ROBERT NEWBERY (retired)
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ROBERT NEWBERY |
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D.O.B: |
2/1/1979 |
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AGE: |
29 |
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BORN: |
Adelaide, SA |
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LIVES: |
Brisbane, QLD |
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HGT: |
174cm |
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WGT: |
70kg |
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CLUB/INSTITUTE: |
Diving SA/AIS |
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TRAINS (Pool): |
Sleeman Sports Centre, Chandler |
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COACH: |
Hui Tong |
Individual Australian Titles - 11
3 -1m springboard (99, 01, 02); 3 - 3m springboard (98, 00, 04); 5 - 10m platform (98, 00, 01, 05, 06)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Has won three bronze medals from two Olympics....has contested four FINA World Championships, winning gold in 10m synchro (Helm) in 2003....has won a gold, two silver and two bronze from three Commonwealth Games...will contest his third Olympics in Beijing
IN 2008 Won gold 10m synchro (Helm) and 4th 3m synchro (Robertson at the FINA Grand Prix Fort Lauderdale (May) won silver 3m synchro (Robertson) at the FINA Grand Prix Montreal (May).......finished 2nd 3m synchro (Robertson) FINA Diving Grand Prix Shenzhen, China (March).....3rd 3m synchro (Robertson)....fifth 10m synchro (Helm) FINA World Cup, Beijing....Won gold 10m synchro (Helm) at the Australian Open Diving Championships in Adelaide....1st 10m synchro (Helm)...1st 3m synchro (Robertson), 2nd 3m springboard Olympic Trials, Hobart
IN 2006 Won 10m synchro (Helm), was second in 3m and third in 3m synchro (Barnett) at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne....won 10m, 10m synchro (Helm), 3m, 3m synchro (Barnett) at Australian Open Championships in Melbourne....was second in 3m synchro (Barnett), third in 10m synchro (Helm), fourth in 3m and sixth in 10m at FINA Grand Prix in Sydney
IN 2005 Was fourth in 3m synchro (Barnett), eighth in 10m at FINA World Championships in Montreal....won 10m, 3m synchro (Barnett) , 10m synchro (Helm) and was second in 10m at Australian Open Championships on the Gold Coast....placed third in 10m and 3m synchro (Barnett) at Zhuhai leg of FINA Grand Prix
IN 2004 Won bronze in 3m synchro (Barnett) & 10m synchro (Helm) at Olympic Games in Athens....was also eighth in 10m and 12th in 3m at Olympic Games....won 10m synchro (Helm), was second in 3m synchro (Barnett) at FINA Super Final in Mexico City....won 3m, 3m synchro (Barnett) & 10m synchro (Helm), was second in 10m at Australian Open Championships in Hobart
PREVIOUS YEARS
2003....won 10m synchro (Helm), was seventh in 3m synchro (Barnett), eighth in 3m & ninth in 10m at FINA World Championships in Barcelona....added five gold, two silver and five bronze at FINA Grand Prix series....2002....placed third in 3m and fourth in 1m & 10m at Commonwealth Games in Manchester....2001....was fourth in 10m synchro (Helm), fifth in 3m, sixth in 3m synchro (Barnett) and 18th in 10m at FINA World Championships in Fukuoka....was second in 10m synchro (Helm), fourth in 3m synchro (Barnett), fifth in 1m & 10m and sixth in 3m at Goodwill Games in Brisbane....2000....was third in 3m synchro (Pullar), fifth in 10m synchro (Newbery), tenth in 10m and 15th in 3m at Olympic Games in Sydney....second in 10m synchro (Helm) at Sydney leg of FINA World Cup....1999....was fourth in 1m, 11th in 10m and 16th in 3m at World University Games in Palma de Majorca....1998....placed sixth in the 3m at the FINA World Championships in Perth....won silver in 10m and bronze in 1m at Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur
PERSONAL
STUDIES/OCCUPATION: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery deferred until after Beijing
FAMILY MEMBERS: Wife Chantelle, Sons Jet and Ryder
AGE STARTED DIVING: 12
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AUSTRALIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS |
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EVENT |
LOCATION |
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RESULTS |
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Olympic Games |
Sydney, Australia |
2000 |
3rd 3m synchro (Pullar); 5th 10m synchro (Helm); 10th 10m; 15th 3m |
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Athens, Greece |
2004 |
3rd 3m synchro (Barnett), 10m synchro (Helm); 8th 10m; 12th 3m |
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World Championships |
Perth, Australia |
1998 |
6th 3m |
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Fukuoka, Japan |
2001 |
4th 10m synchro (Helm); 5th 3m; 6th 3m synchro (Barnett); 18th 10m |
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Barcelona, Spain |
2003 |
1st 10m synchro (Helm); 7th 3m synchro (Barnett); 8th 3m; 9th 10m |
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Montreal, Canada |
2005 |
4th 3m synchro (Barnett); 8th 10m |
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Commonwealth Games |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1998 |
2nd 10m; 3rd 1m |
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Manchester, England |
2002 |
3rd 3m; 4th 1m, 10m |
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Melbourne, Australia |
2006 |
1st 10m synchro (Helm); 2nd 3m; 3rd 3m synchro (Barnett); 4th 10m |
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FINA World Cup |
Sydney, Australia |
2000 |
2nd 10m synchro (Helm); 7th 10m |
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Seville, Spain |
2002 |
2nd 3m synchro (Barnett); 3rd 10m synchro (Helm); 6th 10m |
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Athens, Greece |
2004 |
2nd 3m synchro (Barnett); 4th 10m synchro (Helm); 5th 10m; 9th 3m |
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Beijing, China |
2008 |
3rd 3m synchro (Robertson); 5th 10m synchro (Helm) |
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FINA Grand Prix |
Jaurez, Mexico |
2003 |
1st 10m, 10m synchro (Helm); 3rd 3m, 3m synchro (Barnett) |
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Adelaide, Australia |
2003 |
2nd 10m synchro (Helm); 3rd 3m synchro (Barnett); 5th 3m; 6th 10m |
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Woodlands, USA |
2003 |
1st 10m, 3m synchro (Barnett); 2nd 10m synchro (Helm); 3rd 3m |
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Victoria, Canada |
2003 |
1st 10m synchro (Helm); 3rd 10m; 6th 3m; 7th 3m synchro (Barnett) |
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Zhuhai, China |
2004 |
2nd 3m synchro (Barnett), 10m synchro (Helm); 5th 3m |
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Zhuhai, China |
2005 |
3rd 10m, 3m synchro (Barnett); 5th 10m synchro (Mitcham) |
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Sydney, Australia |
2006 |
2nd 3m synchro (Barnett); 3rd 10m synchro (Newbery); 4th 3m; 6th 10m |
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Shenzhen, China |
2008 |
2nd 3m synchro (Robertson) |
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Montreal, Canada |
2008 |
2nd 3m synchro (Robertson) |
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Fort Lauderdale, USA |
2008 |
1st 10m synchro (Helm); 4th 3m synchro (Robertson) |
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FINA Super Final |
Mexico City, Mexico |
2004 |
1st synchro (Helm); 2nd 3m synchro (Barnett) |
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Goodwill Games |
Brisbane, Australia |
2001 |
2nd 10m synchro (Helm); 4th 3m synchro (Barnett); 5th 1m, 10m; 6th 3m |
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World University Games |
Palma de Majorca, Spain |
1999 |
4th 1m; 11th 10m; 16th 3m |