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And the Officials!

An event cannot be run without dedicated officials and in the Brooker's, DA is well represented! Eric will be at the Games as a referee as part of his FINA Technical Diving Committee Role and Gillian has been selected by FINA to Judge. All the best to you both!

Fri 05 Aug 2016

And of course our support staff!

DA also wishes to acknowledge and give our sincere thanks to our amazing coaches in Australia (all of you!). Hui Tong, Michel Larouche and Chava Sobrino are with the team and are being assisted by Gong Ming and Xiangning Chen as coaches, and Michael Hetherington as Team Leader. Thank you and all the best!

Fri 05 Aug 2016

1 - Domonic Bedggood

Domonic Bedggood has been dreaming for a long time of competing at an Olympic Games. First as gymnast, and then due to injury, refocussing on a diving pathway.

Thu 04 Aug 2016

2 - James Connor

US based James Connor will be a leader amongst our team as a second time Olympian. As a 17 year old, he made his debut in London and 4 years later he heads to Rio with new World Championship and World Cup experience.

Wed 03 Aug 2016

3 - Melissa Wu

Melissa Wu is one of Australia's most celebrated divers. She burst on to the scene as a 14 year old at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and has gone from strength to strength.

Tue 02 Aug 2016

4 - Brittany O'Brien

A whirlwind few days has seen Brittany O'Brien take her place in the diving section of the Australian Olympic Team

Mon 01 Aug 2016

5 - Kevin Chavez

Us Australian's like to think of ourselves as a welcoming bunch - and so it is with Kevin Chavez.

Sun 31 Jul 2016

Oâ€™BRIEN WAKES TO BEST NEWS â€“ SHEâ€™S OFF TO RIO

No teenager likes to be woken up by her parents, but 18-year-old Brittany Oâ€™Brien was prepared to cut her dad some slack early on Sunday morning. After all, heâ€™d just burst in to tell his daughter she was off to Rio with the Australian diving team.

Sun 31 Jul 2016

6 - Grant Nel

Grant Nel is definitely the "dad" of the Australian Diving Team, having competed at 5 World Championships, 4 World Cups and 2 Commonwealth Games.

Sat 30 Jul 2016

Broben out of Rio

Disappointing news for all Australian Diving fans tonight, with Brittany Broben forced to withdraw from the Australian Olympic Team with a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

Fri 29 Jul 2016

7 - Esther Qin

Esther Qin has been a regular fixture in the Australian Diving Team for the last 3 years and has a Commonwealth Gold and a World Championships 4th to her name

Fri 29 Jul 2016

8 - Maddison Keeney

One day less to go so let's say hi to Maddison Keeney! Maddi is competing in 2 events in Rio and is first out of the blocks with synchro partner Anabelle Smith.

Thu 28 Jul 2016

9 - Anabelle Smith

Up first, is Melbourne's own Anabelle Smith! Most people know this mad Richmond Tigers fan simply by Belle.

Wed 27 Jul 2016

9 days to go!

The Rio Olympic Games gets underway in just 9 days! To celebrate, we are going to take a look at each of our 9 amazing divers, 1 each day. Get around them!

Wed 27 Jul 2016

Wu leads four Olympians and five rookies to dive at Maria Lenk Stadium

A mixture of experience and excited debutants have been named in the diving section of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team today. Five rookies, three Olympians off to their second Games and one Olympian off to her third Games make-up the five female and four male divers to wear the green and gold in Brazil.

Thu 30 Jun 2016