Dean Pullar

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Dean Pullar
Personal information
Full nameDean Lester Pullar
Born11 May 1973 (1973-05-11) (age 50)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Springboard synchro
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Perth Springboard synchro
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 1 m springboard
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 3 m springboard
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Sicily 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Palma 1 m springboard

Dean Lester Pullar (born 11 May 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery. [1] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [2] Dean currently owns and runs the family cold store warehouse situated on the old family orchard in Cobram, Victoria. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dean Pullar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
  2. AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "P.Pullar & Co Cold Store". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.