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Australian Commonwealth Games Association Inc.
From the President
Acknowledgments
Advance Australia Fair
From the Start
Past Australian Flag Bearers
Australia at the Commonwealth Games
Australia's Achievements at the Commonwealth Games
Top Ten Medal Tallies at the Commonwealth Games from 1930 - 2006
Top Four Countries at the Commonwealth Games from 1930 - 2006
Australian Television Broadcast
Non-Commercial Radio Coverage
The Venues
The 2010 Commonwealth Games Team:
Headquarters
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Gymnastics
Hockey
Lawn Bowls
Netball
Rugby 7's
Shooting
Squash
Swimming
Synchronised Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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PATRON IN CHIEF
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
PATRON
The Honourable Julia Gillard MP
Prime Minister of Australia
PRESIDENT
Sam Coffa AM JP
VICE PRESIDENTS
Don Stockins OAM
Neil Martin
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Perry Crosswhite AM
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Greg Goebel (Archery)
Dallas O'Brien (Athletics)
Geraldine Brown (Badminton)
Ron Pengelly (Boxing)
Mike Victor OAM (Cycling)
Ken Williamson (Gymnastics)
Mark Anderson (Hockey)
Norm Cunico (Bowls)
Sue Taylor AM (Netball)
Peter Friend (Rugby)
Peter Anderson OAM (Shooting)
John Holland (Squash)
David Urquhart (Swimming)
Will Goodier (Table Tennis)
Cameron Pearson (Tennis)
Robert Kabbas (Weightlifting)
John Saul (Wrestling)
STATE DIVISION SECRETARIES
Peter Tate (New South Wales)
Jeff Watson (Queensland)
Barry Stanton (South Australia)
Mary Bell (Tasmania)
Matthew Scholes (Victoria)
Tania Sullivan (Western Australia)
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
The XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi is expected to be the largest Games in terms of athletes and
officials attending – over 6500 are expected. Seventy-one Commonwealth countries are expected to take
part.
This sports program includes seventeen sports (nineteen if you classify Diving and Synchronised Swimming
separately as sports rather than part of Aquatics) two more than in Melbourne in 2006. The sports of
Archery, Tennis and Wrestling have been added to the program while Basketball and Triathlon will not be
contested.
India is the second most populous nation in the world, and first in the Commonwealth with more than 1.2
billion people. As well it is the largest democracy in the world and at present its economy is growing at a
rapid rate.
Delhi, the capital of India, has hosted a number of Asian Games in the past with the most recent in 1982.
The city is very large with more than 14m residents and is the administrative centre of the country.
For the 2010 Games the Indian authorities have constructed many new sports venues as well as
substantially renovated existing venues which were used for the 1982 Games. As well the government of
the City of Delhi has undertaken a large number of major infrastructure projects, which, in addition to
supporting the hosting of the Games, are being built for the long term benefit of the City.
The 2010 Australian Team is expected to be the largest ever sent to a Games overseas with more than 600
athletes and officials going to Delhi for the Games. The athletes in the Team are, for the most part, younger
than those who competed in Melbourne four years ago, and as such, many will be going to their first every
Commonwealth or Olympic Games.
In 2006 the Australian Team set a new Games record winning 221 medals including 84 gold, 69 silver and
68 bronze. This is a record which will be difficult for the 2010 Team to surpass or match in Delhi for a
number of reasons.
Not only are the Games away from home but we also expect increased strong opposition from the Teams
from the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), all of which have received
significant amounts of preparation funding for these Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games and the
2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
We also expect athletes from India, to perform very well at their home games particularly in the sports of
Badminton, Shooting, Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling. Strong performances are also expected
from the athletes from Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Africa. All of this makes for keen
competition in Delhi however I am confident Australian athletes will, as always, be successful and represent
our nation with pride.
The 2010 Team will be led by Chef de Mission Steve Moneghetti who has won Gold, Silver, and Bronze
medals at past Commonwealth Games in the Marathon and 10,000m events. Steve also was the Athlete
Liaison officer in the 2002 Australian CG Team in Manchester, and then served as Mayor of the Games
Village in 2006. The Team General Manager is ACGA CEO Perry Crosswhite who will be serving in this
capacity in his fourth consecutive Games.
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Like all Australian Commonwealth Games Teams of the past the Team Officials will again be endeavouring to
meet the one single objective – to support the participation and performance of the athletes which is the
reason the Games are organised.
I join all Australians in wishing our 2010 Team the best for the Games. We can ask no more of you than to be
proud of your Country, be humble in victory and gracious in defeat, and above all, to do your best.
Sam Coffa AM JP
President, Australian Commonwealth Games Association
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Commonwealth Games Team would like to acknowledge the following companies which have given
their support as partners, sponsors and providers.
Partners
Sponsors
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Australians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We'll toil with hears and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share
With courage let us continue
To advance Australia fair
In joyful strains let us sing,
Advance Australia fair.
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FROM THE START
The original Games were known as the British Empire Games and were born from a meeting between
Empire Countries after the 1920 Olympics. It followed the “Festival of Empire” in London in 1911 which
featured Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
Below is a list of past Games, where they were held and the number of participating Nations:
BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES:
I 1930 Hamilton, Canada (11)
II 1934 London, England (16)
III 1938 Sydney, Australia (15)
IV 1950 Auckland, New Zealand (12)
BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES
V 1954 Vancouver, Canada (24)
VI 1958 Cardiff, Wales (35)
VII 1962 Perth, Australia (35)
VIII 1966 Kingston, Jamaica (34)
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES
IX 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland (42)
X 1974 Christchurch, New Zealand (39)
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
XI 1978 Edmonton, Canada (46)
XII 1982 Brisbane, Australia (45)
XIII 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland (26)
XIV 1990 Auckland, New Zealand (55)
XV 1994 Victoria, Canada (63)
XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (69)
XVII 2002 Manchester, England (72)
XVIII 2006 Melbourne, Australia (71)
XIX 2010 Delhi, India (71)
PAST AUSTRALIAN FLAG BEARERS
1930 Henry 'Bobby' Pearce (Rowing)
1934 Noel Ryan (Swimming)
1938 Edgar 'Dunc' Gray (Cycling)
1950 Mervyn Wood (Rowing)
1954 Richard 'Dick' Garrard (Wrestling)
1958 Ivan Lund (Fencing)
1962 Antony 'Tony' Madigan (Boxing)
1966 David Dickson (Swimming)
1970 Pamela Kilborn (Athletics)
1974 Michael Wenden (Swimming)
1978 Remo and Salvatore Sansonetti (Cycling)
1982 Richard 'Rick' Mitchell (Athletics)
1986 Michael Turtur (Cycling)
1990 Lisa Curry-Kenny (Swimming)
1994 Ian Hale (Shooting)
1998 Kieren Perkins (Swimming)
2002 Damian Brown (Weightlifting)
2006 Jane Saville (Athletics)
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AUSTRALIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
When the 2010 Australian team enters the main stadium as the first team to march into the Opening
Ceremony in Delhi on 3 October for the nineteenth Commonwealth Games, they will be continuing a rich
tradition that goes back almost 100 years.
It was in 1911 that the Festival of Empire was staged in London. This was the forerunner of the
Commonwealth Games and it was held to commemorate the Coronation of King George V. There were only
three teams who participated, the United Kingdom, Canada and combined Australian-New Zealand team
who competed under the banner of Australasia.
This squad was made of ten athletes with three of them being New Zealanders. The sporting programme
consisted of athletics, boxing, swimming and wrestling and it attracted very little attention.
The Australasian team was victorious in only two events and the same individual won them both. His name
was Harold Hardwick and he was sent to England ostensibly as a swimmer. After winning the 100 yards
freestyle, he was asked by team management to take part in the boxing tournament and he went on to win
the heavyweight title in that sport.
The inaugural British Empire Games, as they were then known, were held in Hamilton, Canada, in the year
1930. There were six sports on the programme. A team of nine male athletes and two officials represented
Australia. Our small team performed well winning three gold medals, four silver and one bronze to finish fifth
on the medal table. Noel Ryan won the 400 yards freestyle and repeated his success in the 1500 yards.
The great Bobby Pearce, Olympic champion from 1928, won the individual sculling race in rowing.
Four years later the Games were staged at the heart of the Empire, London, England. Sir George Truscott,
Acting Lord Mayor of London, opened them on 4th August, and Australia had a team of 28 athletes
competing. We were successful in winning eight gold medals, four silver and two bronze medals.
Jack Metcalfe, the leading track and field athlete in Australia at the time, won the hop, step and jump, now
called the triple jump. He set a new Games record that stood for 24 years. Swimmer Noel Ryan again won
both the 440 yards and 1500 yards and Clare Dennis was successful in the 220 yards breaststroke. 1934
also saw cyclist Dunc Gray easily win the 1000 metres time trial. Wrestler Dick Garrard started his long and
impressive career at the London Games where he won the gold medal in the lightweight division.
There were six sports contested in the London Games of 1934 and sixteen countries took part.
In 1938, the Games came to Australia. This was the first of three occasions the Empire Games were hosted
in “the land Down Under”. The venue was Sydney and the star of those Games was a young athlete from
West Australia, Decima Norman. She won a record five gold medals and helped her country mount up a
total of 65 medals, 24 of them being gold.
Jack Metcalfe repeated his 1934 victory in the hop, step and jump and swimmers Evelyn de Lacy (110 yards
freestyle), Dorothy Green (440 yards freestyle) and Pat Norton (110 yards backstroke), were all victorious in
their respective events. Dick Garrard was again a gold medallist along with five other Australians in
wrestling and Dunc Gray and Bob Porter won gold in cycling.
A number of the Australian athletes from the Sydney Games became prominent figures in later public life.
Gordon Freeth, a rower, entered politics and was a Federal Cabinet minister between 1958 and 1969.
Margaret Dovey, a breaststroke swimmer, became the wife of the future Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam,
and Ted Best became Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the late 60's.
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After a 12-year lapse caused by World War Two, the Games were regenerated in Auckland, New Zealand,
in 1950. Due to the distances involved, only twelve countries took part and they contested nine sports:
Athletics, swimming, boxing, cycling, fencing, lawn bowls, rowing, weightlifting and wrestling. The star of the
Australian team was a young sprinter from Lithgow named Marjorie Jackson. She won both the 100 and
220 yards and picked up two more gold medals for the relays. John Treloar won the male sprint double and
anchored the victorious 4 X 110 yards relay for another gold. Other well-known Australians to perform excel
in Auckland were Judy Joy Davies (swimming), Merv Wood (rowing) and Russell Mockridge (cycling).
It is interesting to note that for the first time ever, the majority of the Australian team journeyed to an
overseas venue by air. They had the luxury of travelling to New Zealand by flying boat.
The Fifth Empire and Commonwealth Games of 1954 were held in Vancouver, Canada and a team of 73
athletes and 17 officials represented Australia. They were successful in winning a total of 48 medals, 20 of
them being gold.
The highlight of these Games was the Miracle Mile and it featured Roger Bannister of England and
Australia's John Landy.
Bannister had been the first man to run a sub-four minute mile when he ran 3:59.4 in May of 1954. Six
weeks later, Landy eclipsed this time with a world record of 3:58.0. The Games race was run on 7th August
in 30C heat and it certainly lived up to its name. In the last lap, Landy, who was leading, glanced over his
left shoulder and Bannister sprinted by on his right and won in the time of 3:58.8.
The Australian swimmers contributed a number of golds with Jon Henricks, Gary Chapman and Lorraine
Crapp all being multi award winners. Marjorie Jackson again won the sprint double on the track and a young
athlete by the name of Kevan Gosper took out the 440 yards. Dick Garrard competing in his fourth
successive Games finally succumbed to age and could only manage a bronze.
Cardiff, Wales was the venue for the next Games in 1958. Here, for the first time, the Queen's Message
relay took place and it has been a feature of every Games since, with the exception of Perth.
The athletics were of an extremely high standard and a migrant to Australia, Anna Pazera, set a new world
record in the javelin. Pazera had stayed in Australia following the 1956 Olympics and at Cardiff, she threw
the javelin almost two metres further than anyone had ever done in the past. Herb Elliott won the 880 yards
and one mile double and Dave Power was brilliant in winning both the six-mile and marathon races.
Australia's swimmers dominated the pool in Cardiff. They won eleven gold medals and names such as John
and Ilsa Konrads, Dawn Fraser and John Devitt became household public figures. Tony Madigan won the
light-heavyweight division in boxing and Merv Wood, in his third and last Games, paired with Stuart
Mackenzie to take silver in the double sculls rowing event.
Australia capitalised on the home advantage to win 105 medals, 38 of them being gold, when the next
Games were staged in Perth. Thirty-five countries came to the West Australian capital and they competed in
nine sports.
Swimming was again our premier sport and both Dawn Fraser and Murray Rose came home with four gold
medals apiece. Australia, led by Peter Bartels in the 1000m time trial, won four of the five cycling gold
medals and Tony Madigan repeated his 1958 victory in boxing.
Controversy surrounded the final of 100 yards on the track. Victorian sprinter, Gary Holdsworth was initially
awarded the bronze medal but after the officials studied a photograph of the finish several hours after the
race, they reversed their original placings and gave the third place medal to Michael Cleary. Cleary, who
was a rugby star at the time, went onto represent his country in three sports and became NSW Minister for
Sport and Recreation.
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The Commonwealth Games Federation took a brave move when they awarded the next Games to Kingston,
in the West Indies. Jamaica was the smallest independent country to stage a Games yet more athletes
competed there than in Perth, four years previously. Australia was represented by a strong, but not large team
of 101 athletes and 21 officials. The sports of lawn bowls and rowing were replaced by badminton and
shooting.
Once again, our swimmers and track athletes won the majority of our medals and in fact, every swimmer, both
male and female, came home with a medal. Peter Reynolds was the top male swimmer winning four gold
medals while Michael Wenden launched his gold medal triumphs at three consecutive Games with his win in
the 110 yards freestyle. Kathy Wainwright won the 440 yards freestyle in world record time.
On the track, Pam Kilborn repeated her victory from 1962 in the 80 metres hurdles while Ken Roche, in the
440 yards hurdles and Trevor Bickle (pole vault) both retained their titles, which they, too, had won in Perth.
The only gold medal won by an Australia other than in athletics and swimming was by George Vakakis in the
light-heavyweight division of weightlifting.
It was at these Games that the word “Empire” was deleted from the name of all future Games.
In 1970, the Games came to Edinburgh. The Scottish organizers turned on a magnificent sporting festival and
places like Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Castle and the Royal Mile became well acquainted to the Australian team
of 107 athletes.
Pam Kilborn was chosen as the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremony and this was the first time a woman was
given this honour. On the track she repaid this gesture by taking out her third consecutive hurdles crown, this
time over the extended distance of 100 metres. Lawrie Peckham retained his high jump title while a young
Petra Rivers had a surprise win in the women's javelin event.
Our swimmers again excelled in the pool. Michael Wenden took out the sprint double (100 & 200m), Karen
Moras won the 200m, 400m, and 800m crowns, the latter in a world record time, and Denise Langford was
successful in the individual medley double.
Other winners included Don Wagstaff in both diving events; John Nicholson in the 1000m scratch sprint in
cycling; and Ray Rigby in the Super-heavyweight division of weightlifting. In all, Australia came home with 36
of the 121 gold medals awarded at the first Edinburgh Games.
The Commonwealth Games returned to the Southern Hemisphere when Christchurch, New Zealand played
host in 1974. New facilities were built and Australia sent a team of 168 athletes and 34 officials across the
Tasman to compete.
Our lone woman shooter at these Games was Yvonne Gowland and she surprised all with her win in the
small-bore rifle event against a predominantly male field. Dick Paris narrowly defeated his cycling teammate,
John Nicholson, in the 1000m time trial and three gold medals were won by Australian weightlifters.
In Athletics, Raelene Boyle retained the 100m and 200m titles she had won in Edinburgh while Charlene
Rendina was too good for her rivals over the 800-metre distance.
Edmonton, Canada, was the next venue for the Games. Under the stewardship of Les Martin, the team
contained such standouts as Phil Anderson in cycling, Tracey Wickham and Michelle Ford in swimming and
Peter Farmer in the hammer throw. In total, there were 190 Australian athletes and officials at the 1978 Games
and they brought home 24 gold medals.
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When the Twelfth Games were staged in Brisbane this quadrennial the gathering of countries from around
the Commonwealth for sporting competition had truly taken on the tag of the Friendly Games. The symbol of
the Games was a kangaroo and when Matilda made her appearance at the Opening Ceremony, and
“winked” at the attending audience, and to millions of television viewers around the world, the stage was set
for a sociable Games.
Australia had extraordinary success in Brisbane and there were many magic moments. Who will ever forget
Raelene Boyle's great comeback run, and win, in the 400 metres on the track? And Tracey Wickham
winning the 400-800 double in front of her hometown crowd at the Chandler swimming complex. Robert de
Castella's remarkable win in the Marathon; Gary Honey in the long jump; Debbie Flintoff in the 400 metres
hurdles; and Dean Lukin in the super heavyweight weightlifting. It was a wonderful party for not only the
athletes of the Commonwealth but also the people of the Queensland capital.
There is no doubt, the Brisbane Games set the benchmark for all future Games. It also transformed the
sleeping Queensland capital into a vibrant, metropolitan city.
1986 saw the Games return to Edinburgh, Scotland. The sport program consisted of ten sports but
unfortunately, because of boycotts, only 26 nations took part. This was the lowest number of competing
nations since 1954.
Australia had a number of memorable performances in Edinburgh. “Deek” (Rob de Castella) repeated his
victory in the Marathon and Lisa Martin took out the women's Marathon. Debbie Flintoff won the 400 metres
on the track and Gael Martin pulled off the double in taking out both the discus and shot put events. Our
cyclists did us proud with the likes of Gary Neiwand, Martin Vinnicombe and the teams pursuit bringing
home gold. The weightlifters again performed well with Greg Hayman, Nick Voukelatos, Bill Stellios and
Dean Lukin all winning in their individual classes. Again, our swimmers performed highly. Greg Fasala, Rob
Gleria, Suzie Baumer and Suzanne Landells all came home with Commonwealth crowns to their credit.
In 1990 the Games came back to Auckland after a forty years absence. These New Zealand Games were
the first of three Games in the 1990s where Australian athletes consistently won more gold medals than
their counterparts from the Commonwealth nations. Many of the names that have gone down into Australian
sporting folklore made their mark at Auckland. Cathy Freeman started her international career in Auckland.
Haley Lewis won five gold medals in the pool and a young Susie O'Neill came second to Lisa Curry-Kenny
in the 100 metres butterfly.
One of the most exciting events in Auckland was the 5000 metres. Australia's Andrew Lloyd won the event
after overtaking four runners in the last 150 metres. His margin of victory was 8/100ths of a second after
running for almost thirteen and a half minutes.
In the next Games, held in Victoria, Canada, Australian athletes brought home a total of 182 medals which
included 87 gold. Cathy Freeman won the 200m/400m double on the track and Kieren Perkins took out the
200, 400 and 1500 metres in the pool. Perkins swim in the 1500 metres created two new world records. The
most exciting win in Victoria was Lisa Campbell's gold medal performance in the singles event of the
Badminton competition.
A significant milestone in Commonwealth Games history took place in 1998. For the first time ever the
Games were staged in Asia. This time the venue was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Australia's Chef-de-
Mission, Don Stockins, headed up a team of 443 athletes and officials. Team sports such as Cricket,
Netball, Rugby and Hockey, for both men and women, were included on the program and we had an almost
cleansweep in the new sport of Ten Pin Bowling.
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The Hockey teams both came away with the Commonwealth titles and the Netball women continued their
winning ways by finishing first also. Susie O'Neill set a record for gold medals when she brought home six
and Michelle Martin won both the single and mixed doubles events in Squash. Nova Peris-Kneebone took
out an exciting 200 metres final on the track. Australia won gold in the Artistic Team for Gymnastics and our
Rhythmic Gymnastics Team finished with a bronze.
For pure excitement nothing could have surpassed the victory by Heather Turland in the women's Marathon.
A relatively unknown housewife from the Southern Highlands, she won in a time of 2 hours, 41.24 mins. Her
husband and children cheered Turland on as she crossed the finish line. It is very rare for an elite athlete to
have her children witness one of her most important wins.
The 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester were only the second Games held in England, the
“home” of the Commonwealth. All 72 Commonwealth countries attended and the sports program was the
largest to date – 17.
The Australian Team for the fourth consecutive time set a total medal record winning 207 medals overall. In
the newly introduced sports of Table Tennis and Triathlon, Australia performed well winning 2 silver and 2
bronze, and 1 silver and 1 bronze respectively.
Australia's cyclist dominated both the track and road winning 10 out of 17 events and 23 medals out of a
possible 51. The men's road team won all six medals available in the road race and time trial.
One of the most exciting events of the Games, the Netball final between Australia and New Zealand results
in Australia being awarded the gold after two extra time halves and a sudden-death period where Australia
had to win by the required 2 goals.
Australia swimmers were outstanding winning 48 of the 126 medals on offer including 27 gold. Although
predictions for success in athletics were low Australia's track and field athletes exceeded expectations and
finished second on the medal tally to the strong home based English team winning 28 medals overall.
The 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne was the fourth time the Games had been held in
Australia. It was 50 years after the Olympic Games had been hosted in the same city in 1956 and all 71
Commonwealth countries attended.
The Australian Team for the fifth consecutive time set a TeamAustralia's cyclists dominated both the track
and road winning 24 medals out of a possible 51 which was one more than what had been achieved in
Manchester four years earlier. The men's and women's road teams won all four gold medals available in the
road race and time trial as well as 3 silver and 2 bronze.
Overall Australia performed well in most sports setting Games medal performance records in a many. The
athletes rose to the occasion performing above expectations in the presence of their families and friends, as
well as the large home crowds.
At the Closing Ceremony on 26 March at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of almost 100,000 persons
and an estimated 1.1 billion television viewers, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation,
Mike Fennell, said, “Melbourne, you are the best.” No doubt he was also talking about the 2006 Australian
Team.
And so, from those humble beginnings back in 1911, Australia has gone on to attend every Commonwealth
Games. We have steadily increased our appearances on the victory podium and certainly asserted a claim
to being the Number One sporting nation in the British Commonwealth.
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AUSTRALIA'S ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
AUSTRALIA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL GAMES
The Melbourne Games in 2006, when the largest ever Australian Team (425 competitors) won a record 221
medals - 84 Gold, 69 Silver and 68 Bronze. The largest Gold Medal Tally was 87 Gold won by the 1994
Commonwealth Games Team.
VENUES
1930–Hamilton, Canada; 1934–London, England; 1938–Sydney, Australia; 1950–Auckland, New Zealand;
1954–Vancouver, Canada; 1958–Cardiff, Wales; 1962–Perth, Australia; 1966–Kingston, Jamaica;
1970–Edinburgh, Scotland; 1974–Christchurch, New Zealand; 1978–Edmonton, Canada; 1982–Brisbane,
Australia; 1986–Edinburgh, Scotland; 1990–Auckland, New Zealand; 1994–Victoria, BC, Canada;
1998–Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2002–Manchester, England; 2006-Melbourne. The 2010 Games will be
held in New Delhi, India.
After the 1938 Games in Sydney, the British Empire Games Federation allocated the 1942 Games to
Montreal, Canada. The Games were officially abandoned following the outbreak of World War II. Canada
was given the first option on the 1950 Games but declined.
MOST GOLD MEDALS WON AT A SINGLE GAMES
Swimmers Susan O'Neill OAM and Ian Thorpe won 6 Gold medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Commonwealth Games and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, respectively.
MOST MEDALS WON BY A COMPETITOR
Shooter Phillip Adams OAM has won 18 medals (7 Gold, 9 Silver, 2 Bronze) at five Games (1982, 86, 90,
94, 2002). The most medals won by a female competitor is 15 medals by swimmer Susan O'Neill OAM (10
Gold, 5 Silver) at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 Games.
MOST GOLD MEDALS WON
Swimmer Susan O'Neill OAM won 10 Gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98). Also,
swimmer Ian Thorpe won 10 Gold medals at two successive Games (1998 and 2002).
REPRESENTED AT MOST GAMES
Arthur Tunstall OBE (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94) and Donald Stockins OAM (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94,
98, 2002) have each represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games. Shooter Phillip
Adams OAM (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002) has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games.
OLDEST GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Dorothy Roche OAM, was 61 years and 10 months old when she won a Gold medal in the women's fours in
lawn bowls at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games.
YOUNGEST GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Jenny Turrell was 13 years and 8 months old when she won a Gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle
swimming at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games.
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Top Ten Medal Tallies of the Commonwealth Games from 1930-2006
COUNTRY
AUSTRALIA
ENGLAND
CANADA
NEW ZEALAND
SCOTLAND
SOUTH AFRICA
INDIA
WALES
KENYA
NIGERIA
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GOLD
646
542
387
118
71
80
80
46
53
35
SILVER
550
513
414
156
87
79
79
64
42
41
BRONZE
488
529
429
221
143
Top Four Countries at the Commonwealth Games 1930-2006
GAMES & VENUE COUNTRY
1930
HAMILTON
(Canada)
1934
LONDON
(England)
1938
SYDNEY
(Australia)
1950
AUCKLAND
(New Zealand)
1954
VANCOUVER
(Canada)
1958
CARDIFF
(Wales)
1962
PERTH
(Australia)
England
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
England
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Australia
England
Canada
South Africa
Australia
England
New Zealand
Canada
England
Australia
South Africa
Canada
England
Australia
South Africa
Canada
Australia
England
New Zealand
Canada
1966
England
KINGSTON
Australia
(Jamaica) Canada
New Zealand
83
63
85
49
50
TOTAL
1684
1584
1230
495
301
242
222
195
144
126
MEDAL TOTAL
G S B
25
20
6
3
3
29
17
8
7
24
15
13
10
34
19
10
8
23
20
16
9
29
27
13
1
38
29
10
4
33
23
14
8
25
20
6
3
3
20
25
4
10
19
14
16
10
27
16
22
9
24
11
6
20
22
22
10
10
36
22
12
12
24
28
20
5
25
20
6
3
3
24
92
2
5
22
10
15
6
19
13
20
14
20
17
13
14
29
17
8
16
31
27
10
15
23
22
23
13
TOTAL
61
54
17
9
8
73
51
14
22
65
39
44
26
80
48
52
31
67
48
35
43
80
66
31
27
105
78
32
31
80
73
57
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GAMES & VENUE COUNTRY
1970
EDINBURGH
(Scotland)
1974
CHRISTCHURCH
(New Zealand)
1978
EDMONTON
(Canada)
1982
BRISBANE
(Australia)
1986
EDINBURGH
(Scotland)
1990
AUCKLAND
(New Zealand)
1994
VICTORIA
(Canada)
1998
KUALA LUMPUR
(Malaysia)
2002
MANCHETSER
(England)
2006
MELBOURNE
(Australia)
Australia
England
Canada
Scotland
Australia
England
Canada
New Zealand
Canada
England
Australia
Kenya
Australia
England
Canada
New Zealand
England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Australia
England
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
England
Nigeria
Australia
England
Canada
Malaysia
Australia
England
Canada
India
Australia
England
Canada
India
MEDAL TOTAL
G S B
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36
27
18
6
29
28
25
9
45
27
24
7
39
38
26
5
52
51
40
8
52
47
35
17
87
40
31
11
80
36
30
10
82
54
31
30
84
36
26
22
24
25
24
8
28
31
19
8
31
28
33
6
39
38
23
8
43
35
46
16
54
40
41
14
52
42
45
13
61
47
31
14
62
51
41
22
69
40
29
17
22
32
24
11
25
21
18
18
33
32
27
5
29
32
33
13
49
31
35
14
56
42
37
27
43
46
49
13
57
53
38
12
63
60
44
17
68
34
31
11
TOTAL
82
84
66
25
82
80
62
35
109
87
84
18
107
108
82
26
144
117
121
38
162
129
113
58
182
128
125
37
198
136
99
36
207
165
116
69
221
110
86
50

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2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES –
Australian Television Broadcast
Channel 10/One HD
The free to air Australian TV Broadcast rights holder for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is Network Ten
which will broadcast over 200 hours of live television to Australian audiences.
Network Ten will broadcast both Opening and Closing Ceremonies live from India as well as broadcast all of
the major Games competition events live at all opportunities. The broadcast will air from 1pm to 4am daily.
In addition Network Ten will produce every morning during the Games, a “Good Morning Delhi” program
which will air from 6am to 9am. This program will preview upcoming events as well as showing overnight
action.
FOXTEL
The pay TV Broadcast rights holder for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is FOXTEL which will broadcast
the Games on six high definition and six standard definition dedicated interactive channels. FOXTEL will
broadcast over 500 hours of live events and more than 1700 hours of total coverage.
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES –
Australian Non-Commercial Radio Coverage
Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC)
This year ABC Local Radio celebrates 60 years of unbroken coverage of the Commonwealth Games,
starting with the Auckland Empire Games in 1950. Today, ABC Radio's coverage has the potential to reach
97% of the Australian population through the ABC Local Radio network of 61 stations in both Metro and
Regional Australia.
ABC Local Radio has an established philosophy of providing the broadest possible coverage across the
Games schedule. This year, through the advent of Digital Radio, ABC Radio will be covering even more
sports and more medals than ever before.
The coverage begins with the Opening Ceremony on Sunday night, the 3rd October and, over the next 11
days of competition, will broadcast more than 142 hours of the Games live from Delhi – an average of 13
hours a day. The Games coverage will begin in the early afternoon (Eastern Time) and continue through
until about 2.30am (Eastern Time).
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THE VENUES
VENUE SPORT CAPACITY COMPETITION DATES
CRPF Campus
Delhi University North Campus
Dr Karni Singh
Shooting Range
Dr SPM Aquatics Complex
Indira Gandhi
Sports Complex
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sports Complex
Major Dhyan Chand
National Stadium
Noida Express Highway
RK Khanna Tennis Complex
Siri Fort Sports Complex
Talkatora Indoor Stadium
Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Vijay Chowk
Yamuna Sports Complex
Shooting (Fullbore)
Rugby 7's
Shooting
Pistol and Smallbore
Clay Target
Aquatics
Swimming
Synchronised Swimming
Diving
Cycling (Track)
Wrestling
Gymnastics (Artistic)
Gymnastics (Rhythmic)
Lawn Bowls
Weightlifting
Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
Athletics
Marathon
Walks
Hockey
Cycling (Road Time Trials)
Tennis
Squash
Badminton
Boxing
Netball
Cycling (Road Mass Start)
Table Tennis
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10,354
500
1,000
5,178
4,000
6,932
14,348
2,111
2,500
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
19,111
-
5,015
3,128
4,748
3,035
4,494
-
4,297
9-13 October
11-12 October
6-13 October
6-13 October
4-9 October
6-7 October
10-13 October
5-8 October
5-10 October
4-8 October
12-14 October
6-13 October
4-12 October
3 October
14 October
6-12 October
14 October
9 October
4-14 October
13 October
4-10 October
4-13 October
4-14 October
5-13 October
(rest day Oct 1)
4-14 October
(rest day Oct 13)
10 October
4-14 October

HEADQUARTERS
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Steve Monegetti
Chef-de-Mission
Administration Officers
Competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games with 3 Top 10
performances; competed at the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games with a
Gold, Silver & Bronze medal; 6 World Championships with a bronze medal in 1997 at
Athens; Previous 3 times World Best in the half marathon; 1994 1st place at the Tokyo
International Marathon; 1990 1st place at the Berlin Marathon. Was Athlete Liaison Officer
for the 2002 Australian Commonwealth Games Team and Village Mayor for the 2006
Commonwealth Games.
Perry Crosswhite
Team General Manager
Competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games as a member of the Australian
Basketball Team; Competed for the Melbourne Tigers Basketball Team for over 10 years;
Administration Officer, 1992 Australian Olympic Team Headquarters; Team General
Manager (Admin), 1998 Australian Commonwealth Games Team; Team General Manager
2002, 2006 Australian Commonwealth Games Team; Board Director 2006 Commonwealth
Games; Various senior Sports Administration positions, including Assistant General
Manager and Acting Executive Director Australian Sports Commission, Secretary General
Australian Olympic Committee; CEO, Commonwealth Games Association 1995 to present.
Diane Gallagher
Assistant Team General Manager
Was Yachting Adminstrator Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, weekly and long haul races
conducted by the CYCA; Administration Officer Headquarters, 2002 Australian
Commonwealth Games Team; Assistant Team General Manager 2006 Australian
Commonwealth Games Team; Headquarters Administration 2000, 2004 and 2008
Australian Commonwealth Youth Games Team; Operations Manager, Australian
Commonwealth Games Association 1999 to Present.
Matthew Curtin Carol Grant
Dan Ling
Security Liason Officer
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Administration Assistants
Jacinta Gee Penny Herbert Tania Patterson Gary Vandeburgt
Petria Thomas
Athlete Liaison Officer/Administration Officer
Competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics winning 3 Gold Medals, 4
Silver and a Bronze; Competed at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth
Games winning 9 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze; Winner of 15 National titles; 2004 &
2008 Australian Team General Manager at the Commonwealth Youth Games;
2006 Headquarters Administration and Athlete Liaison Officer at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Brian Roe
Team Transport/Logistics Director
President of Athletics Australia (Tasmania); 2003-2010 member IAAF Technical
Committee; 1998, 2002, 2006 Headquarter at the Commonwealth Games; 1988-
2010 International Technical Official (Athletics); 2000 Competition Director at the
Olympic Games, Sydney; 1988, 1992, 2000 & 2004 Technical Officer at the
Olympic Games; 1982, 1990 & 1994 Technical Officer at the Commonwealth
Games.
Andrew Mathews
Transport/Logistics
Officer
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
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Rohan Short
Transport/Logistics
Officer
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Media
John Gatfield
Media Officer (Deputy)
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Tracy Parish
Media Director
President of Athletics Australia (Tasmania); 2003-2010 member IAAF Technical
Committee; 1998, 2002, 2006 Headquarter at the Commonwealth Games; 1988-2010
International Technical Official (Athletics); 2000 Competition Director at the Olympic
Games, Sydney; 1988, 1992, 2000 & 2004 Technical Officer at the Olympic Games; 1982,
1990 & 1994 Technical Officer at the Commonwealth Games.
Shaun Anderson
Media Officer
Lachlan Searle
Media Officer
Michelle Cook
Media Officer
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Medical
Doctors
Dr Peter Harcourt
Medical Director
VIS Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer Basketball Australia since 1983; Medical
Officer AFL; Olympic Games Medical Officer 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 (Deputy
Director Medical Services); Member of the Australian Commonwealth Games Medical
Commission; Medical Director 2006 Commonwealth Games; Medical Officer 2002
Australian Commonwealth Games Team.
Dr Grace Bryant
Head Doctor
Australian Team Headquarters Doctor 1998, 2002, 2006 Commonwealth Games;
Australian Team Headquarters Doctor 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympic Games;
Australian Women's Waterpolo Doctor 1999-Present; Medical Officer Netball Australia
1992-9; Tour Doctor Australian Women's Hockey Team 1996-recent; Medical Officer
Rugby League Teams since 1980; Member Australian Commonwealth Games Medical
Commission.
Dr Mark Fisher Dr Michael Makdissi Dr Don McIntosh
Dr Sandra Mejak Australian Dr Hugh Commonwealth Seward Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
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Physiotherapists
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Peter Blanch
Head Physiotherapist
Sports Physiotherapist at the Australian Institute of Sport for over 20 years with clinical
experience over a wide range of sports. He is currently Manager, Research and
Innovation/ Sports Physiotherapist , Physical Therapies Department, Australian Institute
of Sport; Combined with his clinical work, he is involved in numerous research projects
across a wide range of disciplines and subjects and has a Masters degree in the threedimensional
analysis of swimming.For 13 of his years at the AIS, he was the
Physiotherapist for the Australian Swimming Team and in this capacity went to three
Olympics, four Commonwealth Games and numerous other major international
competitions; Attended his fifth Commonwealth Games as Physiotherapist for the
Australian Team Medical Headquarters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games; Member
Jim Bostock David Hayes
Wendy Braybon
Kylie Holt Simon Mole
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Soft Tissue Physiotherapists
Tony Bond
Head Soft Tissue Therapist
1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Soft Tissue Therapist Headquarters Australian Team at the
Olympic Games; 1998, 2002, 2006 Soft Tissue Therapist Headquarters Australian Team
at the Commonwealth Games; 1999 Soft Tissue Therapist at the Athletics World
Championships; 1994-1995 Soft Tissue Therapist at the Cycling World Championships;
1986-1988 AIS Track & Field Scholarship Holder.
Lauren Allison Vince Cosentini
Narelle Davis
Diana Glazer Georgie Stevens
Linda Philpot
Clinic Administrator
1994-2010 Practice/Office Manager Physical Therapies AIS; 2004 & 2008 Medical
Clinic Administrator Australian Team at the Olympic Games; 2006 Medical Clinic
Administrator Australian Team at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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ARCHERY
Officials
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Jonathon Grady
Date of birth: 15 Apr 1982.
Place of birth: Camden, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 73kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Seven seasons racing on
the French Grand Prix Triathlon circuit;
Team Manager and Media Liaison
Drapac Porsche Cycling's European
Tour; Team Manager for the French Elite
Team 2006 Triathlon World
Championships.
Jeff Bond
Date of birth: 19 Jun 1945.
Place of birth: Morwell, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Sports Psychologist.
Commonwealth Games: 1986.
Achievements: 1982-2004 Head of Sport
Psychology at the Australian Institute of
Sport; 1986 Sport Psychologist at the
Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh;
1984-2000 Sport Psychologist at nine
Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Deonne Bridger
Simon Fairweather
Date of birth: 09 Oct 1969.
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 70kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 1991 World Champion
and Bronze Team; 1999 World Indoor
Team Champions; 2000 Olympic
Champion; 5 times Olympic team
member.
Date of birth: 15 May 1972. Age at start of Games: 38. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 167cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Governor Stirling Archers Archery Club; WAIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Target, 1st place Field & 1st place Team at the Australian National Archery
Championships, Brisbane. Personal Best: 636 (70m). Achievements: 2008 Archery Section Manager Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2007 Team manager at the World Championships & World Cup events; 2004 Olympic
Games, Athens; 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta; 1996-2010 National Overall Champion; 2002 3rd place at the
World Field Championships; 1997-2004 AIS scholarship; 1988-2010 WAIS Scholarship; 1995, 1997, 1999,
2001, 2003, 2005 & 2009 World Championships team.
Bec Darby
Date of birth: 22 Aug 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Inverell, Australia. Height: 158cm.
Weight: 63kg. Event: Compound Individual, Team. Club/Institute/Academy: Hervey Bay Archers.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the World Cup. Personal Best: 658 (70m). Achievements: 2002 2nd place
at the World IFAA Championships; 2004 5th place at the World IFAA Championships; 2006 3rd place at the
World IFAA Championships; 2009 2nd place at the Ladies Target Nationals; 2009 1st place at the Ladies
National Field; 2009 3rd place at the Ladies team World Cup, Turkey.
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Lexy Feeney
Date of birth: 03 Jul 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 158cm.
Weight: 51kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team. Club/Institute/Academy: Erina Archery Club; AIS.
Coach: Simon Fairweather. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 4th place Target at the Australian National Archery Championships, Brisbane.
Personal Best: 639 (70m). Achievements: 2008 Olympic Team; 2006 2nd place at the European Grand
Prix, Italy; 2002, 2004 & 2006 Australian Junior Target Champion.
Fiona Hyde
Date of birth: 19 Jun 1963. Age at start of Games: 47. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 120.5kg. Event: Compound Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Illawarra Archery Club. Coach: John Hyde. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place Target, 3rd place Field & 1st place Team at the Australian National
Archery Championships, Brisbane; 3rd place at the World Cup. Personal Best: 661 (70m).
Achievements: 2001-2009 State Target Champion; 2007-2009 State Field Champion; 2009 National
Target, All Round Champion & Australian Open Matchplay Champion; 2009 2nd & 3rd places Team at
the World Cup 3; International Ranking of 39th in 2009.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Cassie McCall
Date of birth: 27 Aug 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 164cm.
Weight: 112kg. Event: Compound Individual, Team. Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra Archery Club.
Coach: Simon Fairweather. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 4th place at Australia Day tournament; 3rd place at the World Cup.
Personal Best: 657 (70m). Achievements: 2009 7th place at National Championships; 2nd time runner
up at the ACT State Target Archery Tournament; Previously National Champion in Judo, Outdoor
Soccer and Indoor Soccer.
Dawn Nelson
Date of birth: 23 Jul 1965. Age at start of Games: 45. Place of birth: Whitehaven, England. Height:
164cm. Weight: 76.5kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Frankston Archery Club. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd at the State Championships. Personal Best: 583 (70m).
Achievements: 2009 Recurve Open Australian Champion; 2006-2009 Ranked 1st in Australia for Target
Recurve Open, Overall State Champion & Tournament State Champion; 2008 Recurve Open National
Champion for Indoor, Field & Clout; 2008 Indoor Longbow National Champion & Olympic Shadow
Squad; 2009 three 1st places & a 2nd place at the World Masters Games; 2009 five 1st places at the
Australian Masters Games.
Pat Coghlan
Date of birth: 10 Sep 1974. Age at start of Games: 36. Place of birth: Glenelg, Australia. Height: 177cm.
Weight: 108kg. Event: Compound Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Southern Vales Archery; SAIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 6th place Team at the Australian National Archery Championships, Brisbane.
Personal Best: 701 (70m). Achievements: 2009 Ranked 2nd in the World Target; 2008 1st place at the
World Cup; 2008 3rd place at the World Cup Final.
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www.commonwealthgames.com.au
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Clint Freeman
Date of birth: 16 Aug 1973. Age at start of Games: 37. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 176.5cm. Event: Compound Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Paringa Archers Launceston; TIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Target & 2nd place Field at the Australian National Archery
Championships, Brisbane. Personal Best: 700 (70m). Achievements: 2003 World Target Champion; 2006
World IFAA Champion; 1st archer in the world to shoot a 1400 point FITA round; Has broken 12 World
Records; 29 National Titles.
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Matt Gray
Date of birth: 24 Jun 1973. Age at start of Games: 37. Place of birth: Yea, Australia. Height: 188cm.
Weight: 93kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney Olympic Park Archers, NSW. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 9th place at the World Cup, Turkey. Personal Best: 683 (70m).
Achievements: 1996, 2000 & 2008 Olympic team member; 1988 & 1994 Bronze at the World
Championships; 1999 World Indoor Champion; 2005 & 2009 Australian Champion; Australian record
holder for 12 Arrow Match with 116 and for FITA with 1348; 2006 10th place at the World Cup, Croatia.
Mat Masonwells
Date of birth: 26 Jun 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team.
Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra Archery Club; AIS. Coach: Simon Fairweather.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 8th place Target & 6th place Team at the Australian National Archery
Championships, Brisbane. Personal Best: 658 (70m). Achievements: 2010 AIS scholarship holder; 3rd
place at the Australian Open.
Robert Timms
Date of birth: 29 Jul 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 180cm.
Event: Compound Individual, Team. Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra Archery Club.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 7th place at the World Cup, Stage 2. Personal Best: 693 (70m).
Achievements: 2007 2nd place team event & 9th place individual at the World Target Championships;
2008 2nd place team event & 2nd place individual at the World Cup Final, Dominican; 2008 2nd place
team event at the World Cup, France; 2008 Ranked 8th in the World.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Taylor Worth
Date of birth: 08 Jan 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Busselton, Australia. Height: 174cm.
Weight: 62kg. Event: Recurve Individual, Team. Club/Institute/Academy: Bowman of Melville; AIS.
Coach: Simon Fairweather. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Target at the Australian National Archery Championships, Brisbane; 2nd
place Target & 3rd place Team at the Youth Nationals; 1st place at the USA Championships.
Personal Best: 665 (70m). Achievements: 2008 1st place team event at the Junior World Championships,
Turkey; 2008 & 2009 Junior World Top 10 Ranking.
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www.commonwealthgames.com.au
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ATHLETICS
Officials
Eric Hollingsworth
Date of birth: 06 Dec 1962.
Place of birth: Loughborough, England.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 95kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: High Performance
Manager at Athletics Australia.
Matt Beckenham
Date of birth: 18 Mar 1976.
Place of birth:
Height: 182cm. Weight: 79kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements:
As an athlete: 2000
Competed at the Olympic games,
Sydney.
Gary Bourne
Australian Narromine, Commonwealth Australia. Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Date of birth: 19 Dec 1946.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 86kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: As an athlete Victorian
Decathlon Champion & 440 yards
hurdles champion.
Ken Green
Date of birth: 15 Feb 1960.
Place of birth:
Height: 172cm. Weight: 71kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Coached athletes at
World Championships, World University
Games and Commonwealth Games.
Australian Gravesend, Commonwealth England. Games Association
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Nathan Sims
Date of birth: 15 May 1978.
Place of birth: Hamilton, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Support Staff.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Nic Bideau
Date of birth: 08 Jun 1960.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 75kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Coach to 3 World
Champions - 1997 Cathy Freeman
400m; 2001 Sandie Richards indoor
400m; 2004 Benita Willis World Cross
Country.
Lyn Foreman
Date of birth: 05 Mar 1957.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 63kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1982.
Achievements: Head Coach of Track at
WAIS; 2000 Recipient Australian Sports
Medal; 1988 Olympic Games, Seoul;
1981 Two 1st places at the Pacific
Conference Games; 1975 & 1979-1981
1st places at the Australian Track &
Field Championships.
Sharon Hannan
Date of birth: 12 Sep 1955.
Place of birth: Cairns, Australia.
Height: 158cm. Weight: 66.5kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Have coached Sally
McLellan since she was 12 years old.
She won a Silver Medal at the Olympic
Games, Beijing.
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Craig Hilliard
Date of birth: 28 Jan 1957. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 182cm. Weight: 77kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: 1994, 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 1982-2010 Senior Athletics Coach at the AIS; 2008 Athletics Coach at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007 & 2009 Team Coach at the World
Championships; 2000 Athletics Coach at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1996 Athletics Coach at the
Olympic Games, Atlanta; 1994 Head Coach at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria; 1992 Athletics
Coach at the Olympic Games, Barcelona; 1990, 1998, 2002 & 2006 Team Coach at the Commonwealth
Games; 1988 Athletics Coach at the Olympic Games, Seoul.
Susan Hobson
Date of birth: 13 Mar 1958.
Place of birth:
Height: 170cm. Weight: 59kg.
Position: Team Manager
Commonwealth Games: 1990, 1994 &
2006. Achievements: Triple Olympian in
Distance Running.
Australian Queanbeyan, Commonwealth Australia. Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Dennis Knowles
Date of birth: 25 Jul 1950.
Place of birth: Hindley Green, England.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 94kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 Recipient of Coach
of the Year, NSWIS; 2004 Coach World
Junior Championships; 2003 & 2005
Coach World Youth Championships.
Gus Puopolo
Date of birth: 18 Aug 1948.
Place of birth:
Height: 172cm. Weight: 110kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1978, 1982 &
2006. Achievements: As a coach having
many athletes selected for Olympic
Games, Commonwealth Games and
World Championships; As an athlete; 7
times National Champion; represented
Australia at the Commonwealth Games &
a World Cup.
Australian Anzano Di Pulia, Commonwealth Italy. Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Brett Jones
Date of birth: 07 Jul 1972.
Place of birth: Wangaratta, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 81.5kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2009 Head Coach
Athletics Global Games; 2008 Sprints &
Jumps Coordinator at the Paralympic
Games, Beijing. 2002 & 2006 IPC World
Athletics Championships; 1999, 2003 &
2006 FESPIC Games.
Alex Parnov
Date of birth: 10 May 1959.
Place of birth: Staviropol, Russia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 84kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Achievements: Pole Vault Coach for
WAIS; 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009 & 2010
Team Coach at the World
Championships; 2000, 2004 & 2008
Team Coach at the Olympic Games;
2002 & 2006 Team Coach at the
Grant Ward
Date of birth: 30 May 1961.
Place of birth: Coonamble, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 90kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2009 Team Coach at the
World University Games, Belgrade; 2006
Team Coach at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2004 Team Coach at
the Olympic Games, Athens.
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Andrew Dawes
Date of birth: 30 Sep 1969.
Place of birth: Orange, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 71kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Achievements: 1996 & 2008 Coach at the
Paralympic Games; 2000 & 2004 Coach
at the Olympic and Paralympic Games;
Coached Paralympic Gold & Silver
Medallists.
Adam Castricum
Date of birth: 16 Nov 1972.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 185cm. Weight: 87kg.
Position: Doctor.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2008-2010 Athletics
Australia Chief Medical Officer: 2007-
2008 City to Surf in 77 minutes.
Stan Garland
Date of birth: 11 Jun 1965.
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2002-2010
Physiotherapist for AIS Track Cycling;
2008 Physiotherapist with the Australian
Athletics Team, Spain; 2007 Athletics
Physiotherapist at the University Games,
Bangkok; 2006 Physiotherapist at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Mairi MacLaren
Date of birth: 22 Mar 1979.
Place of birth:
Height: 156cm. Weight: 50kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Has worked as a
physiotherapist for various elite sports in
the UK, Canada, New Zealand and
Australia.
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www.commonwealthgames.com.au
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Scott Goodman
Date of birth: 27 Jun 1960.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 105kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2001-2010 Program
Manager & Head Coach of the
Australian Paralympic Athletics Team;
2008 Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2008
Recipient of the Paralympic Medal;
2006 Head Coach at the IPC Athletics
World Championships; 2006 Assistant
manager at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2005 Head Coach at the
IPC Open European Athletics
Championships.
Dolph Francis
Date of birth: 06 May 1967.
Place of birth: Charters Towers,
Australia. Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Worked as a Physio with
the AIS Softball Team and Queensland
Athletics. As an athlete competed for
Australia 3 times and held an AIS
Scholarship in Track & Field for 2 years.
Brent Kirkbride
Date of birth: 11 Nov 1968.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 181cm. Weight: 81kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 &
2006. Achievements: 2004 Athletics
Physiotherapist at the Olympic Games,
Athens; 2000 Athletics Physiotherapist
at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
Brad Foster
Date of birth: 04 Jul 1973.
Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 191cm. Weight: 90kg.
Position: Soft Tissue Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
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Competitors Female
Date of birth: 26 Feb 1962.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 99kg.
Position: Soft Tissue Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Achievements: 2004 Athletics Massage
Therapist at the Olympic Games, Athens;
2000 Athletics Massage Therapist at the
Olympic Games, Sydney.
Amanda Bisk
2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Stephanie Martin
Date of birth: 02 Apr 1967.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 113kg.
Position: Carer (Ellery F32).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Date of birth: 03 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 177cm.
Weight: 58kg. Event: Pole Vault. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS. Coach: Alex Parnov.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place pole vault at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 4.40m. Achievements: 2009 9th place at the World University Games, Belgrade; 2009 2nd
place at the Australian Championships
Lauren Boden
Date of birth: 03 Aug 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 66kg. Event: 400m Hurdles; 4x400m Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: North Canberra Athletics Club; ACT Academy of Sport. Coach: Matt Beckenham.
Commonwealth Games:
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m hurdles at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 400m Hurdles: 55.25s; 400m 53.31s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 5th place at
the World University Games, Belgrade; 2007 6th place at the World University Games; 2006 9th place at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006 9th place at the World Cup; 2005 2nd place at the World
Youth Championships; 2005, 2007 & 2008 1st place at the Australian Championships.
Alana Boyd
Date of birth: 10 May 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: Pole Vault. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS. Coach: Alex Parnov.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place pole vault at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 4.56m. Achievements: 2008-2009 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2008
Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Melissa Breen
Date of birth: 17 Sep 1990 . Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: 100m.
Club/Institute/Academy: Woden Harriers; ACT Academy of Sport. Coach: Matt Beckenham.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 11.33s. Achievements: 2009 8th place at the World University Games, Belgrade; 2008
1st place at the Australian Championships; 2008 10th place at the Australian World Junior Team.
Hayley Butler
Date of birth: 21 Apr 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 54kg. Event: 100m Hurdles. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS.
Coach: Penny Gillies. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m hurdles at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 13.25s. Achievements: 2006 represented Australia in China;1999 National 90m Hurdle
Champion.
Karyne Di Marco
Date of birth: 14 Mar 1978. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Whyalla, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 85kg. Event: Hammer Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: Westfields; NSWIS.
Coach: Lawrie Barclay. Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place hammer throw at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 67.44m. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australian Championships; 2007 1st
place at the Australian Championships; 2006 4th place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2002 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 1998 4th place at the Commonwealth
Games, Kuala Lumpur; 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney.
Bronwyn Eagles
Date of birth: 23 Aug 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Camden, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Event: Hammer Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Lawrie Barclay.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 2nd place hammer throw at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 71.12m. Achievements: Australian Record Holder; 2002 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2001 3rd place at the World Championships.
Jodi Elkington
Date of birth: 17 May 1993. Age at start of Games: 17. Place of birth: Wodonga, Australia.
Height: 162cm. Weight: 63kg. Event: 100m T37. Club/Institute/Academy: Wodonga Athletic Club.
Coach: Greg Simpson. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 100m Ambulant at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 14.96s. Achievements: 2009 Three 1st places and two 2nd places at the Arafura
Games, Darwin.
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Louise Ellery
Date of birth: 04 Jan 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Height: 180.5cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: Shot Put F32*. Coach: June Ellery.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place shot put secured at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 6.13m (F32). Achievements: 2004-2007 & 2009 1st place at the Australian Nationals
Seated Shot put; 2005 & 2010 World Records.82kg. Event: Shot Put F32*. Coach: June Ellery.
Commonwealth Games: Debut. Recent Performances: 1st place shot put secured at the Australian
Championships, Perth. PB: 6.13m (F32). Achievements: 2004-2007 & 2009 1st place at the Australian
Nationals Seated Shot put; 2005 & 2010 World Records.
Lisa Flint
Date of birth: 20 May 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 44kg. Event: Marathon. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Scott Westcott.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: 2hr.34m.8s. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Sydney Marathon; 2009 Chiba Ekiden
Road Relay; 2009 Bridge to Brisbane; 2008 1st place at the Melbourne Marathon.
Jody Henry
Date of birth: 01 Apr 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Durban, South Africa.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 55kg. Event: 4x400m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS. Coach: Lyn Foreman.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 52.20s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 Competed in the 4x400m at the World
Championships; 2009 Semi Final 100m at the World University Games; 2009 3rd place 100m at the
National Championships.
Tamsyn Lewis
Date of birth: 20 Jul 1978. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 173cm.
Weight: 60kg. Event: 4x400m. Club/Institute/Academy: Sandringham AC. Coach: Justin Lewis.
Commonwealth Games: 1994, 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 400m hurdles at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 52.41s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2008 4th place 4x400m & 9th place 800m at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place 800m at the World Indoor Championships; 2006 1st place
4x400m at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne. 2002 1st place 4x400m at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester.1994 1st place 4x400m at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria; 15 National Titles &
17 times have achieved under 2 minutes in the 800m.
Kaila McKnight
Date of birth: 05 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Foster, Australia. Height: 172cm.
Weight: 52kg. Event: 1500m. Club/Institute/Academy: VIS. Coach: Richard Huggins.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place 1500m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 4m.8.95s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 1500m at the World University Games; 2009
2nd place 1500m at the Australian Championships.
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Kim Mickle
Date of birth: 28 Dec 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 70kg. Event: Javelin Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: Mandurah/Rockingham.
Coach: Grant Ward. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place javelin at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 63.49m. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2009 15th
place at the World Championships; 2006 5th place at the World Cup; 2006 4th place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2001 1st place at the World Youth Championships; 5 times
National Champion.
Joanne Mirtschin
Date of birth: 24 Jun 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: Shot Put. Coach: John Minns. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian 16.57m. Commonwealth Oceania Australian Games Association
Athletics Team.
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place shot put at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: Achievements:
Kathryn Mitchell
Date of birth: 10 Jul 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Hamilton, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: Javelin Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: Eureka; VIS.
Coach: Lindsay Burgoyne & Peter Sneary. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place javelin at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 59.68m. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2006 6th
place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2003 12th place at the World University Games,
South Korea.
Brydee Moore
Date of birth: 01 May 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 166cm. Weight: 58kg. Event: F33. Club/Institute/Academy: VIS. Coach: John Eden.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place shot put secured at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Achievements: 2008 5th place in Discus & Shot Put at the Olympic Games, Beijing; Hold all Australian
Records for Javelin, Shot Put & Discus in F33.
Gabrielle Neighbour
Date of birth: 22 Nov 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: Hammer Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: Mentone; VIS.
Coach: Bryan Neighbour. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place hammer throw at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 64.80m. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the Australian Championships; 2006 7th
place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 4th place at the World Junior Championships.
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Liz Parnov
Date of birth: 09 May 1994. Age at start of Games: 16. Place of birth: Moscow, Russia. Height: 176cm.
Weight: 57kg. Event: Pole Vault. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS. Coach: Alex Parnov.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place pole vault at the Australian Championships, Perth; Two 1st places during
the Australian Athletics Tour. Personal Best: 4.40m. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the Australian
Championships.
Sally Pearson
Date of birth: 19 Sep 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 167cm.
Weight: 63kg. Event: 100m Hurdles; 4x400m Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Gold Coast Victory; QAS. Coach: Sharon Hannan.
Commonwealth Games:
2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: 12.50s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m & 100m hurdles at the Australian
Championships; 2008 2nd place 100m hurdles at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 3rd place 4x100m
hurdles at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Ellen Pettitt
Date of birth: 13 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 182cm.
Weight: 62kg. Event: High Jump. Club/Institute/Academy: West Track Athletics Club; WAIS.
Coach: Nenad Peisker. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Personal Best: 1.91m. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australian Championships; 2005-2007 1st
place at the Australian Championships; 2006 6th place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Petrina Price
Date of birth: 26 Apr 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 183cm.
Weight: 60kg. Event: High Jump. Club/Institute/Academy: Athletics Wollongong. Coach: Peter Lawler.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place High Jump at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1.93m. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2006 9th place at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 17th place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 6th place
at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
Jessica Rothwell
Date of birth: 18 Jun 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Numurkah, Australia. Height: 170cm.
Weight: 57kg. Event: 20km Walk. Club/Institute/Academy: Eaglehawk YMCA Athletics Club; VIS.
Coach: Simon Baker. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: 1hr.30m.25s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 10,000m walk & 20km walk at the Australian
Championships; 2009 22nd place 20km walk at the World Championships; 2008 5th place 10km walk at
the World Walking Cup; 2008 4th place 10,000m walk at the World Junior Athletic Championships.
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Dani Samuels
Date of birth: 26 May 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Fairfield , Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: Discus Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: Westfields; NSWIS.
Coach: Denis Knowles. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place discus & PB at the Sydney Track Classic; 1st place discus at the
Australian Championships, Perth. Personal Best: 65.84m. Achievements: 2009 1st place discus at the
World Championships; 2008 9th place discus at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 3rd place discus at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006 1st place discus at the World Junior Championships;
2005 1st place discus at the World Youth Championships.
Pirrenee Steinert
Date of birth: 20 Feb 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Alice Springs, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 57kg. Event: 4x400m relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Macquarie Hunter; NSWIS. Coach: Tony Fairweather.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: 52.78s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 Competed in the 4x400m at the World
Championships; 2009 4th place at the Australian Championships.
Claire Tallent
Date of birth: 06 Jul 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 51kg. Event: 20km Walk.
Club/Institute/Academy: Enfield Harriers Athletics Club; AIS. Coach: Brent Vallace.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 20km walk at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1hr.32m.12s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 20km walk at the Australian
Championships; 2009 27th place 20km walk at the World Championships; 2008 28th place 20km walk
at the Olympic Games, Beijing;
Olivia Tauro
Date of birth: 11 Jun 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Gosford, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Event: 4x400m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Hills Athletics Club; NSWIS.
Coach: Penny Gillies. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 53.23s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2005-2010 NSWIS Track & Field Scholarship;
2008 3rd place 4x400m at the World Junior Track & Field Championships, Poland; 2008 1st place
200m at the U20 Australian National Championships; 2007 Semi Finalist at the World Youth
Championships, Czech Republic; 2006 Two 1st places at the Australia Youth Olympic Festival.
Cheryl Webb
Date of birth: 03 Oct 1976. Age at start of Games: 34. Place of birth: Penrith, Australia. Height: 165cm.
Weight: 53kg. Event: 20km Walk. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Brent Vallace.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 20km walk at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1hr.29m.44s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 20km walk at the Australian
Championships; 2006 3rd place 20km walk at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 38th
place 20km walk at the Olympic Games, Athens.
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Lisa Weightman
Date of birth: 16 Jan 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 157cm. Weight: 44kg. Event: Marathon. Club/Institute/Academy: Preston AC / Knox AC.
Coach: Pam Turney. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 2hr.28m.48s. Achievements: 2009 18th place at the World Championships; 2009 17th
place at the World Cross Country Championships; 2008 33rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008
13th place at the London Marathon;
Eloise Wellings
Date of birth: 09 Nov 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: New York, United States.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 53kg. Event: 5000m, 10,000m. Club/Institute/Academy: Sutherland; NSWIS.
Coach: Nic Bideau. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
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Recent Performances: 1st place 5000m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 5000m: 14m.54.11s; 10,000m: 32m.19.08s. Achievements: 2007 3rd place 3,000m at the
Australian Championships; 2006 4th place 3,000m at the World Cup; 2006 1st place 5,000m at the
Australian Championships; 2006 4th place 5,000m at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Youcef Abdi
Date of birth: 07 Dec 1977. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Azazga, Algeria. Height: 177cm.
Weight: 67kg. Event: 3000m Steeple. Club/Institute/Academy: Bankstown Sports Athletics Club; NSWIS.
Coach: Nic Bideau. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 3000m steeple at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 8m.16.36s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 3000m steeple at the Australian
Championships; 2009 World Championships; 2008 6th place 3000m steeple at the Olympic Games,
Beijing; 2006 5th place 3000m steeple at the World Cup; 2002 3rd place 1500m at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester.
Luke Adams
Date of birth: 22 Oct 1976. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Mvumi, Tanzania. Height: 187cm.
Weight: 71kg. Event: 20km Walk. Club/Institute/Academy: Bankstown Sports Athletics Club; AIS.
Coach: Craig Hilliard. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 2nd place 20km walk at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1hr.19m.15s. Achievements: 2009 6th place 50km walk at the World Championships; 2008
6th place 20km walk & 10th place 50km walk at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 7th place 20km walk
at the World Walking Cup; 2006 2nd place 20km walk at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004
16th place 20km walk at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 2nd place 20km walk at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester.
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Jarrod Bannister
Date of birth: 03 Oct 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 96kg. Event: Javelin .
Club/Institute/Academy: Athletics Essendon; ANQ; QAS. Coach: Uwe Hohn.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place javelin at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 89.02m. Achievements: 2008 6th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007-2008 1st
place at the Australian Championships; 2006 6th place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2002 4th place at the World Junior Championships.
Collis Birmingham
Date of birth: 27 Dec 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Carlton, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: 5000m; 10,000m.
Club/Institute/Academy: Eureka Athletics Club; VIS. Coach: Nic Bideau.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st 10,000m & 2nd 5,000m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 5,000m: 13m.10.97; 10,000m: 27m.29.73. Achievements: 2009 1st place 5000m at the
Australian Championships; 2009 16th place 5,000m at the World Championships; 2008 Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place 10,000m at the Australian Championships.
Damien Bowen
Date of birth: 14 May 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 169cm.
Weight: 81kg. Event: Shot Put F32/34/52. Club/Institute/Academy: Queanbeyan Athletics Club.
Coach: John Minns. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place shot put secured at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 10.35m (F34). Achievements: 2008 7th place Javelin at the Paralympic Games,
Beijing; 2006 FESPIC Games, Kuala Lumpur.
Brendan Cole
Date of birth: 29 May 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Mackay, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 79kg. Event: 400m Hurdles; 4x400m Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queanbeyan Athletics Club; ACTAS. Coach: Matt Beckenham.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m hurdles at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 49.35s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 400m hurdles at the Australian Championships;
2009 Semi Finalist 400m hurdles at the World Championships; 2009 1st place 4x400m & 5th place
400m at the World University Games; 2007 2nd place 400m hurdles at the Australian Championships;
2006 1st place 400m hurdles at the at the Australian Championships; 2006 5th place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Gabriel Cole
Date of birth: 15 Jan 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Event: 100m T46. Coach: Stephen Butler. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 100m ambulant at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 11.47s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 100m at the Australian Championships.
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Richard Colman
Date of birth: 28 Nov 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Stavanger, Norway. Height: 189cm.
Weight: 57kg. Event: 1500m T54. Club/Institute/Academy: VIS. Coach: Mandy Cole.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 1500m wheelchair at the Australian Championships, Perth; 1st place at
the Great Ocean Road International Marathon Wheelchair. Personal Best: 2m.55.7s. Achievements: 2008
2nd place 200m & 3rd place 400m at the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006 3rd place T53 800m at the
IPC World Championships; 2004 1st place T53 800m & 2nd place T53/54 4x400m at the Paralympic
Games, Athens; 2002 3rd place T53 400m at the IPC World Championships.
Matt Davies
Date of birth: 18 Apr 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 180cm.
Weight: 77kg. Event: 200m, 4x100m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: QEII Track Club; QAS. Coach: Brett
Jones. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
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Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 100m: 10.23s (Season's Best); 200m: 20.54s. Achievements: 2009 Heats 4x100m at the
World Championships; 2009 Final at the Stawell Gift; 2009 1st place at the Gold Coast Gift; 2009 4th
place 100m & 200m at the Australian Championships; 2004 1st place 100m at the U20 Australian
Championships; 2004 Semi Finals 100m & heats 200m at the World Junior Championships.
Martin Dent
Date of birth: 08 Feb 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Woking, England. Height: 180cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: Marathon. Club/Institute/Academy: Weston Creek Athletics Club.
Coach: Hugh Ford. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Personal Best: 2hr.13m.27s. Achievements: 2009 21st place Marathon at the World Athletics
Championships; 2008 1st place at the City to Surf; 2006 4th place 3000m steeple at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Represented Australia at the World Cross Country
Championships.
Tim Driesen
Date of birth: 27 Mar 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia. Height: 191cm.
Weight: 115kg. Event: Hammer Throw. Coach: Scott Goodman. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 4th place hammer throw at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 68.27m. Achievements: 2002 10th place Hammer at the World Junior Championships;
2001 7th place Discus at the World Youth Championships; 2000 1st place Discus & 3rd place Hammer at
the Commonwealth Youth Games; 1999 Competed in Hammer & Discus at the World Youth
Championships; Hold Australian U16 Record for Discus & Hammer & U18 Record for Hammer.
Chris Erickson
Date of birth: 01 Dec 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 61kg. Event: 20km Walk. Club/Institute/Academy: Athletics Essendon; AIS.
Coach: Brent Vallace. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 3rd place 20km walk at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1hr.22m.53s. Achievements: 2008 1st place 50km walk at the Australian Championships;
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 Team 3rd 20km walk at the World Walking Cup; 2006 3rd place
50km walk at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Kurt Fearnley
Date of birth: 23 Mar 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Cowra, Australia. Height: 142cm.
Weight: 55kg. Event: 1500m T54. Club/Institute/Academy: Wheelchair Sports NSW; NSWIS.
Coach: Andrew Dawes. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 2m.55.92s. Achievements: 2009 1st places at the Paris, London, Seoul, Sydney,
Chicago & New York Marathons; 2008 1st Marathon, 2nd 800m & 5000m & 3rd 1500m at the
Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place 1500m wheelchair at the World Championships. 2006 1st
place 800m, 5000m & Marathon at the IPC World Championships; 2004 1st Marathon & 5000m, 2nd
4x100m, 4th 800m & 1500mat the Paralympic Games, Athens; 2000 2nd place 800m & 4x100m, 4th
place 1500m at the Paralympic Games, Sydney.
Heath Francis
Date of birth: 16 Nov 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Newcastle, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 69kg. Event: 100m T46.
Club/Institute/Academy: Raymond Terrace Athletics Club; AIS. Coach: Irina Dvoskina.
Commonwealth Games:
2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: 11.05s. Achievements: 2008 1st place 100m, 200m & 400m & 3rd place 4x100m at the
Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 200m at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004
2nd place 100m, 400m & 4x400m & 3rd place 200m & 4x100m at the Paralympic Games, Athens;
2000 1st place 400m, 4x100m & 4x400m & 2nd place 200m at the Paralympic Games, Sydney.
Ryan Gregson
Date of birth: 26 Apr 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Mount Warrigal, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: 800m, 1500m.
Club/Institute/Academy: Kembla Joggers; NSWIS. Coach: Ian Hatfield.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 1500m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 800m: 1m.46.04; 1500m: 3m.31.96. Achievements: 2009 4th place 1500m at the World
University Games; 2009 Competed 1500m at the World Championships; 2008 5th place 1500m at the
World Junior Championships; 2008 1st place 1500m, 3000m, 5000m & Cross Country at the
Australian Championships.
Jacob Groth
Date of birth: 07 Dec 1985. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Narrabri, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: 4x100m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS.
Coach: Emil Rizk. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd 100m & 4th 200m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 10.44s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 8th place 100m at the Australian
Championships; 2008 2nd place 100m & 6th place 200m at the Australian Championships; 2004 16th
place 100m at the World Junior Championships.
Benn Harradine
Date of birth: 14 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Newcastle, Australia.
Height: 199cm. Weight: 112kg. Event: Discus Throw.
Club/Institute/Academy: Ringwood Athletics Club; VIS. Coach: Gus Puopolo.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place discus at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 66.37m. Achievements: 2009 Competed at the World Championships; 2007-2008 1st
place Discus at the Australian Championships; 2008 Competed at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006
8th place Discus at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Steve Hooker
Date of birth: 16 Jul 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 188cm.
Weight: 85kg. Event: Pole Vault. Club/Institute/Academy: Box Hill Athletics Club; WAIS.
Coach: Alex Parnov. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Indoor Championships, Qatar; 1st place at the Sydney
Track Classic; 1st place at the Melbourne Track Classic; 1st place at the Australian Championships,
Perth. Personal Best: 6.06m. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the World Indoor Championships; 2009 1st
place at the World Championships; 2008 1st place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place at the
Australian Championships; 2006 1st place Pole Vault at the Commonwealth games, Melbourne; 2004
Olympic Games, Athens; 2004-2007 2nd place at the Australian Championships.
Jeff Hunt
Date of birth: 24 Jul 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Fairfield , Australia. Height: 175cm.
Weight: 57kg. Event: Marathon. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Ken Green.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: Achievements:
Recent Performances: 4th place 5000m at the Australian Championships, Perth; 43rd place at the World
Half Marathon Championships. 2hr.11m.0s. 2008-2009 2nd place at the
Australian Cross Country Championships; 2007 1st place at the Australian Cross Country
Championships.
Patrick Johnson
Date of birth: 26 Sep 1972. Age at start of Games: 38. Place of birth: Cairns, Australia. Height: 172cm.
Weight: 71kg. Event: 4x100m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Coach: Anthony Giorgi.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st 200m & 4th 100m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 10.18s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 5th place 100m & 9th place 200m at the
Australian Championships; 2006 4th place 100m & 5th place 200m at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2004 6th place 4x100m at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 3rd place 4x100m at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2000 Competed 100m, 200m & 4x100m at the Olympic Games,
Sydney.
Mitchell Kealey
Date of birth: 28 Jan 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: South Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 63kg. Event: 1500m. Club/Institute/Academy: University of Queensland; QAS.
Coach: Roy Rankin. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 4th place 1500m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 3m.36.21. Achievements: 2008 Competed in the 1500m at the Olympic Games, Beijing;
2008 1st place 1500m at the Australian Championships; 2007 9th place 1500m at the World University
Games.
Fabrice Lapierre
Date of birth: 17 Oct 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Reduit , Mauritius. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 67kg. Event: Long Jump. Club/Institute/Academy: Westfields; Texas A&M University.
Coach: Jim Vanhootegem. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Personal Best: Achievements:
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Indoor Championships, Qatar; 1st place at the Australian
Championships, Perth. 8.4m. 2009 1st place at the Australian
Championships; 2009 1st place at the World Indoor Championships; 2008 Competed in Long Jump at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place at the World Athletics Final; 2006 8th place at the World Cup;
2006 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 2nd place at the World Junior
Championships.
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Jake Lappin
Date of birth: 11 Sep 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 155cm. Weight: 46kg. Event: 1500m T54. Coach: Paul Angel. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 1500m at the Australian Championships; 3rd place at the Great
Ocean Road International Marathon Wheelchair Challenge. Personal Best: 3m.11.05s.
Achievements: 2009 Competed 100m, 200m & 400m at the IWAS Junior World Games.
Hamish MacDonald
Date of birth: 19 Aug 1974. Age at start of Games: 36. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 74kg. Event: Shot Put F32/34/52.
Club/Institute/Academy: Combined Universities; AIS. Coach: Chris Nunn.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place shot put secured at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 11.16m (F34). Achievements: 2008 Competed in Shot Put at the Paralympic Games,
Beijing;2006 1st place Shot Put & 6th place Discus at the IPC Championships, Assen; 2004 2nd place
Shot Put & 6th place Discus at the Paralympic Games, Athens; 2000 4th place Discus at the
Paralympic Games, Sydney; 1996 1st place Shot Put & 4th place Discus at the Paralympic Games,
Atlanta; 1992 6th place 100m & 200m at the Paralympic Games, Barcelona.
Scott Martin
Date of birth: 12 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Wodonga, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 138kg. Event: Shot Put, Discus Throw.
Club/Institute/Academy: Ringwood Athletics Club; VIS. Coach: Gus Puopolo.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st shot put & 2nd discus at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: Shot Put: 21.26m; Discus: 64.00m. Achievements: 2009 2nd place Discus at the
Australian Championships; 2009 25th place Shot Put at the World Championships; 2009 8th place
Shot Put at the World Indoor Championships; 2008 7th place Shot Put at the World Indoor
Championships; 2008 Competed in Shot Put at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place Discus &
3rd place Shot Put at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
David McNeill
Date of birth: 06 Oct 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: East Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 51kg. Event: 5000m.
Club/Institute/Academy: Doncaster Athletics Club; Old Xaverians; Northern Arizona University.
Coach: Tom Kelly & Eric Heins. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 5000m at the Australian Championships, Perth; 1st place 5000m at
the NCAA Indoor Championships. Personal Best: 13m.25.63. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 10km at
the NCAA Cross Country Championships; 2009 recipient of the NCAA Division 1 Male Scholar-Athlete
of the Year; 2008 1st place 10,000m at the Zatopek Classic; 2007 5th place 3000m & 8th place 5000m
at the Australian Championships; 2004 4th place 3000m at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
Joel Milburn
Date of birth: 17 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: 400m, 4x400m relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Asics West; NSWIS. Coach: Penny Gillies. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 400m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 44.80s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x400m at the World Championships, Berlin;
2009 5th place 400m at the Australian Championships; 2008 6th place 4x400m at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place 400m at the Australian Championships; 2007 2nd place 4x400m at the
World University Games.
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Kevin Moore
Date of birth: 29 Jul 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Vasteras , Sweden. Height: 189cm.
Weight: 82kg. Event: 4x400m Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS.
