Alex Croak

Alex Croak

Medal record
Representing  Australia
Artistic Gymnastics
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Team
	2002 Manchester	Vault
Women's Diving
World Championships
	2011 Shanghai	10m Platform
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	Platform synchro
	2006 Melbourne	Platform synchro
	2010 Delhi	10 m Platform

Alexandra Croak (known as Alex) (born 9 July 1984) is an Australian diver and gymnast who is a dual Olympic representative. She represented Australia as a gymnast at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and after a strong performance at the 2008 Australian national Diving Championships, she was selected for Australia's diving team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1] She is the first Australian athlete to win gold medals at the Commonwealth games in two different disciplines (diving and gymnastics). She was also an Australian Institute of Sport gymnastics and diving scholarship holder.

Croak was born on 9 July 1984 in Sydney. Her parents were both enthusiastic sports people who encouraged their children to compete. Her sisters Emma and Rebecca were both swimmers who competed at national level. Croak on the other hand showed an aptitude for gymnastics. At the 2000 Olympics, she was part of the Australian women's team which placed 7th in the team competition. Two years later at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, she was part of the Australian team which won gold and she also won an individual silver medal in the vault.^[2]

In 2003, she switched to diving and developed quickly enough to be selected for diving team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. There she won a silver medal with Melissa Wu in the 10-meter synchronized platform. Later that same year, she and Wu again won silver at the Grand Prix meeting in Rome.

Croak qualified to compete in the 10 m springboard at the Beijing Olympics. She qualified into the semifinals in fourth place but had a poor dive her first dive in the semis and did not make the final.

She finished second behind Melissa Wu in the 10 m springboard at the 2009 Australian Diving Championships and was named on the team to compete in Rome in July.

Croak is currently competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, in the 10m Platform and 10m Platform Synchronised events. Her Gold medal result with partner Melissa Wu in the 10m synchro has made Croak the first Australian athlete to achieve Commonwealth Gold in two different sports.

References

1. "Diving team announced for Beijing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
2. "Alex Croak". Diving Australia. Retrieved 2008-04-14.