Domonic Bedggood

Domonic Bedggood
Personal information
Born (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994
Gold Coast, Queensland
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Sport
Country Australia
Medal record
Men's Diving
Representing  Australia
World Championships
2015 Kazan Mixed 10m synchronized
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 10m synchronized

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

He trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

References

  1. 1 2 "Bedggood, Domonic". springertag-rostock.de. Internationaler Springertag Rostock. 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.
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