Rob Woodhouse

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Rob Woodhouse
Personal information
Full nameRobert Woodhouse
Nickname"Rob"
National teamAustralia
Born (1966-06-23) 23 June 1966 (age 58)
Melbourne, Australia.
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 400 m medley
Pan Pacific Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Tokyo 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Brisbane 400 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland 400 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Zagreb 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Kobe 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Zagreb 200 m medley

Robert Woodhouse (born 23 June 1966) is an Australian former competition swimmer who specialised in medley swimming. He is now a sports agent and company director. Woodhouse and Brendon Smith are the only Australian men to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event. He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000. [1]

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Biography

Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College, Swinburne University (BBus), and Victoria University (MBA).

Representing the Australian swimming team, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane (1982), Edinburgh (1986), and Auckland (1990). He was an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship holder. [2] His sister Susie was also an AIS scholarship holder. He is also the uncle of Susie's children, David and Emma McKeon, who are also Olympic swimmers. [3]

Sporting achievements

Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990.

Business career

Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1995. In the following years, he merged his business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties. Elite Sports Properties has represented Australian Olympians, footballers and media personalities. The company established in Great Britain in 2008, representing a number of high-profile British Olympians including Sir Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and Adam Peaty. In 2015 the company was sold to TLA Worldwide.

Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various radio and television swimming commentary teams at swimming world championships (1998, 2007, 2009), Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), and Commonwealth Games (1994, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018).

Woodhouse served as the general manager for the swim club London Roar, a member of the International Swimming League, starting in 2019 and stopping in 2022 in part due to issues surrounding the non-payment of athletes. [4] [5] One of the swimmers of London Roar, Kyle Chalmers, publicly expressed gratitude for Woodhouse via the team website, saying, "I want to say a huge thank you to Rob for his tireless work over the past 3 seasons of ISL and his commitment to all the athletes involved with the London Roar. We couldn't have had the success and fantastic memories without you." [5]

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References

  1. Cabinet, Prime Minister and (15 August 2016). "Search Australian Honours". dpmc.gov.au. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Five Things to Know about Swimming Star Emma McKeon" [ permanent dead link ]. Olympics.com . 25 July 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. Keith, Braden (9 February 2022). "Rob Woodhouse Resigns As General Manager Of London Roar After 3 Seasons". SwimSwam . Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 Byrnes, Liz (9 February 2022). "Rob Woodhouse Steps Down As General Manager Of London Roar". Swimming World . Retrieved 9 February 2022.