Luke Quinlivan

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Luke Quinlivan
Born20 August 1985
Perth, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Other namesQuinny
Education Aquinas College, Perth
OccupationWater Polo Player / Student
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Parent(s) Neil Brooks and Lynette Quinlivan

Luke Quinlivan (born 20 August 1985 in Perth) is an Australian water polo player who plays as a goalkeeper. [1] He was part of the Australian water polo team that won the gold medal at the World University Games in Serbia in 2009 and won a FINA Water Polo World League bronze medal in 2007 in Germany and in 2008 in Italy.

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Private life

Quinlivan's parents are Neil Brooks, [2] and Lynette Quinlivan. [3] He attended Aquinas College, Perth and was then awarded a full sporting scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for water polo between 2002 and 2005. Quinlivan has been studying a Bachelor of Communications specialising in journalism at Edith Cowan University.

Water polo career

In December 2008 Quinlivan competed in the Tom Hoad Cup in a composite team called the "Barbarians" which he captained. The team won the gold medal in the international competition.

Despite being in the final 15, he was dropped from Australian selection for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [4]

Quinlivan played in the 2008-2009 Australian National Water Polo League (NWPL) competition for the Victorian Tigers. The Tigers won the Southern Cross Trophy for the men's competition, which means at the end of the fixtured competition they were the winning team. [5] They eventually placed fifth.

He represented Australia at the World University Games in Belgrade Serbia in July 2009. He saved a penalty shot in the men's semi-final game to help the Australian team win and progress to the gold medal play off. [6]

Australia won the men's gold medal final against Croatia 6-4. This is the first time an open men's Australian water polo team has won a gold medal at a major international tournament. Quinlivan had an 81% save rate in the final against Croatia. [6]

Quinlivan represented Australia at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Luke Quinlivan (Profile)". Australian Water Polo Incorporated . Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Cann, Linda (12 March 2011). "Water polo champ Luke Quinlivan talks about epilepsy brush with death". From: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Washbourne, Michael (10 May 2008). "Luke Quinlivan makes Olympic plea to dad Neil Brooks". Perth Now.
  4. ↑ "When loss is more than just a scoreline". ABC Perth. 6 April 2009.
  5. ↑ AWPI webpage, May 2009
  6. 1 2 World Water Polo News
  7. ↑ "Men's squad for World Championships". Australian Water Polo Inc. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
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