Coach: Larry Spencer & Wayne Lucky. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 5th place 400m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 4613s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 2nd place 200m & 3rd place 100m at the
U20 Australian Championships; 2008 5th place 200m at the Commonwealth Youth Games, Pune.
Chris Noffke
Date of birth: 06 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Ipswich, Australia. Height: 189cm.
Weight: 86kg. Event: Long Jump. Club/Institute/Academy: QEII Track Club; QAS.
Coach: Mike Powell & Gary Bourne. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 2nd place long jump at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 8.33m. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the Australian Championships; 2007 Competed
in Long Jump at the World Championships; 2005 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2005 1st
place at the World Youth Championships; 2004 1st place Long Jump & 3rd place 4x100m at the
Commonwealth Youth Games.
Isaac Ntiamoah
Date of birth: 27 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 74kg. Event: 4x100m Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Gavin Beahan.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 10.46s (Season's Best). Achievements: 2008 3rd place 100m at the Australian
Championships; 2007 1st place 100m at the Australian University Games.
Ben Offereins
Date of birth: 12 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 184cm.
Weight: 73kg. Event: 400m, 400m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Mandurah/Rockingham; WAIS.
Coach: Lyn Foreman. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m at the Australian Championships, Perth. Personal Best: 44.86s.
Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x400m at the World Championships, Berlin; 2008 7th place 400m at the
World Athletics Tour, Melbourne; 2008 8th place 400m at the Australian Championships; 2005 1st place
400m at the Australian Championships.
Simon Patmore
Date of birth: 29 Aug 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Launceston, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: 100m T46. Club/Institute/Academy: QAS. Coach: Brett Jones.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
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Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m ambulant at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best:
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Lachlan Renshaw
Date of birth: 02 Apr 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 70kg. Event: 800m. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney University Athletics Club; NSWIS.
Coach: John Atterton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 800m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1m.45.73. Achievements: 2009 5th place 800m at the World University Games,
Belgrade; 2009 2nd place 800m at the Australian Championships; 2008 1st place 800m at the
Australian Championships; 2008 Competed in 800m at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Competed
in the 800m at the World Junior Championships, Beijing.
Jeremy Roff
Date of birth: 22 Nov 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 73kg. Event: 1500m.
Club/Institute/Academy: Randwick Botany Harriers; NSWIS. Coach: Ken Green.
Commonwealth Games:
2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 3rd place 1500m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 3m.34.39. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 1500m at the Australian Championships;
2009 Competed in 1500m at the World Championships; 2006 8th place 1500m at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne.
Aaron Rouge-Serret
Date of birth: 28 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: 100m, 4x100m relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Athletics Essendon; VIS. Coach: Adam Larcom.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st 100m & 2nd 200m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 10.17s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 200m & 2nd place 100m at the Australian
Championships; 2009 2nd place 200m & 4th place 100m at the World Athletics Tour, Melbourne; 2009
1st place 100m & 200m at the Sydney Track Classic; 2007 4th place 200m at the Australian
Championships; 2007 Competed in 4x100m at the World Championships; 2006 6th place 4x100m at
the World Cup; 2006 1st place 200m at the U20 Australian Championships.
Michael Shelley
Date of birth: 10 Oct 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Southport, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: Marathon. Coach: Dick Telford. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 2h.13m.5s. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the City to Surf; 2009 16th place at the
World Half Marathon Championships.
Ben St Lawrence
Date of birth: 07 Nov 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 65kg. Event: 5000m. Coach: Sean Williams. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 5000m at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 13m.26.91. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 5,000m & 10,000m at the Australian
Championships; 2009 2nd place at the Sydney City to Surf; 2007-2009 Competed at the Chiba Ekiden
International; 2008 Competed at the World Cross Country Championships; 2008 3rd place at the
Australian Cross Country Championships; 2007 2nd place at the Australian Cross Country
Championships.
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Dale Stevenson
Date of birth: 01 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Wonthaggi, Australia.
Height: 181cm. Weight: 121kg. Event: Shot Put. Club/Institute/Academy: VIS. Coach: Gus Puopolo.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place shot put at the Australian Championships, Perth. Personal Best: 19.7m.
Achievements: 2009 5th place Discus & 21st place Shot Put at the World University Games; 2009 2nd
place Shot Put & 5th place Discus at the Australian Championships; 2006-2007 2nd place Discus at the
U20/23 Australian Championships.
Jared Tallent
Date of birth: 17 Oct 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Ballarat, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 58kg. Event: 20km Walk. Club/Institute/Academy: Ballarat YCW; AIS. Coach: Brent Vallace.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 1st place 20km walk at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 1hr.19m.15s. Achievements: 2008-2009 1st place 20km walk at the Australian
Championships; 2008 2nd place 50km walk & 3rd place 20km walk at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006
3rd place 20km walk at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Simon Wardhaugh
Date of birth: 14 Jan 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 193.5cm. Weight: 115kg. Event: Hammer Throw. Club/Institute/Academy: QAS.
Coach: Mike Maynard. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 3rd place hammer throw at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 70.23m. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the NCAA Championships, USA; 2004 5th
place at the World Junior Championships; 2003 6th place at the World Junior Championships.
Mitchell Watt
Date of birth: 25 Mar 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia. Height: 183cm.
Weight: 80kg. Club/Institute/Academy: QEII Track Club; QAS. Coach: Gary Bourne.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place Long Jump at the World Indoor Championships. Personal Best: 8.43m.
Achievements: 2009 3rd place long jump at the World Championships; 2009 2nd place long jump at the
Australian Championships.
Sean Wroe
Date of birth: 18 Mar 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Fitzroy, Australia. Height: 183cm.
Weight: 75kg. Event: 4x400m relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Glenhuntly Athletics Club; VIS.
Coach: Eric Hollingsworth. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 4th place 400m at the Australian Championships, Perth. Personal Best: 45.40s
(Season's Best). Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x400m & 13th place 400m at the World Championships,
Berlin; 2009 1st place 400m & 6th place 200m at the Australian Championships; 2009 1st place 4x400m
at the World University Games; 2008 6th place 4x400m & 21st place 400m at the Olympic Games,
Beijing; 2007 1st place 400m & 2nd place 4x400m at the World University Games; 2006 Competed in
4x400m & 400m at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Julian Wruck
Date of birth: 06 Jul 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 197cm. Weight: 125kg. Event: Discus Throw.
Club/Institute/Academy: Gold Coast Victory; Texas Tech University. Coach: Cliff Felkins.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association
www.commonwealthgames.com.au
Recent Performances: 3rd place discus at the Australian Championships, Perth; Competed at the
IAAF World Junior Championships. Personal Best: 61.02m. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the
Commonwealth Youth Games, Pune; Queensland Open Men's Record Holder & U20 Australian
Record Holder in Discus.
Liam Zamel-Paez
Date of birth: 04 Aug 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Paddington, Australia.
Height: 181cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: High Jump. Club/Institute/Academy: QEII Track Club; QAS.
Coach: Jacqui Zamel & Michael Paez. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place High Jump at the Australian Championships, Perth.
Personal Best: 2.26m. Achievements: 2007 & 2009 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2009
5th place at the World University Games; 2007 9th place at the World University Games; 2006 8th
place at the World Cup; 2006 9th place at the World Junior Championships; 2005 1st place at the
Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
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Rhonda Cator
Competitors Female
Date of birth: 23 Aug 1966. Place of birth: Numurkah, Australia. Height: 167cm. Weight: 67kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006.
Achievements: 2008 Section Manager Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Assistant Coach Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2002 - 2006 Coach for the National Junior Team; 1992, 1996 & 2000 Athlete at the
Olympic Games placing 5th in 1992; 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002 Athlete at the Commonwealth
Games winning two bronze medals in 1994, two bronze in 1998 and one bronze in 1986.
Lasse Bundgaard
Date of birth: 22 Oct 1973.
Place of birth: Aalborg, Denmark.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 86kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games : Debut.
Achievements: 2010 Coach at the
Oceania Championships with Australia
winning 5 titles; 2010 Coach for the
World Team Championships placing in
the Top 12; 2008 National Coach at the
Olympic Games, Beijing.
Leanne Choo
Qi Yu
Date of birth: 27 Jan 1969.
Place of birth: Liao Ning , China.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 1993-1994 1st place at
the East Asia Cup; 1992-1997 Athlete
with the Chinese National Squad.
Date of birth: 05 Jun 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia. Height: 167cm.
Weight: 57kg. Event: Singles (W); Doubles (W - Pair 1), Team Event. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Participated in the Oceania Championships; Ranked 1st in Women's Singles
Oceania. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Australian Open; 2007 1st place at the North Shore City
International; 2006 1st place at the Australian International.
Chia-Chi Huang
Date of birth: 26 Jan 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan. Height: 171cm.
Weight: 61kg. Event: Singles (W); Doubles (W - Pair 2); Team Event. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Finalist at the Yonex Australia Grand Prix. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
YONEX Australian Open Grand Prix; 2008 1st place at the Australian Open; 2006 1st place at the NZ
Open; 2004 1st place at the Australian Open; 2000 quarter finals at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
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He Tian Tang
Date of birth: 23 Dec 1975. 3 Age at start of Games: 4. Place of birth: Si Chuan, China.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: Doubles (W - Pair 1); Mixed Doubles (Pair 3), Team Event.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Swiss Super Series. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
YONEX Australian Open Grand Prix; 1997 2nd place at the World Championships; 1995 3rd place at
the World Championships.
Renuga Vithi Veeran
Date of birth: 20 Jun 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 63kg. Event: Doubles (W - Pair 2), Mixed Doubles (Pair 1), Team Event.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places at the Thomas Uber Cup Finals, Kuala Lumpur; Two 1st places
at the Altona International Future Series; 2nd place at the Swiss Super Series. Achievements: 2009
2nd place at the Scotland International; 2007 - 2008 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2008
ranked # 1 in Australia & # 50 in the world for mixed doubles.
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Kate Wilson-Smith
Date of birth: 09 Jan 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 62kg. Event: Doubles (W - Pair 1), Mixed Doubles (Pair 2), Team Event.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places at the Oceania Championships Achievements: 1998, 2002 &
2006 team member at the Commonwealth Games with a 3rd place in Kuala Lumpur; 2005 2nd place
at the World Grand Prix, Taipei; 2005 2nd & 3rd places at the World Grand Prix, Auckland; 2004 team
member at the Olympic Games, Athens; Achieved a World Ranking # 13 in Mixed Doubles.
Nick Kidd
Date of birth: 21 Apr 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: Singles (M), Mixed Doubles (Pair 2), Team Event.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Senior Men's Singles National Champion. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Australian Championships; 2006-2007 1st place at the English National Championships; Achieved a
World Ranking # 28.
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Ross Smith
Date of birth: 11 Apr 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Swan Hill, Australia. Height: 194cm.
Weight: 82kg. Event: Doubles (M - Pair 1), Team Event. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Achievements: 2008 team member
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place at the Oceania Championships; 2006 team member
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Jeff Tho
Date of birth: 19 Apr 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Ipoh, Malaysia. Height: 174cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: Singles (M), Doubles (M - Pair 2), Team Event. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Represented Australia at the Thomas Uber Cup and the Oceania Championships.
Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Australian Championships; 2008 Olympic Games Shadow Squad.
Raj Veeran
Date of birth: 10 Jul 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 84kg. Event: Doubles (M - Pair 2), Mixed Doubles (Pair 1); Team Event.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Altona International Future Series. Achievements: 2009 2nd place
at the Scotland International; 2009 Quarter Finalists at the Vietnam International; 2009 2nd place at the
Australian Championships; 2007 - 2008 Ranked # 1 for Mixed Doubles.
Glenn Warfe
Date of birth: 19 Jan 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 181cm.
Weight: 70kg. Event: Doubles (M - Pair 1), Mixed (Pair 3), Team Event. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: Four 1st places at the Oceania Championships; 1st & 2nd places at the Altona
International Future Series; 1st place at the Thomas Uber Cup. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Victorian International; 2009 1st place at the Auckland International; 2009 1st place at the Australian
Closed Championships; 2008 team member at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 team member at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; Twice captained the Australian representative teams.
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Competitors Male
David Pike
Date of birth: 01 Mar 1955.
Place of birth: Fochriw, Wales.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 86kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 Australian Boxing
Team Manager at the World
Championships, Milan; 2008 Referee at
the Commonwealth Youth Games.
Donald Abnett
Date of birth: 05 Jun 1961.
Place of birth: Cootamundra, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 75kg.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2010 Coach at the AIBA
World Championships, Milan; 2004,
2006, 2008 & 2009 Australian Coach at
the World Championships.
Ibrahim Balla
Cameron Hammond
Date of birth: 20 Sep 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Moree, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: 64-69kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia; 3rd place
at the Cuba Tournament. Achievements: 2007 1st place at the Junior National Championships; 2007
2nd place at the Arafura Games, Darwin.
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Bodo Andreass
Date of birth: 21 Dec 1955.
Place of birth: Eilenburg, Germany.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 93kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 &
2006. Achievements: Working for Boxing
Australia and the AIS; 1992, 1996 & 2000
Olympic Games; 1986 - 1990 National
Team Coach for East Germany; 1991 -
1994 National Coach for Nigeria; 1995 -
1997 national Coach for South Africa;
1964 - 1981 17 years as a boxing athlete.
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Werribee, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 56kg. Event: 52-56kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia.
Achievements: 2009 Australian World Championships; 2008 2nd place at the Commonwealth Youth
Games, Beijing; 2008 Australian Champion; 2008 Australian Youth World Championships; 2007
Australian Cadet World Championships; 2004 Australian Representative at the World Titles, Milan.
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Damien Hooper
Date of birth: 05 Feb 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Toowoomba, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: 69-75kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the World Youth Championships; 1st place at the Konstantin Korotkov
Memorial Tournament, Russia. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the Presidents Cup; 2008 Australian
Champion; 2008 16th place at the AIBA World Championships.
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Luke Jackson
Date of birth: 01 Jan 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Hobart, Australia. Height: 169cm.
Weight: 60kg. Event: 56-60kg. Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia.
Achievements: 2006 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 17th place at the World
Championships, Mianyang.
Andrew Moloney
Date of birth: 10 Jan 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Mitcham, Australia. Height: 163cm.
Weight: 49kg. Event: 46-49kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia.
Achievements: 2009 Oceania Team at the Presidents Cup; 2009 World Championship Representative;
2008 1st place at the Australian Championships.
Jason Moloney
Date of birth: 10 Jan 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Mitcham, Australia. Height: 166cm.
Weight: 52kg. Event: 49-52kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australian Championships; 2008 1st place at the Australian
Championships; 2007 1st place at the Australian Championships.
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Alexey Mukhin
Date of birth: 21 Mar 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Kurgan, Russia. Height: 192cm.
Weight: 97kg. Event: 91+kg. Coach: Garry Hamilton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia; 2nd place
& Brave Boxer of the Tournament at the Cuba Tournament. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Arafura Games, Darwin.
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Dane Mulivai
Date of birth: 16 Apr 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Camperdown, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 81kg. Event: 75-81kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Queensland State Championships.
Giancarlo Squillace
Date of birth: 23 Dec 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Armadale, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 88kg. Event: 81-91kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Konstantin Korotkov Memorial Tournament, Russia; 2nd place
at the Cuba Tournament. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Arafura Games, Darwin; 2nd place at
Australian Championships 2 years; 1st place at the WA State Championships for 2 years.
Luke Woods
Date of birth: 18 May 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Devonport, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: 60-64kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Youth Trials. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Australian Youth Championships.
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Paul Brosnan
Date of birth: 23 Oct 1973.
Place of birth: Southport, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 76kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: High Performance
Manager at Cycling Australia.
Martin Barras
Date of birth: 23 Feb 1962.
Place of birth: Quebec, Canada.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 81kg.
Position: Coach (Women's Road).
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2008-2010 Women's
Road Coach at the AIS; 2001-2008
Coach of the Australian Track Cycling
Team.
Matthew Gilmore
Date of birth: 11 Sep 1972.
Place of birth: Ghent, Belgium.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 90kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Assistant Track Coach at
Cycling Australia & TIS.
Neil Stephens
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1963.
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 66kg.
Position: Coach (Men's Road).
Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2006.
Achievements: Elite Road Men's Coach
at Cycling Australia; 2004 Road Cycling
Coach at the Olympic Games, Athens; As
an athlete 1996 19th place Road Race at
the Olympic Games, Atlanta.
Shayne Bannan
Date of birth: 16 Feb 1962.
Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia.
Height: 177cm. Weight: 82kg.
Position: Coaching Director (Road).
Commonwealth Games: 1990, 1998,
2002 & 2006. Achievements: 2008-2010
National Performance Director Cycling
Australia; 2001-2010 Head Coach
Cycling at the AIS; 1988-2008 Cycling
Coach at the Olympic Games; 1990,
1998-2006 Cycling Coach at the
Commonwealth Games.
Sean Eadie
Date of birth: 15 Apr 1969.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 108kg.
Position: Coach (Assist. Track Sprint).
Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2002.
Achievements: As an athlete 2004
Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 World
Sprint Champion; 2000 3rd place Team
Sprint at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
Ian McKenzie
Date of birth: 03 Nov 1961.
Place of birth: Mt Gambier, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 86kg.
Position: Coach (Men's Track End.).
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2001-2010 Cycling
Australia Track Endurance Coach; 2004
& 2008 Track Endurance Coach at the
Olympic Games; 2002 & 2006 Track
Endurance Coach at the Commonwealth
Games.
Gary Sutton
Date of birth: 27 Mar 1955.
Place of birth: Moree, Australia.
Height: 178.5cm. Weight: 85kg.
Position: Coach (Women's Track End.).
Commonwealth Games: 1974 & 1978.
Achievements: National Women's Track
Endurance Coach at Cycling Australia &
NSWIS.
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Gary West
Date of birth: 08 Jun 1960.
Place of birth: Mildura, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 88kg.
Position: Coach (Sprint).
Commonwealth Games: 1982 & 1998.
Achievements: Track Sprint Coach at
Cycling Australia & AIS.
Berthy May
Date of birth: 10 Oct 1957.
Place of birth: Penoopo, Indonesia.
Height: 152.5cm. Weight: 61kg.
Position: Soigneur/ Soft Tissue (Track).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2007-2009 Soft Tissue
Therapist with Cycling at the World
Championships; 2008 Soft Tissue
Therapist with Cycling at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 1999-2007 Team
Manager SAIS Women's Program;
2004 Massage Therapist & Equipment
Manager with Football at the Olympic
Games, Athens; 2002 Team Manager
Young Matildas at the World Cup.
Stuart Smith
Date of birth: 16 Oct 1973.
Place of birth: Tamworth, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 65kg.
Position: Mechanic (Track).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Ashlee Ankudinoff
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Beth Duryea
Date of birth: 22 Nov 1978.
Place of birth: Corowa, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 60kg.
Position: Soigneur/ Physiotherapist
(Road). Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Jose Echeverria Rivera
Date of birth: 15 May 1966.
