Steve Foley (diver)

Steve Foley

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	11 July 1957
Sport
Sport	Diving
Medal record Men’s Diving Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane 10m Platform 1982 Brisbane 3m Springboard

Stephen Neil 'Steve' Foley (born 11 July 1957) is a former Australian diver. He competed at three successive Olympic Games and three Commonwealth Games.

Foley competed in the springboard and platform events at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics.^[1] In the Commonwealth Games he won silver medals in both events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, and also competed in 1978 and 1986. He retired after the 1986 games,^[2] but remained involved in the sport as a coach.^[3] He was Australia's head diving coach at the 1988 Olympics but switched to work for the British diving team in 1999. In 2008 he was appointed as the high performance director by USA Diving.^[4]

References

1. "Steve Foley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. "Rogerson plunges to perfection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. p. 31.
3. "Now a splash for the future". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 1986. p. 82.
4. "USA Diving Hires Steve Foley as High Performance Director". 6 September 2008.

External links

• Profile at Australian Olympic Committee