Georgia Sheehan

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Georgia Sheehan
Personal information
Full nameGeorgia Rae Leslie Sheehan
NationalityAustralian
Born (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 24)
Everton Park, Queensland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Sport
Sport Diving
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 3 m synchro

Georgia Rae Leslie Sheehan (born 10 July 1999) is an Australian diver. [2]

Sheehan competed in the women's 1 metre springboard event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. [3]

She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 where she won a gold medal in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Esther Qin [4] and in 2022 where she came 5th in the women's 1 metre springboard event and 7th in the women's 3 metre springboard event. [5]

Sheehan graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Creative Industries with distinction in 2023. [6]

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References

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  2. "Georgia Sheehan". Commonwealth Games. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 1m Springboard start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. "Georgia Sheehan". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. "Georgia Rae Leslie SHEEHAN". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. "Happy grad to me 👩🏻‍🎓". Instagram. Georgia Sheehan. Retrieved 24 January 2023.