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After completing an [[MBA]], Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1996. In the following years, he merged this business with the firm of former [[Collingwood Football Club| Collingwood]] football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties |
After completing an [[MBA]], Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1996. In the following years, he merged this business with the firm of former [[Collingwood Football Club| Collingwood]] football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties. |
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In 2000, British company Sportsworld Media Group bought Elite Sports Properties from Woodhouse and Kelly for $23 million in cash, with an undisclosed share package to complete the deal. The following year, Sportsworld collapsed, and Woodhouse, Kelly and fellow directors Scott Davidson and Ricky Jackson did "a Kerry Packer on an Alan Bond" and bought Elite back for a tidy $2 million. |
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In 2005, Elite joined forces with the Chinese Government, forming Chine Elite Sports Properties, in order to develop marketing opportunities leading up to the 2008 [[Beijing Olympics]]. Among the sportspeople that he represents is the triple Australian Olympic gold medal-winning star [[Jodie Henry]]. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1984 Los Angeles | 400m IM |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1986 Edinburgh | 200m IM |
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1986 Edinburgh | 400m IM |
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1990 Auckland | 400m IM |
| Pan Pacific Games | ||
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1985 Tokyo | 200m IM |
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1987 Brisbane | 400m IM |
| Summer Universiade | ||
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1987 Zagreb | 400m IM |
Robert ("Rob") Woodhouse (born 23 June 1966) is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director. He is the only male Australian to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event.
Biography
Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College, Swinburne University and Victoria University.
Selected for the Australian swimming team, he competed at the 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games and the 1982 (Brisbane), 1986 (Edinburgh ), and 1990 (Auckland) Commonwealth Games during a representative career spanning ten years.
Sporting Achievements
- Bronze, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
- US National Champion 400m Individual Medley - 1984
- Silver, 200m Individual Medley, Pan Pacific Games, Tokyo - 1985
- Silver, 200 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland
Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990.
Business career
After completing an MBA, Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1996. In the following years, he merged this business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties.
Elite Sports Properties has become Australia's foremost sports management company, representing hundreds of top Australian Olympians and footballers from various codes and media personalities.
Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various swimming commentary teams, including for the Nine Network, and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation during the Athens Olympics and on Radio 2GB during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
References