Place of birth: San Sebastian, Spain.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 88kg.
Position: Mechanic (Road).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Michael Winter
Date of birth: 06 Jul 1967.
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Weight: 86kg. Position: Mechanic (Track).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Date of birth: 20 Aug 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 173cm.
Weight: 64kg. Event: Women's Track Endurance: 3000m Individual Pursuit; 10km Scratch Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: St George CC; NSWIS. Coach: Gary Sutton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team Pursuit at the World Championships; 1st place at the Omnium
Australian Track Championships. Achievements: 2009 3rd place Team Pursuit at the World
Championships; 2008 1st place Individual Pursuit & Team Pursuit at the World Junior Track
Championships.
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Ruth Corset
Date of birth: 09 May 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Wewak, Papua New Guinea.
Height: 161cm. Weight: 50kg. Event: Women's Road: 29km Individual Time Trial; 100km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Townsville CC; QAS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Road Race at the Australian Road Championships. Achievements: 2009
12th place at the World Championships; 2009 11th place at the Route de France.
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Megan Dunn
Date of birth: 27 Aug 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Dubbo, Australia.
Height: 158cm. Weight: 55kg.
Event: Women's Track Endurance: 10km Scratch Race; 25km Points Race; 100km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Dubbo CC; NSWIS. Coach: Gary Sutton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the U23 Australian Road Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st
place Omnium, U19 Team Pursuit & Points Race at the Junior World Championships.
Rochelle Gilmore
Date of birth: 14 Dec 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Caringbah, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 56kg. Event: Women's Road: 100km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Bankstown Sports CC; NSWIS. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place Tour of Chongming Island World Cup. Achievements: 2006 2nd place
Points Race at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 1st place Road at the World Cup; 2002-
2003 2nd place Points Race at the World Track Championships; 2002 2nd place Points Race at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
Belinda Goss
Date of birth: 06 Jan 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Devonport, Australia. Height: 166cm.
Weight: 60kg. Event: Women's Track Endurance: 10km Scratch Race; 25km Points Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Mersey Valley / Devonport CC; TIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 25km Points Race & 10km Scratch Race at the Australian track
Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Scratch Race at the World Cup; 2008-2009 3rd place
Scratch Race at the World Championships; 2007-2009 1st Points Race at the Australian Championships.
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Chloe Hosking
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia. Height: 158cm.
Event: Women's Road: 100km Road Race. Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra CC; ACTAS.
Coach: Sian Mulholland. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place Sprint at the Nature Valley Grand Prix, USA; 2nd place at the Grand Prix
Stad Roeselare, Belgium. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Women's International Cup; 2008 1st
place Scratch Race at the U19 Australian Track Championships.
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Kaarle McCulloch
Date of birth: 20 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Campbelltown, Australia.
Height: 169cm. Weight: 67kg. Event: Women's Track: Sprint; 500m Time Trial; Team Sprint.
Club/Institute/Academy: St George CC; NSWIS. Coach: Gary West & Gary Sutton.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Sprint, Time Trial, Keiren & Team Sprint at the Australian Track
Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Sprint & World Record Holder at the World
Championships; 2006 Qualified for first Australian Team at the Junior World Championships.
Anna Meares
Date of birth: 21 Sep 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Blackwater, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 71kg. Event: Women's Track: Sprint; 500m Time Trial; Team Sprint.
Club/Institute/Academy: Rockhampton Cycling Club; QAS; AIS. Coach: Martin Barras.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team Sprint & Time Trial at the UCI track World Championships.
Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Sprint at the World Championships; 2008 Recipient Sir Hubert
Opperman Cyclist of the Year; 2008 2nd place Sprint at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2004-2009
World Record Holder 500m Time Trial; 2006 1st place 500m TT & 2nd place Sprint at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 Recipient Order of Australia Medal; 2004 1st place 500m
TT & 3rd place Sprint at the Olympic Games, Athens.
Alexis Rhodes
Date of birth: 01 Dec 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Alice Springs, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: Women's Road: 29km Individual Time Trial; 100km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Norwood CC; SASI. Coach: Ian McKenzie. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place Time Trial at the Oceania Championships; 4th place Points Race &
5th place Individual Pursuit at the Australian Track Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place
Road Race, 2nd place Time Trial at the Oceania Championships; 2009 2nd place Time Trial at the
Australian Open Road Championships; 2008 1st place Stages 2 & 3 at the San Dimas Stage Race,
USA.
Emily Rosemond
Date of birth: 11 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Cairns, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: Women's Track: Sprint; 500m Time Trial.
Club/Institute/Academy: Balmoral; QAS. Coach: Gary West. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Sprint, Team Sprint & Keiren & 2nd place Time Trial at the Oceania
Track Championships; 2nd Team Sprint at the UCI Tack World Cup, China. Achievements: 2009 2nd
place Keiren & 3rd place Team Sprint at the World Cup; 2008 1st place Team Sprint at the National
Championships; 2008 2nd place Team Sprint at the World Cup; 2006 12th place Speed Skating at the
Winter Olympic Games, Italy.
Josephine Tomic
Date of birth: 09 Jun 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 174.5cm.
Weight: 65kg. Event: Women's Track Endurance: 3000m Individual Pursuit; 25km Points Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Northern Districts CC; WAIS. Coach: Darryl Benson.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team Pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships, Denmark; 1st
place Team Pursuit, 2nd place Omnium & 3rd place Indiv Pursuit at the Australian Track
Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Omnium, 3rd place Team Pursuit & 5th place Indiv
Pursuit at the World Championships; 2007 1st place Indiv Pursuit, point Race & Road Time Trial at the
World Junior Titles, Mexico.
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Victoria Whitelaw
Date of birth: 02 Jan 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Hobart, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 59kg. Event: Women's Road: 29km Individual Time Trial; 100km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra CC; ACTAS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Stage 3 Time Trial at the Trophee d'Or. Achievements: 2009 3rd place
Time Trial at the Oceania Championships; 2008 1st place Stage 5 Time Trial at the Giro d'Italia; 2008 1st
place Stage 6 at the Tour De L'Aude; 2008 Australian Female Cyclist of the Year.
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Jack Bobridge
Date of birth: 13 Jul 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia. Height: 180cm.
Event: Men's Track Endurance: 4000m Individual & Team Pursuit; 20km Scratch Race; 40km Individual
Time Trial. Club/Institute/Academy: Norwood CC; SASI & AIS. Coach: Ian McKenzie & Matt White.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Indiv Pursuit, Points Race & Team Pursuit & 2nd place Omnium at the
Australian track Championships; 1st place Team Pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships.
Achievements: 2009 1st place U23 Time Trial at the UCI Road World Championships; 2009 1st place
Indiv Pursuit & U23 Time Trial at the Australian Open Road Championships; 2008 4th place Team Pursuit
at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Allan Davis
Date of birth: 27 Jul 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Ipswich, Australia. Height: 171cm.
Weight: 66kg. Event: Men's Road: 167km Road Race. Club/Institute/Academy: Coral Isle Cyclists; QAS.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place Tour de Picardie; 2nd place Stage 2 Tour do Pologne.
Achievements: 2009 1st place Tour Down Under ProTour; 2nd place Stage 9 Giro d'Italia; 2008 2nd place
Tour Down Under ProTour; 2008 1st place Stage 2 Tour of Poland; 2007 1st place Sprint at the Tour of
Qinghai Lake, China.
Rohan Dennis
Date of birth: 28 Jun 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia. Height: 182cm.
Weight: 72kg. Event: Men's Road: 40km Individual Time Trial. Club/Institute/Academy: Adelaide CC.
Coach: Ian McKenzie. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Indiv Pursuit at the Australian Track Championships.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place Team Pursuit at the World Championships, Poland; 2009 1st place Team
Pursuit & 2nd place Indiv Pursuit at the World Cup, Melbourne.
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Daniel Ellis
Date of birth: 07 Oct 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Albury, Australia. Height: 184cm.
Weight: 91kg. Event: Men's Track: Sprint; Team Sprint; Keirin.
Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra CC; ACTAS; AIS. Coach: Gary West.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Sprint & Team Sprint & 2nd place Keiren at the Australian Track
Championships; 1st place Sprint 2nd place Team Sprint at the Oceania Championships.
Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Sprint at the UCI Track World Cup; 2009 1st place Sprint & team
Sprint at the Oceania Championships; 2008 4th place Team Sprint at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Michael Freiberg
Date of birth: 10 Oct 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Height: 192cm. Weight: 80kg.
Event: Men's Track Endurance: 4000m Team Pursuit; 40km Points Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Midland CC; AIS. Coach: Fred Landon. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Scratch Race & Team Pursuit at the Australian Track
Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Pursuit & 3rd place Points Score at the
Australian Championships; 2008 1st place U19 Road Time Trial & Team Pursuit at the Australian
Titles.
Mathew Hayman
Date of birth: 20 Apr 1978. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Camperdown, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: Men's Road: 167km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra CC; ACTAS. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 7th place Stage 4 at the Tour de Pologne; 10th place Stage 10 at the Giro
d'Italia. Achievements: 2009 4th place Stage 3 at the Tour of Belgium; 2008 3rd place Stage 3 at the
Tour Down Under; 2006 1st place Road race at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Michael Hepburn
Date of birth: 17 Aug 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 77kg. Event: Men's Track Endurance: 4000m Individual & Team Pursuit.
Club/Institute/Academy: Ipswich CC. Coach: Nick Formosa. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team Pursuit at the UCI Track World Championships, Denmark; 1st
place Omnium at the Australian Track Championships; 1st place U23 Road Race at the Australian
open Road Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Pursuit at the Track World Cup; 2009
1st place U19 Indiv Pursuit & 2nd place Team Pursuit at the Junior World Championships; 2009 1st
place U19 Indiv Pursuit at the Australian Track Championships; 2009 1st place U19 Omnium & Team
Pursuit at the Australian Championships.
Cameron Meyer
Date of birth: 11 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Viveash, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 68kg.
Event: Men's Track Endurance: 20km Scratch Race; 40km Points Race; 167km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Midland CC. Coach: Ian McKenzie & Matt White.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Elite TT at the Australian Road Championships; 1st place Points
Race, Team Pursuit & Madison at the UCI Track World Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place
Points Race at the World Championships; 2009 1st place Point Race at the Oceania Championships;
2009 1st place Team Pursuit & 2nd place Indiv Pursuit at the Australian Track Championships.
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Travis Meyer
Date of birth: 08 Jun 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Viveash, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 70kg.
Event: Men's Track Endurance: 20km Scratch Race; 40km Points Race; 167km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Midland CC; WAIS; AIS. Coach: Darryl Benson.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Road Race at the Australian Championships; 1st place Team Pursuit
at the World Cup, China. Achievements: 2009 1st place Team Pursuit & 4th place Indiv Pursuit at the
Australian Track Championships; 2009 4th place Scratch Race at the World Championships; 2008 1st
place at the Tour of Berlin; 2008 1st place Team Pursuit at the Oceania Championships.
Jason Niblett
Date of birth: 18 Feb 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Horsham, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 95kg. Event: Men's Track: Keirin.
Club/Institute/Academy: Horsham CC; VIS: AIS. Coach: Martin Barras.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Keiren at the track World Cup, China. Achievements: 2009 1st place
Team Sprint & 4th place Sprint at the Australian Championships; 2009 2nd place Keiren & Team
Sprint at the UCI Track World Cup; 2008 1st place Team Sprint at the UCI Track World Cup.
Dale Parker
Date of birth: 12 May 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Mt Barker, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 65kg. Event: Men's Track Endurance: 4000m Individual & Team Pursuit.
Club/Institute/Academy: Central Districts Cycling Club; SASI. Coach: Tim Decker.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team Pursuit, U19 Indiv Pursuit (WR) & U19 Omnium at the
Australian Track Championships; 1st place U19 Road TT at the Australian Road Championships.
Achievements: 2009 1st place U19 Indiv Pursuit & Team Pursuit at the Oceania Championships; 2009
2nd place Team Pursuit at the Junior World Championships; 2009 1st place Indiv Pursuit & Team
Pursuit at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Shane Perkins
Date of birth: 30 Dec 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: East Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 88kg. Event: Men's Track: Sprint; Team Sprint; Keirin.
Club/Institute/Academy: Carnegie Caulfield CC: VIS. Coach: Gary West.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Sprint & 10th place Keiren at the UCI Track World Championships.
Achievements: 2009 1st place Sprint & Team Sprint at the UCI Track World Cup; 2009 1st place
Keiren & Team Sprint & 2nd place Sprint at the Oceania Championships; 2006 3rd place Team Sprint
at the World Championships; 2006 3rd place Team Sprint at the Commonwealth Games.
Mark Renshaw
Date of birth: 22 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Bathurst, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 73kg. Event: Men's Road: 167km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: Bathurst CC; NSWIS. Coach: Gary Sutton & Mark Windsor.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Sprint at the Tour of Denmark; 2nd place Stage 1 at the Tour de
France. Achievements: 2009 1st place Stage 1 at the Giro d'Italia; 2nd place Stage 21 at the Tour de
France; 2008 1st place at the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic; 1st place Stage 1 at the Tour Down Under;
2008 2nd place Stage 1 at the Tour de France.
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Scott Sunderland
Date of birth: 16 Mar 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Busselton, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 87kg. Event: Men's Track: Sprint; 1000m Time Trial; Team Sprint.
Club/Institute/Academy: South West CC; WAIS; AIS. Coach: Darryl Benson & Gary West.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Keiren & 2nd place Sprint at the Australian Track Championships; 2nd
place Team Sprint at the World Cup. Achievements: 2009 4th place Team Sprint & 5th place Time Trial
at the World Championships; 2009 1st place Time Trial & Team Sprint at the Track World Cup; 2006
1st place Time Trial at the Junior World Championships.
Christopher Sutton
Date of birth: 10 Sep 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 177cm. Weight: 69kg. Event: Men's Road: 167km Road Race.
Club/Institute/Academy: St George CC; NSWIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Stage 6 at the Tour Down Under; 2nd place at the Cancer Council
Classic; 6th place at the Giro d'Italia. Achievements: 2009 1st place Stage 1 at the Tour of Britain;
2009 2nd place Jayco Herald Sun Tour; 2009 3rd place Scratch Race at the Oceania Championships;
2008 2nd place Madison at the UCI Track World Cup.
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Graeme Rose
Date of birth: 19 May 1961. Place of birth: Christchurch, New Zealand. Height: 185cm. Weight: 88kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2010 Diving Team Manager FINA Diving World Cup; 2008 - present High Performance
Manager, Diving Australia; 2009 Diving Team Manager FINA Diving World Championships; 2008 Diving
Section Manager Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Date of birth: 08 Feb 1963. Place of birth: Wuhan, China. Height: 1 70cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Head Coach. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2001-2007 Diving Coach (Australia) World Championships; 2006 Diving Coach (Australia)
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 Diving Coach (Australia) Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 Diving
Coach (Australia) Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2000 Diving Coach (Canada) Olympic Games,
Sydney; 1999 Diving Coach (Canada) Pan American Games; 1998 Diving Coach (Canada)
Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur; 1997 Diving Coach (Canada) Diving World Cup; 1984 4th place
Olympic Games, Los Angeles.
Xiangning Chen
Date of birth: 13 Sep 1974. Place of birth: Guangdong, China. Height: 175cm. Weight: 72kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2005 Diving Coach (Australia) Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Chava Sobrino
Date of birth: 16 Jun 1959. Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico. Height: 175cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 1995-2008 NSW Head Coach; 2005 Diving Coach (Australia) Australian Youth Olympic
Festival; 2000 Diving Coach (Australia) Olympic Games, Sydney; 1995-1997 AIS Senior Coach; 1996
Diving Coach (Australia) Olympic Games, Atlanta; 1992 Diving Coach (Mexico) Olympic Games,
Barcelona; 1988 Diving Coach (Mexico) Olympic Games, Seoul; 1980 Diving Athlete Olympic Games,
Moscow.
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Competitors Female
Briony Cole
Date of birth: 28 Feb 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 160cm. Weight: 50kg.
Event: 3m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 1); 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: VIS; AIS. Coach: Hui Tong. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; Two 2nd places & 3rd place at the
Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 2nd place at the FINA Grand Prix, Russia; 3rd place at the
FINA Grand Prix, Canada; Two 2nd places & 6th place at the FINA World Series, China; 1st & 5th
places at the FINA Grand Prix, Spain; 4th place at the World Cup. Achievements: 2009 two 1st places
& a 4th place at the FINA Canada Grad Prix, Montreal; 2009 two 1st places & a 2nd place at the
Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 2009 1st & 2nd place at the FINA World Series; 2008 2nd
& 5th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 2nd & 3rd place at the FINA World Championships;
2007 named Australian Diver of the Year; 2007 two 2nd places & two 3rd places at the FINA World
Series; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Alexandra Croak
Date of birth: 09 Jul 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 55kg. Event:
10m Platform; 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Perfect 10 Diving Club; NSWIS. Coach: Chava Sobrino.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd & 8th place FINA World Series 2, Mexico; 3rd & 8th place FINA World
Series 3, Mexico; 4th & 5th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; 3rd & 4th place at the FINA Grand
Prix, Russia; 3rd & 9th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 2nd & 9th places at the World Cup; Two
1st places & 3rd place at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane. Achievements: 2009 3rd
place at the FINA Grand Prix, Spain; 2009 4th place at FINA Diving World, Mexico City; 2009 two 2nd
places at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 2009 7th place at the FINA World
Championships; 2008 semi finalist at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006 5th place at the Grand Prix, America; 2006 2nd place at the
Grand Prix, Italy; 2002 1st & 2nd place in Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester;
2000 Gymnastics team member at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
Jaele Patrick
Date of birth: 04 Mar 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Lilydale, Australia.
Height: 161cm. Weight: 60kg. Event: 1m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Gannets Diving Club; VIS. Coach: Jay Lerew & Matthew Adamson.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd & 4th places at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; two 1st
places at the Big 12 Championships; 3rd place at the NCAA Championships; 5th & 7th place at the
FINA Grand Prix, USA; Two 4th places at the FINA Grand Prix, Spain. Achievements: 2010 All Round
Big 12 Champion; Big 12 Diver of the Year; 2008 2nd place at the Open National Championships.
Anabelle Smith
Date of birth: 03 Feb 1993. Age at start of Games: 17. Place of birth: Malvern, Australia.
Height: 159cm. Weight: 51kg. Event: 3m Springboard; 10m Platform; 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: Gannets Diving Club; VIS. Coach: Matt Adamson.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd & 8th place at the World Series, China; 3rd place at the FINA Grand Prix,
Russia; Two 2nd places & a 3rd & 8th place at the Australian Open Championships; 10th place at the
FINA Grand Prix, Germany; 7th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 1st & 6th places at the FINA
Grand Prix, Spain; 6th & 7th places at the World Cup. Achievements: Selection in the 2010 Australian
National Diving Team; 2009 four 1st places at the Australian Elite Junior Championships; 2009
National Junior Elite Female Diver of the Year; 2009 representing Australia at the Spanish and
Canadian Grand Prix's; 2008 two 3rd places at the FINA World Junior Championships.
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Sharleen Stratton
Date of birth: 09 Oct 1987. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 159cm. Weight: 50kg. Event: 1m & 3m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: Donnet Diving Club; AIS. Coach: Hui Tong. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: Three 1st places at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 1st & 2nd
place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; Two 2nd places at the Grand Prix, Russia; Two 2nd places at the
World Series, China; Two 3rd places at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 4th & 5th places at the World Cup.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the World Series, China; 2009 two 1st places at the FINA Canadian
Grand Prix, Montreal; 2008 5th & 7th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 3rd place at the FINA
World Championships; 2006 1st & 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 two 1st
places at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival; 2004 3rd place at the Junior World Championships.
Olivia Wright
Date of birth: 12 Oct 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Paddington, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 61kg. Event: 1m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Perfect 10. Coach: Hui Tong. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 7th place at the FINA Grand Prix, USA; 1st, 4th & 6th places at the Australian
Open Championships, Brisbane; 4th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Spain. Achievements: 2009 2nd place
at the FINA Grand Prix, Madrid; 2008 2nd & 7th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Rome; 2007 achieving a
PB in all her events at the Australian Open Nationals.
Melissa Wu
Date of birth: 03 May 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Penrith, Australia. Height: 152cm.
Weight: 49kg. Event: 10m Platform; 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Perfect 10; NSWIS. Coach: Chava Sobrino. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd & 4th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; 1st, 2nd & 9th places at the
Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 3rd & 5th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Russia; Two 3rd
places at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 3rd place FINA World Series 2, Mexico; 3rd place FINA World
Series 3, Mexico; 2nd & 3rd places at the World Cup. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the FINA Grand
Prix, Montreal; 2009 3rd & 5th place at the FINA World Series, Qatar; 2009 2nd place at the FINA World
Series, China; 2009 3rd & 6th place at the FINA World Series, Great Britain; 2009 2nd & 5th place at the
FINA World Series, Mexico; 2008 1st place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 3rd place at the FINA
World Cup; 2007 2nd place at the FINA World Championships; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2007 2nd & 3rd place at the FINA World Series; 2006 1st place at the World Junior
Championships.
James Connor
Date of birth: 05 May 1995. Age at start of Games: 15. Place of birth: Clayton, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 55kg. Event: 10m Platform. Club/Institute/Academy: Gannets Diving Club; VIS.
Coach: Xiangning Chen. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd, 4th & 8th places at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; Three 1st
places at the Victorian Open Championships. Achievements: 2010 Selection for the World Juniors &
Target 2012 Squads; 2009 & 2010 Australian Diver of the Year Boys Junior B Elite; 2009 Victorian
Champion Junior B Boys; 2009 1st, 2nd & 4th places at the British Junior Elite Championships.
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Matthew Mitcham
Date of birth: 02 Mar 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Coopers Plains, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 66kg.
Event: 1m Springboard; 10m Platform; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 1); 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: NSWIS. Coach: Chava Sobrino. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 5th & 9th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; Three 1st & two 2nd places at
the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 2nd place FINA World Series 2, Mexico; 5th place FINA
World Series 3, Mexico; 1st & 9th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 1st & 11th places at the World
Cup. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st & 5th places at the FINA
Grand Prix, USA; 2008 2nd place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; 2008 three 1st places at the
Australian Open Championships, Adelaide; 2008 1st place and two 3rd places at the FINA Grand Prix,
China; 2008 4th & 5th places at the Grand Prix, Canada; 2006 Two 4th & two 5th places at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 three 1st places & a 2nd place at the Australian Youth
Olympic Festival; 2004 three 2nd places at the World Junior Championships.
Grant Nel
Date of birth: 07 Apr 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 69kg. Event: 1m & 3m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Elite Diving Academy. Coach: Pavel Plotnikov.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st, 4th, 5th & 6th places at the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane.
Achievements: 2008 3rd & two 2nd places at the Australian Open Championships, Adelaide; 2007 7th
& 22nd places at the FINA World Championships; 2007 3rd & two 1st places at the Australian Open
Championships, Melbourne; 2006 12th, 17th & 30th places at the Junior World Championships; 2005
8th place at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Scott Robertson
Date of birth: 24 Jun 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Sale, Australia. Height: 174cm.
Weight: 76kg. Event: 1m & 3m Springboard; 3m Springboard Synchro (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: Whitehorse Diving Club; NSWIS. Coach: Chava Sobrino.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 5th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; Two 1st places & 3rd place at the
Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 7th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Russia; 3rd place at the
FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 21st place at the World Cup. Achievements: 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing;
2008 2nd place at the Canada Cup; 2008 3rd place at the FINA Grand Prix, Germany; 2007 two 1st
places at the Australian Open Championships, Melbourne; 2006 4th & 7th places at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006 3rd place at the FINA Grand Prix, USA; 2004 2nd place at
the World Junior Championships.
Ethan Warren
Date of birth: 02 Oct 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Sunnybank, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 71kg.
Event: 3m Springboard; 10m Platform; 3m Sprinboard Synchro (Pair 1); 10m Platform Synchro (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: QAS. Coach: Xiangning Chen & Hui Tong. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 9th & 14th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Canada; 1st, 3rd & three 2nd places at
the Australian Open Championships, Brisbane; 1st & 6th places at the FINA Grand Prix, Spain; 6th,
11th & 12th places at the World Cup. Achievements: 2008 6th place at the FINA Grand Prix, Italy; 2008
10th & 13th places at the Junior World Championships; 2007 - 2009 Junior National Champion.
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Megan Currie
Date of birth: 26 Jan 1980.
Place of birth: Wagga Wagga, Australia.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 63kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2010 Team Manager for
Gymnastics at the Australian Youth
Olympic Festival; 2010 Team Manager
Gymnastics at the World Championships.
Peggy Liddick
Date of birth: 17 Jun 1957.
Place of birth: Omaha, United States.
Height: 162cm. Weight: 70kg.
Position: WAG Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 &
2006. Achievements: 1997-2010 National
Coach Australian Women's Gymnastics;
2001, 2003, 2005 & 2007 Coach at the
Australian Youth Olympic Festival; 1998,
2002 & 2006 Coach at the
Commonwealth Games; 2003 Coach with
Krasmira Yurukova
Date of birth: 21 Apr 1973.
Place of birth: Varna, Bulgaria.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 53kg.
Position: RG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 Coach at the World
Cup, Portugal; 2009 Coach at the Grand
Prix, Bulgaria; 2005, 2007 & 2009 Coach
at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival;
2008 Coach at the Pacific Rim
Championships, California; 2007
Recipient Gymnastics Australia Coach of
the Year; 2004 Recipient Victorian Coach
of the Year.
Bo Yu
Date of birth: 01 May 1967.
Place of birth: Jilin, China.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 70kg.
Position: MAG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Vladimir Vatkin
Date of birth: 03 Aug 1959.
Place of birth: Minsk, Belarus.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 76kg.
Position: MAG Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2006.
Achievements: Coached Australian
Gymnasts at the World Championships
with 1 Gold & 1 Silver Medal; Coached
Gymnasts at the Commonwealth Games
with 15 Medals.
Songliang Xiong
Date of birth: 14 Jan 1959.
Place of birth: Guangzhou, China.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 62kg.
Position: MAG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2006 Coach with a 2nd
place at the World Championships; As an
athlete 1980 Chinese Olympian; 1979
10th place Rings at the World
Championships.
Danielle Le Ray
Date of birth: 06 Nov 1982.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 57kg.
Position: RG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: 2009 Coach at the
Australian Youth Olympic Games; 2009
Coach at the RG World Championships;
2007-2008 Recipient Rhythmic
Gymnastics Elite Coach of the Year;
2005-2008 Recipient Rhythmic
Gymnastics Levels Coach of the Year; As
an athlete 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney;
1997 & 1999 World Championships;
1998 3rd place at the Commonwealth
Games, Kuala Lumpur.
John Hart
Date of birth: 09 Jul 1973.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 79kg.
Position: WAG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 Coach at the World
Championships, London; 2008 Two
Gymnasts selected for Olympic Games,
Beijing; 2007 Coach at the World
Championships, Stuttgart; 2006 Coach at
the World Championships, Denmark;
2007 & 2009 Coach at the Australian
Youth Olympic Festival.
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Nikolai Lapchine
Date of birth: 14 Dec 1949.
Place of birth: Leninsk-Kuznetsky,
Russia. Height: 167cm. Weight: 63kg.
Position: WAG Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: 2009 Coach at the World
Championships; 2004 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Athens; 2003 Coach
with team Bronze Medal at the World
Championships; 2000 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Sydney.
Gymnastics MAG - Competitors Male
Joshua Jefferis
Date of birth: 29 Aug 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 156cm. Weight: 56kg. Event: Men's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: AIS.
Coach: Vladimir Vatkin. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 4th place PB & 13th place AA at the National Championships.
Achievements: 2008 1st place Team, AA, RG & PB & 2nd place FX at the National Championships;
2008 5th place PB, 6th place Team, 7th place PH & 8th place AA at the Pacific Alliance, USA; 2006 1st
place AA & RG, 2nd place Team & 3rd place PB at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Samuel Offord
Date of birth: 04 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Naracoorte, Australia.
Height: 162cm. Weight: 62kg. Event: Men's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: SASI. Coach: Yu Bo.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place AA & RG, 2nd place PB & HB & 3rd place FX at the National
Championships; Achievements: 2009 1st place AA, VT & HB at National Championships; 2005-2007 &
2009 Representative at the World Championships; 2007 1st place AA, RG, PB & HB at the National
Championships; 2006 2nd place Team & 3rd place VT at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Thomas Pichler
Date of birth: 18 Sep 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Hohenems, Austria.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 64.5kg. Event: Men's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: QAS HPC.
Coach: Sergei Chinkar. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place FX & PB, 2nd place AA & 3rd place Team & HB at the National
Championships. Achievements: 2008 4th place High Bar at the World Cup, Ostrava; 2006 14th place
Team at the World Championships; 2005 12th place Floor at the World Championships.
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Keren Faulkner
Date of birth: 06 Apr 1973.
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 65kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2003-2008
Physiotherapist to Gymnastics Australia
WAG Team; 2003, 2005, 2006 & 2007
Physiotherapist at the World
Championships; 2004 & 2008
Physiotherapist for Australian Gymnastics
team at the Olympic Games.
Date of birth: 09 Feb 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 166cm.
Weight: 66.5kg. Event: Men's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Coach: Vladimir Vatkin.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2009 1st place PB, 2nd place Team & 3rd place HB at the National Championships;
2008 1st place HB at the Pacific Alliance, USA; 2006 1st place at the World Championships; 2006 2nd
place Team & PB & 3rd place AA at the Commonwealth Games; 2004 Olympic Games, Athens; 2002
1st place PH, PB & HB, 2nd place AA & 3rd place Team & FX; 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney.
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Prashanth Sellathurai
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Auburn, Australia. Height: 150cm.
Weight: 45.7kg. Event: Men's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney Olympic Park Gym Club.
Coach: Robert Hong & Xiong Song-Liang. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place PH & 2nd place Team & RG at the National Championships.
Achievements: 2009 3rd place Pommel Horse at the World Championships; 2007 1st place PH at the
World Cup, Doha; 2006 2nd place Team & PH at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006 2nd place
PH at the World Championships, Denmark.
Gymnastics RG - Competitors Female
Naazmi Johnston
Date of birth: 28 Nov 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Lismore, Australia. Height: 165cm.
Weight: 48kg. Event: Rhythmic. Club/Institute/Academy: Meriden Rhythmic Gymnastics Club.
Coach: Danielle Le Ray. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place All Around, Rope, Hoop, Ball & Ribbon at the National Championships.
Achievements: 2009 22nd place Team, 38th place AA at the World Championships, Japan; 2008-2009
National Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics; 2008 22nd place AA at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 2007
World Championships, Greece; 2006 3rd place Team & 4th place AA at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne.
Janine Murray
Date of birth: 10 Mar 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Harare, Zimbabwe. Height: 169cm.
Weight: 53kg. Event: Rhythmic. Club/Institute/Academy: Northern Districts Gymnastics Club.
Coach: Krasimira Yurukova. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Pacific Rim Championships. Achievements: 2009 22nd place at the World
Championships, Japan; 2008 2nd place AA, Rope, Hoop, Clubs & Ribbon at the National Championships;
2008 5th place Team & 12th place AA at the Pacific Rim Championships; 2007 Reserve for the World
Championships, Greece.
Danielle Prince
Date of birth: 12 Jun 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 166cm.
Weight: 55kg. Event: Rhythmic. Club/Institute/Academy: Morton Bay College Gymnastics.
Coach: Edith Peluso. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Rope & 3rd place AA & Ball at the National Championships.
Achievements: 2009 22nd place Team at the World Championships, Japan; 2009 3rd place AA & Rope at
the National Championships; 2007 1st place Team & 4th place AA at the Australian Youth Olympic
Festival.
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Georgia Bonora
Date of birth: 19 May 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 161cm. Weight: 55kg. Event: Women's Artistic.
Club/Institute/Academy: Waverley Gymnastics Centre. Coach: John Hart & Shaoyi Jiang.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place All Around, Team, Uneven Bars & Floor & 2nd place BB at the
National Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place AA & VT, 2nd place UB & BB, 3rd place FX at
the National Championships; 2008 6th place Team & 13th place All Around at the Olympic Games,
Beijing; 2007 1st place Team at the Australia v Japan Friendly; 2006 6th place Team at the World
Championships, Denmark.
Ashleigh Brennan
Date of birth: 18 Jan 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: North Dandenong, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 52kg. Event: Women's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: VIS.
Coach: Misha Barabach & Tracey Penuluna. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team at the National Championships. Achievements: 2008 1st place
Team, 2nd place FX & 3rd place AA, UB & BB at the National Championships; 2008 6th place Team &
30th place AA at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 11th place Team at the World Championships;
2006 1st place Team & 2nd place Floor at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Emily Little
Date of birth: 29 Mar 1994. Age at start of Games: 16. Place of birth: Subiaco, Australia.
Height: 150.5cm. Weight: 48.5kg. Event: Women's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS.
Coach: Martine George & Nikolai Lapchine. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place Vault at the Junior Pacific Rim Championships. Achievements: 2009
1st place Vault & 4th place Team & AA at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival; 2009 2nd place VT,
3rd BB & 4th AA at the Australia v Japan Friendly; 2008-2009 Recipient WA Junior Gymnast of the
Year; 2008 1st place AA, VT, BB & FX & 4th place UB at the National Junior Championships; 2008
Recipient Australian Junior Gymnast of the Year.
Lauren Mitchell
Date of birth: 23 Jul 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 157cm.
Weight: 49kg. Event: Women's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS; AIS.
Coach: Martine George & Nikolai Lapchine. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 1st place AA, UB, BB & FX at the National Championships; 2009 2nd place
Beam & Vault & 4th place AA at the World Championships; 2008 6th place Team at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2007 5th place Beam at the World Championships.
Georgia Wheeler
Date of birth: 08 Oct 1994. Age at start of Games: 15. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 154cm. Weight: 49kg. Event: Women's Artistic. Club/Institute/Academy: MLC Gym Club; AIS.
Coach: Jeb & Michelle. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place Team & 3rd place AA, Vault, Beam & Floor at the National
Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place Team, 2nd place AA, Beam & Floor & 3rd place at the
National Championships; 2009 Competed at the Australia v Japan.
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David Hatt
Date of birth: 08 Oct 1945.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 83kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Jason Duff
Date of birth: 27 Oct 1972.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: Australian Hockey Men's
Assistant Coach & Juniors Coach. As an
athlete 2000 3rd place Hockey at the
Olympic Games, Sydney.
Graham Reid
Date of birth: 09 Apr 1964.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Australian Hockey Men's
Assistant Coach.
Neil McLean
Date of birth: 25 Jul 1952.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 66kg.
Position: Psychologist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Ric Charlesworth
Date of birth: 02 Jun 1952.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: Australian Hockey Men's
Coach.
Paul Gaudoin
Date of birth: 12 Aug 1975.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2002.
Achievements: Australian Hockey Men's
Assistant Coach.
Ellen Hawes
Date of birth: 01 Nov 1977.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
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Competitors Male
Des Abbott
Date of birth: 10 Jan 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Darwin, Australia. Height: 184cm.
Weight: 88kg. Position: Forward, No. 16. Club/Institute/Academy: NT Stingers. Coach: Baden Sharp.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions
Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Nathan Burgers
Date of birth : 20 Mar 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Ayr, Australia. Height: 185cm.
Weight: 81kg. Position: Goalkeeper, No. 8. Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades.
Coach: Matthew Wells. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions
Trophy, Rotterdam; 2007-2010 Kookaburras Squad.
Joel Carroll
Date of birth: 11 Sep 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Darwin, Australia. Height: 184cm.
Weight: 90kg. Position: Defender, No. 15. Club/Institute/Academy: NT Stingers. Coach: Baden Sharp.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Azlan Sultan Shah Cup; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 Competed in the Summer Series v Netherlands; 2001-2010 Hockey program at
the Northern Territory Institute of Sport.
Chris Ciriello
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Noble Park, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Position: Defender, No. 5. Club/Institute/Academy: Victoria Vikings. Coach: Jay Stacy.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Champions Trophy. Achievements: 2008 Competed in the 5
Nations, South Africa.
Liam De Young
Date of birth: 10 Dec 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 76kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 2, Captain.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades. Coach: Matthew Wells.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi. Achievements: 2008 3rd place at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place at
the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2001-2002,
2006-2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
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Luke Doerner
Date of birth: 23 Aug 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 193cm. Weight: 90kg. Position: Defender, No. 13. Club/Institute/Academy: Victoria Vikings.
Coach: Jay Stacy. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions
Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne.
Jamie Dwyer
Date of birth: 12 Mar 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Rockhampton, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 68kg. Position: Forward, No. 1, Defender.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades. Coach: Matthew Wells.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2008 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 1st place at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester; 2005, 2008-2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy; 2004 & 2007 World Player of
the Year; 2002 Junior Player of the World.
Robert Hammond
Date of birth: 06 May 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 75kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 6. Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades.
Coach: Matthew Wells. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at
the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place at
the Olympic Games, Athens.
Fergus Kavanagh
Date of birth: 21 May 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 77kg. Position: Defender, No. 14. Club/Institute/Academy: WA Thundersticks.
Coach: David Bell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions
Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Mark Knowles
Date of birth: 10 Mar 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Rockhampton, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 73kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 9, Captain.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades. Coach: Matthew Wells. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the
Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at
the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place at
the Olympic Games, Athens.
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Trent Mitton
Date of birth: 26 Nov 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Position: Forward, No.12. Club/Institute/Academy: WA Thundersticks. Coach: David Bell.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Azlan Sultan Shah Cup; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2010 Australia A Development Squad; 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Eddie Ockenden
Date of birth: 03 Apr 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Hobart, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 72kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 11. Club/Institute/Academy: Tassie Tigers.
