Domonic Bedggood
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Born | Southport, Queensland | 18 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 and bronze medals in the (with Matthew Carter) and the (alongside ).[5]
Bedggood trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.
References[]
- ^ a b "Bedggood, Domonic". springertag-rostock.de. Internationaler Springertag Rostock. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. 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.
- ^ "Domonic Bedggood". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- 1994 births
- Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland
- Australian male divers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving