BRIONY COLE

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NAME:

BRIONY  COLE

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NICKNAME:

Bree

D.O.B:

28/2/1983

AGE:

25

BORN:

Melbourne, VIC

LIVES:

Brisbane, QLD

HGT:

160cm

WGT:

50kg

CLUB/Institute

AIS / VIS 

TRAINS(Pool):

Sleeman Sports Centre, Chandler

COACH:

Hui Tong

         

 

 

 

 


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Won silver in 10m synchro (Wu), bronze in 3m synchro (Stratton) at 2007 FINA World Championships....won 3m synchro (Stratton) at 2006 Commonwealth Games....claimed bronze in 3m synchro (Moors-Chantry) at 2005 World University Games....won two silver and two bronze in 2007 FINA World Series...named 2007 Australian Diver of the Year. Qualified for her first Olympic team 2008

IN 2008 Won Women's 3m synchronised event and Women's 10m synchronised event at National Championships and then at Olympic Trials. Bronze at World Cup for Women's 10m Synchronised. 5 silvers and a bronze medal at 2008 FINA Grand Prix meets...

IN 2008
Won silver 3m synchro (Stratton) 4th 10m synchro (Wu) at the FINA Grand Prix in Rostock, Germany (June); Finished 2nd 10m platform (Wu) and 3m springboard synchro (Stratton) events at the FINA Grand Prix in Montreal and 2nd 10m synchro (Wu) and 3rd 3m springboard synchro (Stratton) events at Fort Lauderdale (May).......Came 2nd 3m synchro (Stratton) FINA Diving Grand Prix Shenzhen, China (March).....Won bronze in 10m synchro (with Melissa Wu), at FINA World Cup in Beijing (Feb).... Won gold (10m synchro, with Melissa Wu and 3m synchro with Sharleen Stratton), bronze 3m springboard at the Australian Open Championships in Adelaide (Jan)... Named 2008 Australian female diver of the year and received the Nathan Meade Memorial Scholarship....1st 10m synchro (Wu)...1st  3m synchro (Stratton) Olympic Trials, Hobart

IN 2007
Won silver in 10m synchro (Wu), bronze in 3m synchro (Stratton) and twelfth in 3m at FINA World Championships in Melbourne....won 3m synchro (Stratton), was second in 3m and fourth in 1m at Australian Open Championships in Melbourne....claimed two silver and two bronze at FINA World Series....added three silver and a bronze at FINA Grand Prix series

IN 2006
Won 3m synchro (Stratton) at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.....added two silver and a bronze in 3m synchro (Stratton) at FINA Grand Prix series....won 3m synchro (Stratton) and was fourth in 3m at Australian Open Championships in Melbourne

IN 2005
Placed eighth in 3m synchro (Stratton) and 12th in 3m at FINA World Championships in Montreal....placed third in 3m synchro (Gidman) at Rome leg of FINA Grand Prix series....won bronze in 3m synchro (Moors-Chantry), was sixth in 3m and 11th in 1m at World University Games in Izmir

IN 2004
Finished second in 3m synchro (Moors-Chantry), seventh in 1m & eighth in 3m at Australian Open Championships in Hobart

OUT OF THE POOL

FAMILY MEMBERS: Mary Cole, Dad - Wayne Cole, Older Sister - Sian Cole

BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN LIFE : Family and coaches

WHAT OR WHO INSPIRES YOU: People to excel in their area, whether it is sport, music, business, etc

ROLE MODELS: Guo Jingjing, Greg Louganis

PERSONAL

STUDIES/OCCUPATION: Double degree - Teaching (Primary) and Applied Science (Human Movement)

INTERESTING FACTS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU NOW: That I'm a qualified Primary School Teacher

SUPERSTITIONS: Need to take my Kangaroo to competitions, he has been everywhere - USA, China, Mexico, Canada, Germany, etc

ULTIMATE RELAXATION: Sleep

SPECIALTY IN THE KITCHEN: Smoothies

ONE THING YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Computer and the Internet

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AWAY FROM DIVING: Read, relax, the Internet, listen to music, watch movies, update my blogger

FAVOURITE:      

SPORTING TEAM: Western Bulldogs - AFL

MOVIES: Anything by Quentin Tarantino, also Dirty Dancing, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, The Wedding Singer

TV SHOW: Sex and the City, Mythbuster, anything on Discovery Channel

BANDS/MUSIC: I like most genres, anything from dance to pop to rock.

CD'S: Pete Murray, Powderfinger, Kylie

DRINK: Smoothie

DIVING MEET: Commonwealth Games

HOBBIES: Read, the Internet, listen to music, watch movies, update blogger

LAST BOOK READ: The Lovely Bones

WHAT'S YOUR GREATEST ASSET? I'm tough

FAMILY MEMBERS: Mary Cole, Dad - Wayne Cole, Older Sister - Sian Cole

HAVE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA OR PLAYED SPORT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? No

 WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND WHY? Family and coaches

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS? Goal driven, positive, hard-working

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Someone who trained hard and had fun doing it

DIVING SHORT TERM GOALS: Medal at the Olympics

DIVING CAREER ULTIMATE GOAL: Medal at the Olympics

PERSONAL AMBITIONS: Medal at the Olympics

HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OBSTACLES DURING YOUR DIVING CAREER? Injuries, worst was my elbow injury in 2006

WHAT AGE DID YOU START DIVING AND WHY? 10 years old, I wanted to make the school diving team, and it looked like lots of fun

FAVOURITE DIVER AND WHY? Guo Jingjing, excellent diver, so consistent and always composed

NOTABLE QUOTE: It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness


AUSTRALIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS

EVENT

LOCATION

YEAR

RESULTS

World Championships

Montreal, Canada

2005

8th 3m synchro (Stratton); 12th 3m

Melbourne, Australia

2007

2nd 10m synchro (Wu); 3rd 3m synchro (Stratton); 10th 3m

Commonwealth Games

Melbourne, Australia

2006

1st 3m synchro (Stratton)

FINA World Cup

Beijing, China

2008

3rd 10m synchro (Wu)

FINA World Series

Sheffield, Great Britain

2007

3rd 10m synchro (Wu); 5th 3m synchro (Stratton)

Mexico City, Mexico

2007

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton); 6th 10 synchro (Wu)

Nanjing, China

2007

2nd 10m synchro (Wu); 3rd 3m synchro (Stratton)

FINA Grand Prix

Rome, Italy

2005

3rd 3m synchro (Gidman); 7th 3m; 8th 1m

Sydney, Australia

2006

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton); 13th 3m

Zhuhai, China

2006

3rd 3m synchro (Stratton);  9th 3m

Ft Lauderdale, USA

2006

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton); 14th 3m

Zhuhai, China

2007

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton), 10m synchro (Wu)

Ft Lauderdale, USA

2007

2nd 10m synchro (Wu); 3rd 3m synchro (Stratton); 20th 3m

Rostock, Germany

2007

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton); 4th 10m synchro (Wu)

Shenzhen, China

2008

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton)

Montreal, Canada

2008

2nd 10m synchro (Wu) 2nd 3m synchro (Stratton),

Fort Lauderdale, USA

2008

2nd 10m synchro (Wu), 3rd 3m synchro (Stratton)

Rostock, Germany

2008

2nd 3m synchro (Stratton); 4th 10m synchro (Wu)

World University Games

Izmir, Turkey

2005

3rd 3m synchro (Moors-Chantry); 6th 3m; 11th 1m