Steve Foley (diver)
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| Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1957 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Foley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Rogerson plunges to perfection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. p. 31.
- ^ "Now a splash for the future". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 1986. p. 82.
- ^ "USA Diving Hires Steve Foley as High Performance Director". 6 September 2008.
External links
- Profile at Australian Olympic Committee
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Australian divers
- Olympic divers of Australia
- Australian sportspeople stubs
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Male divers
- Australian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving