2017/18 National Junior Squad
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected in the 2017/18 National Junior Squad. The selections were from B and C groups only, following the 2017 Elite Junior Championships.
News
2017 Australian Elite Juniors Award Winners
The 2017 Australian Elite Junior Championships concluded on Sunday, 9 March after three brilliant days of competition.
All results are now on DiveRecorder and at the closing dinner, the Awards were announced. Congratulations to all Divers and especially our Award Winners.
10 named for Budapest
Diving Australia has named a strong 10-person team for the FINA World Championships to be held in Budapest in July. It includes 7 members of the Rio Olympic Team and boasts an equal number of men and women.
Qin and Bedggood impress on Final Day of Australian Open
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Esther Qin has claimed the national 3-metre springboard diving title in a thrilling end to the Australian Open and World Championship selection trials in Sydney.
And fellow Glasgow gold medallist Domonic Bedggood has posted a remarkable 521 to deliver a resounding win in the men’s platform final to secure his third title of the week.
Melissa Wu Continues to Impress at Australian Diving Titles
Three-time Olympian Melissa Wu has underlined her class to win the women’s platform title at the Australian Open Diving Championships in Sydney, while Rio bronze medallist Maddison Keeney has added another two national titles to her list.
Wu puts herself in line for another World Championships Edit
Triple Olympian Melissa Wu has made a strong start to the Aquatics World Championships diving selection trials in Sydney by partnering with South Australia’s Taneka Kovchenko to win the women’s platform synchro final.
Olympic Bronze Medallists take the Honours at Australian Diving Open
Olympic diving bronze medallists Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney have held off a determined challenge from Glasgow 2014 teammates Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan to win gold in the 3-metre synchro at the Australian Open and World Championship selection trials at the Sydney Aquatic Centre.
Divers Ready To Compete For World Championship Places
Australia’s best divers will be in action at the Sydney Aquatic Centre at Homebush as they compete for places on the national team for this year’s World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Leading the charge will be Rio Olympic 3-metre synchro bronze medallists, Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney, and Olympic and Commonwealth Games veteran, Melissa Wu.
Michael Murphy elected to AOC Executive
Diving Australia congratulates its Chairman, Michael Murphy, who has today been elected to the Executive Board of the Australian Olympic Committee.
DA Announcement - New National Coach Melbourne Appointed
Diving Australia has today announced the appointment of Andy Banks to the newly created role of National Coach, Melbourne
IFFLAND TAKES SILVER AT HIGH DIVING WORLD CUP
Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland, who stunned the cliff diving world last year to claim the World Cliff Diving Title, has won silver at the FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi on the weekend.
WU SHAKES OFF BACK INJURY TO SNARE WORLD SERIES SILVER
Even before pint-sized Melissa Wu stepped onto the 10-metre platform at the Diving World Series in Canada on the weekend she had rightly earned a reputation as one of sports’ most resilient athletes.
AUSTRALIA NAME STRONG TEAM FOR DIVING WORLD SERIES IN CANADA
Australia has named a strong team, including Commonwealth Games gold medallists and Olympic medallists, for this weekend’s FINA Diving World Series in Windsor, Canada.
SMITH LEADS CHARGE AS AUSTRALIA GRABS DIVING MEDAL HAUL IN CANADA
Dual Olympian Anabelle Smith has won a silver medal in the women’s springboard diving final at a FINA Grand Prix event in Gatineau, Canada, on the weekend.
WU MAKES RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND
Three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Melissa Wu, will make her first appearance at an international event since the Rio Olympics when she competes at the FINA Diving World Series event in Kazan, Russia, this weekend.
DA Announcement - Now recruiting for National Coach, Melbourne position
DA has today announced that it is recruiting for a world class coach to lead a newly enhanced Melbourne high performance program.
KEENEY AGAIN IN THE MEDALS AT DIVING WORLD SERIES
For the second week in a row diver Maddison Keeney has picked up three medals and Australia a total of four at a World Series diving event in China.
Batonbearer Nominations Now Open!
The Queen’s Baton Relay is coming and you can be a part of its journey to the start of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
3,800 batonbearers are needed to carry the Baton across Australia.
The first thing you need to do to be a Batonbearer is to be nominated for the role by someone else!