Robert Newbery

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Robert Newbery
Personal information
Born2 January 1979
Medal record
Men's Diving
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Springboard Synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Springboard Synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Platform Synchro
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Barcelona Platform Synchro
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 10m Platform
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur 1m Springboard
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 3m Springboard

Robert Frederick Newbery (born 2 January 1979 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former diver. He won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [1]

His ex-wife, Chantelle Newbery, is an Olympic gold medalist in diving. His brother, William Newbery, is a viola player with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 2010.[ citation needed ] He is currently[ when? ] working at Toowoomba Hospital.

References

  1. ↑ AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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