Team. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Mountain biking: Joseph leads way for Kiwis". NZ Herald. 10 September 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ^ IOC. "Beijing 2008 cross-country women Results – Olympic cycling-mountain-bike". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ "2010 Rhodes Scholarship Reception". The Governor General. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ Jospeh, Rosara (2013). "The War Prerogative: History, Reform, and Constitutional Design". Oxford Academic. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664320.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-966432-0. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Rosara Joseph". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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