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Racism. It Stops With Me.

Diving Australia is proud to have joined forces with some of Australia’s leading businesses, sporting bodies and NGO’s to support the “Racism. It stops with me” campaign. Our organisation has committed to preventing racism by...

Tue 16 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 6

SHEEHAN WINS SECOND GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA AT JUNIOR WORLD DIVING Queensland's Georgia Sheehan, who two months ago was Australia's youngest competitor at the Commonwealth Games, has won gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza, Rus...

Mon 15 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 5

TARVIT WINS GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA Lara Tarvit has won gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza, Russia. 17-year-old Tarvit left it to her final dive in the 10-metre platform final to snatch the lead, giving Australia it’s first g...

Sun 14 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 4

SYNCHRO TEAM ADDS SILVER TO JUNIORS MEDAL COLLECTION Australia’s 3-metre synchro team of Naomi Gowlett and Georgia Sheehan have come tantalizingly close to winning gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Penza. The Queensland schoo...

Sat 13 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 3

TODD MAKES IT BRONZE NUMBER THREE FOR AUSTRALIA Two years after setting himself a goal of competing at this year’s World Junior Championships, South Australian diver Ross Todd is today celebrating winning a bronze medal. Todd snuck into the...

Fri 12 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 2

KEENEY ADDS TO AUSTRALIAN MEDAL TALLY Australia has won a second bronze medal at the FINA Junior Diving World Championships in Russia, with Perth teenager Maddison Keeney finishing third in the 1-metre springboard. The bronze follows a silver and...

Thu 11 Sep 2014

World Junior Championships - Day 1

SHEEHAN GETS AUSTRALIA OFF TO A MEDAL WINNING START Queensland schoolgirl Georgia Sheehan has cemented her reputation as one of Australian diving’s stars of the future with a bronze medal on the opening day of competition at the World Junior C...

Wed 10 Sep 2014

2014 Pan Pacific Masters Games - Gold Coast

The 9th Pan Pacific Masters Games will be held from 1 to 9 November 2014 on the beautiful Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. More than 12,000 participants from Queensland, interstate and overseas are expected to converge on one of the world’s m...

Wed 06 Aug 2014

Commonwealth Games - Day 4

QIN BURSTS INTO DIVING SPOTLIGHT   For so long Esther Qin has been the diver who fills a minor placing at major Australian dive meets, the shy Chinese-born diver whose name could well have been ‘Potential Qin’, so often was it spoken. ...

Sun 03 Aug 2014

Commonwealth Games - Day 3

MITCHAM STARS ON ANOTHER DAY OF DIVING DRAMA   Matthew Mitcham has made no secret he’d like one day to make a career in the theatre – and he’s getting plenty of drama training in his current day job! In fact the entire Australian...

Sat 02 Aug 2014

Commonwealth Games - Day 2

ROLLER COASTER RIDE FOR AUSTRALIAN DIVERS   The competitive life of an elite level sportsperson, with very few exceptions, is inevitably a roller coaster ride of emotions. There will be days they feel on top of the world, bullet proof and unbeatab...

Fri 01 Aug 2014

Commonwealth Games - Day 1

Four years ago Matthew Mitcham walked away from the Delhi Commonwealth Games clutching four silver medals. His disappointment at not being able to win a single gold was one of the driving forces behind the Beijing gold medalist's decision to push o...

Thu 31 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Melissa Wu

Our countdown concludes today as we take a look at our final athlete, the mighty Melissa Wu! Melissa Wu seems like she’s been on the diving scene for a very long time, and even though she’s just 22 she is one of Australia’s most ...

Wed 30 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Matthew Mitcham

The countdown continues and today we look at Matthew Mitcham! Matthew Mitcham openly admits he considered quitting diving after the 2012 London Olympics, but in the end his disappointment at not winning gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010...

Tue 29 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Lara Tarvit

Next up we take a quick look at Lara Tarvit! Lara Tarvit and diving were always going to be a perfect fit. The 17-year-old came to the sport having already represented her country in the sport of trampolining. Not surprisingly she was a standout a...

Mon 28 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Georgia Sheehan

Today we take a look at the youngest member of the Diving Team, Georgia Sheehan! Diving has a habit of providing the youngest members of Australian and Commonwealth Games squads, and Glasgow will be no different, courtesy of Brisbane schoolgirl Ge...

Fri 25 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Team Arrival

After a thrilling week in Shanghai for the Fina World Cup, the Australian Diving Team has arrived in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. The team will be 11-strong with the 7 divers that competed in the World Cup linking up with Matthew Mitcham, Anna G...

Tue 22 Jul 2014

Countdown to #Glasgow2014 - Domonic Bedggood

The countdown continues and today we shine the spotlight on Queenslander Domonic Bedggood! Australia can thank a crippling back injury for introducing Domonic Bedggood to diving. At the time he was competing at Brisbane’s high performance ce...

Mon 21 Jul 2014