Domonic Bedggood
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18 September 1994 Gold Coast, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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Domonic Bedggood (born 18 September 1994) is an Australian diver. He was a gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Career
Bedggood was born on 18 September 1994 in Southport,[1] a suburb of Queensland's Gold Coast. He was originally a gymnast but turned to diving after breaking his back in a high bar routine gone wrong.[2] Bedggood started diving at the age of sixteeen. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, he won the Men's Synchronised 10m Platform Final with Matthew Mitcham.[3] At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, he teamed with Melissa Wu to win a bronze medal in the Mixed 10m Synchronised.[4]
He trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.
References
- 1 2 "Bedggood, Domonic". springertag-rostock.de. Internationaler Springertag Rostock. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "dAIS Athlete Stories - Domonic Bedggood". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Domonic Bedggood results". 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Divers win two bronze and qualify team for Rio". Australian Olympic Committee News, 26 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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