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Paris 2024 Preview: Diving

Australia’s Diving Team look to continue their success at the Olympic Games having won a medal at every Games since Sydney 2000. Australia’s Synchro teams will return to the biggest sporting stage, eight years after their last opportunity, as the diving team vies for Olympic glory.

Long distance: A recipe for success

In the world of synchronised diving, where precision and harmony is key, one might assume constant, close-proximity training is essential.

Adelaide All-Set to Host Aussie Divers Contesting Paris 2024 Nomination Trials

Australia’s Olympic hopefuls in diving are in Adelaide to contest the 2024 Australian Open Championships incorporating Nomination Trials where athletes will aim to secure their ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A who’s who of Aussie diving has assembled for the competition with four-time Olympian Melissa Wu (NSW), World Champion Cassiel Rousseau (Qld) and Tokyo Olympians Sam Fricker (NSW), Shixin Li (SA) and Nikita Hains (WA, based NSW) all in attendance. 

Youth athletes take home nine medals at TYR Junior America Cup

14 Australian youth athletes have completed competition at the TYR Junior America Cup. Held in Mission Viejo, California the competition ran from May 24 - 27th with members from the Junior National Squad attending.  Impressively the team achieved nine podium finishes at the competition including 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 3 bronze. 

National Volunteers Week | Bree Bryant

  This week marks National Volunteers Week, providing an opportunity to highlight the important role of volunteers in our community. Diving Australia is fortunate to have many skilled and experienced volunteers lending a helping hand, one of whom is Bree Bryant. 

Position Vacant: Administration Support and Project Officer

Join Diving Australia as a vital team member, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Your main objective? Ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our head office functions. But that's not all – you'll also collaborate with our dynamic team, offering essential administrative, operational, logistical, and project support. Be at the heart of our success!

National Careers Week | Jaxon Bowshire

This week marks the annual National Careers Week. Diving Australia is celebrating by speaking with National Squad member Jaxon Bowshire on his career path outside of competitive sport.  After making his first senior Australian team at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, South Australian platform diver Jaxon Bowshire announced that he would be joining the Texas A&M University diving team in 2024. 

Athlete Committee Update May 2024

In 2023 there was an opportunity for the Athlete Committee (AC) to reinvigorate and redefine their purpose, scope and the impact they have in the sport of diving by empowering athlete voice and wellbeing in our sport, as there was a turnover in committee members.