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Domonic Bedggood
Bedggood in 2018
Personal information
Born (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994 (age 29)
Southport, Queensland
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
CountryAustralia
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan Mixed 10m synchronized
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 10m synchronized
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 10m platform
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 3m synchronized
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 10m synchronized

Domonic Bedggood (born 18 September 1994) is an Australian diver. He was a gold medallist at the 2014 and 2018 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 sixteen. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, he won the Men's Synchronised 10m platform 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]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Bedggood won a gold medal in the Men's 10m platform and bronze medals in the Men's 3m Synchronized (with Matthew Carter) and the Men's 10m Synchronized (alongside Dec Stacey).[5]

Bedggood trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bedggood, Domonic". springertag-rostock.de. Internationaler Springertag Rostock. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. ^ "dAIS Athlete Stories – Domonic Bedggood". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Domonic Bedggood results". 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Divers win two bronze and qualify team for Rio". Australian Olympic Committee News, 26 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Domonic Bedggood". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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