Coach: Andrew McDonald. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances:
1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Champions
Trophy, Rotterdam; 2008 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Simon Orchard
Date of birth: 09 Jul 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Muswellbrook, Australia.
Height: 185cm. Position: Midfielder, No. 3. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Waratahs.
Coach: Larry McIntosh. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne.
Matthew Swann
Date of birth: 16 May 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Gympie, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 62kg. Position: Defender, No. 10.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades. Coach: Matthew Wells. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2009 3rd place at the Junior
World Cup; 2007 1st place in the Australian Hockey League.
Glenn Turner
Date of birth: 01 May 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Bowral, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 83kg. Position: Forward, No. 4. Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra Lakers. Coach: Ben Bishop.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup, New Delhi; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Champions Trophy, Melbourne; 2008 National Development
Squad; 2005 2nd place at the Junior World Cup.
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Date of birth: 02 Jul 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Tweed Heads, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Blades. Coach: Matthew Wells.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Azlan Sultan Shah Cup; 1st place at the Champions Trophy.
Achievements: 2009 Australia v France, European Tour.
Robyn Shaw
Date of birth: 03 May 1964.
Place of birth: Cairns, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 72kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2006-2010 Australian
HockeyRoos Manager; As an athlete
1983-1987 Australian Women's Hockey
U21 & Senior Representative.
Jeremy Davy
Date of birth: 03 Jul 1973.
Place of birth: Tamworth, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 71kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: Australian Hockey
Women's Assistant Coach.
Katrina Powell
Date of birth: 08 Apr 1972.
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 156cm. Weight: 50kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2002.
Achievements: Australian Hockey
Women's Assistant Coach.
Frank Murray
Date of birth: 24 Aug 1950.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 113kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: Australian Hockey
Women's Coach. 2006 Women's Head
Coach Gold Medal at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2006 Women's Head
Coach Silver Medal at the World Cup;
2000 Women's Hockey Assistant Coach
Gold Medal at the Olympic Games,
Sydney; 1996 Men's Hockey Head
Coach Bronze Medal at the Olympic
Games, Atlanta; 1992 Men's Hockey
Head Coach Silver Medal at the Olympic
Anthony Farry
Date of birth: 13 Jul 1973.
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 69kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Paul Lissek
Date of birth: 27 Aug 1947.
Place of birth: Limburg A D Lahn,
Germany. Height: 178cm.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut
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Date of birth: 08 Sep 1961. Place of birth: Stoke D'Abernon, England. Height: 171cm. Weight: 62kg.
Position: Physiotherapist. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2008 Women's Hockey Physiotherapist at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Women's
Hockey Physiotherapist at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 Australian Headquarters
Physiotherapist at the Olympic Games, Athens.
Nicole Arrold
Date of birth: 07 Nov 1981. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 60kg. Position: Defence, No. 14. Club/Institute/Academy: Canberra Strikers.
Coach: Anthony Farry. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup Qualifier & competed in the Test Series v New
Zealand, Korea & Argentina. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Champions Trophy; 2008 5th place
at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 5th
place at the Olympic Games, Athens.
Madonna Blyth
Date of birth: 30 Nov 1985. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 60kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 12, Captain.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Scorchers. Coach: Margaret Dilger.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place in the Australian Hockey League. Achievements: 2004-2007 & 2009
Competed in the Champions Trophy; 2008 5th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Fiona Boyce
Date of birth: 11 Jun 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 169cm.
Weight: 61kg. Position: Defence, No. 2. Club/Institute/Academy: Smokefree WA Diamonds.
Coach: Neil Hawgood. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place in the Australian Hockey League. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at
the Champions Trophy; 2005 competed in the Junior World Cup, Chile.
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Alison Bruce
Date of birth: 23 Sep 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 172cm.
Weight: 57kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 5. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows.
Coach: Anthony Thornton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the Test Series v New Zealand & Argentina & in the European Tour.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Champions Trophy; 2009 Competed in the Spar Cup, South Africa.
Toni Cronk
Date of birth: 27 Mar 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 170cm.
Weight: 60kg. Position: Goalkeeper,No. 1. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows.
Coach: Anthony Thornton. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup Qualifier & competed in the Test Series v New
Zealand, Korea & Argentina. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Champions Trophy; 2006 1st place at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 5th place at the Olympic Games, Athens.
Casey Eastham
Date of birth: 29 Mar 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Shellharbour, Australia.
Height: 169cm. Weight: 61kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 4. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows.
Coach: Anthony Thornton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup Qualifier & competed in the Test Series v New
Zealand, Korea & Argentina. Achievements: 2009 Recipient of World Young Player of the Year; 2009 2nd
place at the Champions Trophy; 2008 5th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Kate Hollywood
Date of birth: 25 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Kogarah, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 54kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 10. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows.
Coach: Anthony Thornton. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup Qualifier & competed in the Test Series v New Zealand,
Korea & Argentina. Achievements: 2005-2009 Competed in the Champions Trophy; 2008 5th place at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Emily Hurtz
Date of birth: 02 Jan 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 174cm.
Weight: 54kg. Position: Forward, No. 3. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows. Coach: Anthony Thornton.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the European Tour. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Champions
Trophy; 2009 Competed in the Spar Cup, South Africa; 2009 Competed in the U21 Junior World Cup.
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Ashleigh Nelson
Date of birth: 05 Mar 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Narrogin, Australia.
Height: 166cm. Weight: 60kg. Position: Forward, No. 8.
Club/Institute/Academy: Smokefree WA Diamonds. Coach: Neil Hawgood.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place in the Australian Hockey League.
Achievements: 2007-2010 HockeyRoos; 2009 2nd place at the Champion Trophy.
Megan Rivers
Date of birth: 10 Oct 1980. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Bowral, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 68kg. Position: Midfielder, No. 6. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Arrows.
Coach: Anthony Thornton. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the European Tour. Achievements: 2003-2006 & 2008-2009
Competed in the Champions Trophy; 2008 5th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Jayde Taylor
Date of birth: 03 Apr 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 163cm.
Weight: 61kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Smokefree WA Diamonds. Coach: Neil Hawgood.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place in the Australian Hockey League. Achievements: 2005 Competed in
the Junior World Cup, Chile.
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Rex Johnston
Date of birth: 07 Oct 1950.
Place of birth: Coffs Harbour, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 83kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1990, 1994,
1998 & 2002. Achievements: 2009-2010
National Coach; 2006-2009 Australian
Selector; 2006 Coach for Maltese Team
at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; As an athlete; 2000 1st place
at the World Championships,
Johannesburg; 1998 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur;
1994 1st place at the Commonwealth
Games, Victoria.
Samantha Shannanhan
Date of birth: 15 May 1989.
Place of birth: Shepparton, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 56kg.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2007 & 2009 participated
in the NZ Open; 2008 1st place at the
NSW Open; 2008 represented Australia
at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2007
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Kim Littlejohn
Date of birth: 15 Feb 1964.
Place of birth: Suva, Fiji. Height: 182cm.
Weight: 84kg. Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2004-2010 High
Performance Manager; 2005, 2007 &
2009 Team Manager at the Asia Pacific
Championships; 2006 & 2008 Team
Manager at the World Championships;
2006 Section Manager at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Bryce Stewart
Date of birth: 20 Nov 1941.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 77kg.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1986.
Achievements: NSW Selector; As an
athlete; Represented Victoria on 365
occasions; 1986 Commonwealth Games,
Edinburgh.
Date of birth: 06 Dec 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Pontefract, England.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 58kg. Event: Pairs (Lead). Club/Institute/Academy: Helensvale Bowling Club.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at
the Asia Pacific Championships; 2009 1st place at the Australian Open; 2008 1st & 3rd places at the
World Championships; 2008 1st place at the NSW Open; 2007 1st & 3rd places at the Asia Pacific
Championships; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 1st place at the Asia
Pacific Championships.
Kelsey Cottrell
Date of birth: 31 May 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Auckland, New Zealand.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 64.3kg. Event: Singles. Club/Institute/Academy: St Johns Park.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: World Ranking # 3;
2009 1st place at the World Champion of Champions; 2009 1st place at the Australian Open; 2009 2nd &
3rd places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2008 2nd & 3rd places at the World Championships; 2007
2nd & 3rd places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2007 1st place at the Queensland Open; 2007 1st
place at the NSW Open.
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Claire Duke
Date of birth: 25 Jul 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Echuca, Australia. Height: 171cm.
Weight: 66kg. Event: Triples (No. 2). Club/Institute/Academy: Taren Point Bowling Club.
Coach: Geoff Cameron. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 2nd place
at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2008 1st & 2nd places at the World Championships; 2008 1st
place at the Queensland Open; 2007 2nd place at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2007 two 1st
places at the Queensland Open.
Julie Keegan
Date of birth: 11 Jul 1964. Age at start of Games: 46. Place of birth: Windsor, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: Triples (Skip). Club/Institute/Academy: St Johns Park.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Trans Tasman Representative. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Asia
Pacific Championships; 2008 1st & 2nd places at the World Championships; 2008 1st place at the
NSW Open; 2007 2nd & 3rd places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2007 two 1st places at the
Queensland Open; 2006 1st place at the Australian open.
Sharyn Renshaw
Date of birth: 22 Jul 1961. Age at start of Games: 49. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: Triples (Lead). Club/Institute/Academy: St Johns Park.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Open; 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test
Event. Achievements: 2010 representative at the Moama International & Trans Tasman; 2009 1st
place at the NZ Open; 2008 1st place at the QLD Open; 2007 two 1st places at the NZ Open; 2007
1st place at the QLD Open; 2007 1st place at the NSW Open; 2006 two 1st places at the Australian
Superleague
Natasha Van Eldik
Date of birth: 27 Nov 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Maitland, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 78kg. Event: Pairs. Club/Institute/Academy: Raymond Terrace.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event; Trans Tasman Representative.
Achievements: 2010 representative at the Moama International; 1st place at the RTBC; 1st place at
the Australian Junior Championships; 1st place at the QLD Open.
Mark Berghofer
Date of birth: 21 Jan 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Southport, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: Pairs (Lead). Club/Institute/Academy: St Johns Park.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 1st & 3rd
places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2009 1st place at the Australian Open.
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Mark Casey
Date of birth: 30 Jan 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Moonee Ponds, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 101kg. Event: Triples Skip). Club/Institute/Academy: Helensvale Bowling Club.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2008 2nd place at
the World Championships; 2007 two 1st places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2006 1st place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Leif Selby
Date of birth: 26 Jul 1972. Age at start of Games: 38. Place of birth: Bankstown, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: Singles. Club/Institute/Academy: St Johns Park.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Cup. Achievements: 2009 1st & 2nd places at the Asia
Pacific Championships; 2009 1st place at the World Cup; 2008 1st place at the World Champion of
Champions; 2008 1st place at the Australian Open; 2008 1st place at the Australian Indoor; 2008 two
1st places at the QLD Open; 2007 two 1st places at the Asia Pacific Championships
Aron Sherriff
Date of birth: 29 Oct 1985. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Paddington, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 120kg. Event: Pairs (Skip). Club/Institute/Academy: Halekulani.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 1st place at
the Junior World Cup; 2008 1st, 2nd & 3rd places at the World Championships; 2007 1st place at the
World Cup; 2007 1st place at the Tri Nations.
Wayne Turley
Date of birth: 02 Nov 1972. Age at start of Games: 37. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 84kg. Event: Triples (No. 2). Club/Institute/Academy: Taren Point Bowling Club.
Coach: Rex Johnston. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 1st & 3rd
places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2008 2nd place at the World Championships; 2007 1st place
at the World Cup; 2007 two 1st places at the Asia Pacific Championships; 2007 1st place at the NZ Open;
2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Date of birth: 07 Jun 1974. Age at start of Games: 36. Place of birth: Ballarat, Australia. Height: 180cm.
Weight: 102kg. Event: Triples. Club/Institute/Academy: Helensvale Bowling Club. Coach: Rex Johnston.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Delhi Eight Nation Test Event. Achievements: 2009 1st place at
the World Champion of Champions; 2009 1st place at the Australian Open; 2009 3rd place at the Asia
pacific Championships; 2009 Trans Tasman representative.
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Margaret Molina
Date of birth: 31 Jan 1950. Place of birth: Kew, Australia. Height: 176cm. Weight: 96kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2004-2010 managed the Australian Netball Team; As a player won two World
Championships & played with the Australian Netball Team for 10 years.
Norma Plummer
Date of birth: 24 Nov 1944. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 169cm. Weight: 82kg.
Position: Head Coach. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2010 Coach with 1st place at the England Series; 2009 Coach with 1st place at the
Trans-Tasman Series; 2008 Coach Sportstar of the Year, ACT; 2007 Recipient Coach of the Year at
the Australian Sports Star Awards; 1996 & 2000 coach of the Australian U/21, winning both World
Championships; As a player 1975 team Captain and 1st place at the World Championships; 1977-78
1st place in the National Championships as playing coach for Victoria.
Susan Kenny
Date of birth: 22 Feb 1966.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Matthew Durston
Date of birth: 06 Sep 1979.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 187cm.
Position: Soft Tissue Therapist/Video
Technician.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Massage Therapist for
Open Australia Netball & the World
Championship Team.
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Sean Mungovan
Date of birth: 23 Nov 1968.
Place of birth: Bankstown, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 85kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2006-2010 Diamonds
Team Physiotherapist; 1994
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Rebecca Bulley
Date of birth: 18 Aug 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Pyramid Hill, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 78kg. Position: Goal Defence. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Swifts; NSWIS.
Coach: Julie Fitzgerald. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2008 1st at the ANZ
Championships; 2005 & 2008-2010 participated in the New World International test Series & the Holden
Netball Test Series; 2005, 2007, 2008-2010 member of the Australian Open Squad.
Catherine Cox
Date of birth: 24 May 1976. Age at start of Games: 34. Place of birth: Whangarei, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 78kg. Position: Goal Shooter. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Swifts; NSWIS.
Coach: Julie Fitzgerald. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2006 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2003-2005 Recipient of the Netball Australia Shooter of the Year;
2005 Recipient of the Australian Player of the Year; 2003 2nd place at the World Netball Championships,
Jamaica; 2002 1st at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 1994-1996 team member Australian U/21;
1996 1st place at the World Youth Netball Championships.
Susan Fuhrmann
Date of birth: 30 Jul 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Katoomba, Australia. Height: 196cm.
Weight: 90kg. Position: Goal Keeper. Club/Institute/Academy: West Coast Fever; WAIS.
Coach: Jane Searle. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 8th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2009 two Player of the Match
awards in the Holden Netball Test Series; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2006-2010 team member of the Australian Squad & AIS scholarship holder; 2004-2006 team member of
the Australian U/21; 2003 team member of the Australian U/17.
Laura Geitz
Date of birth: 04 Nov 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Ipswich, Australia. Height: 185cm.
Position: Goal Keeper. Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Firebirds; Netball Queensland.
Coach: Roselee Jencke. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 5th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2007-2010 Australian Squad;
2008-2010 Australian Team; 2005-2007 team member of the Australian U/21; 2005 1st place at the World
Youth Netball Championships; 2004-2005 team member of the Australian U/19; 2003 team member of
the Australian U/17.
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Mo'onia Gerrard
Date of birth: 15 Nov 1980. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Bathurst, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 76kg. Position: Goal Defence.
Club/Institute/Academy: Adelaide Thunderbirds; NSWIS; SAIS. Coach: Jane Woodlands-Thompson.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2001-2010 Australian
Squad; 2004-2008 Australian Team; 2008 recipient of the Liz Ellis Diamond & Australian International
Player of the Year; 2007 World Championships; 2000-2001 team member of the Australian U/21; 2000
1st place at the World Youth Netball Championships; 1998-1999 team member of the Australian U/19;
1997 team member of the Australian U/17
Kimberlee Green
Date of birth: 05 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Darlinghurst, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 69kg. Position: Wing Attack.
Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Swifts; NSWIS. Coach: Julie Fitzgerald. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2006-2010 Australian
Squad; 2008-2010 Australian Team; 2005-2007 team member of the Australian U/21; 2005 1st place
at the World Youth Netball Championships; 2004 team member of the Australian U/19; 2003 team
member of the Australian U/17.
Renae Hallinan
Date of birth: 18 Jul 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Box Hill, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 67kg. Position: Wing Defence. Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Vixens; VIS.
Coach: Julie Hoornweg . Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 7th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2009 named Holden
International player of the Year; 2009 1st place at the ANZ Championships; 2008-2010 Australian
Squad; 2006-2007 team member of the Australian U/21; 2004-2007 squad member of the Australian
U/21; 2005 1st place at the World Youth Netball Championships; 2001-2003 team member of the
Australian U/17.
Sharelle McMahon
Date of birth: 08 Dec 1977. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia.
Height: 177cm. Weight: 70kg. Position: Goal Attack, Captain.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Vixens; VIS. Coach: Julie Hoornweg.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 7th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the ANZ
Championships; 1998-2008 Australian Team; 1997-2010 Australian Squad; 1999, 2002 & 2007 World
Championships; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2003 2nd place at the
World Championships, Jamaica; 2002 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 1998 1st
place at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur.
Natalie Medhurst
Date of birth: 20 Jan 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth : Warracknabeal, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 62kg. Position: Goal Attack.
Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Firebirds; Netball Queensland; SASI. Coach: Roselee Jencke.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 5th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2007-2010 Australian
Team; 2007 World Championships; 2006-2007 Australian Open Squad; 2005 team member of the
Australian U/21; 2005 1st place at the World Youth Netball Championships; 2002-2003 team member
of the Australian U/19; 2001 team member of the Australian U/17.
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Lauren Nourse
Date of birth: 10 Aug 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Loxton, Australia. Height: 178cm.
Position: Wing Attack. Club/Institute/Academy: Queensland Firebirds; Netball Queensland.
Coach: Roselee Jencke. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 5th place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2007-2009 Australian Team;
2007 World Championships; 2004-2010 Australian Squad; 2003 team member of the Australian U/21 &
AIS Scholarship Holder.
Susan Pratley
Date of birth: 23 Mar 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 72kg. Position: Goal Attack. Club/Institute/Academy: NSW Swifts; NSWIS.
Coach: Julie Fitzgerald. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2006-2010 Australian Team;
2007 World Championships; 2006-2009 Australian Squad; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2003-2005 team member of the Australian U/21; 2005 1st place at the World Youth Netball
Championships; 2004 & 2005 named Gweneth Benzies AIS Player of Year; 2001 team member of the
Australian U/17.
Natalie von Bertouch
Date of birth: 16 Dec 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia. Height: 175cm.
Weight: 70kg. Position: Centre. Club/Institute/Academy: Adelaide Thunderbirds; SAIS.
Coach: Jane Woodlands-Thompson. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the ANZ Championships. Achievements: 2004-2010 Australian Team;
2002-2010 Australian Squad; 2007 World Championships; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2001-2003 team member of the Australian U/21; 1999-2000 team member of the Australian
U/19; 1996-1998 team member of the Australian U/17.
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Luca Liussi
Date of birth: 30 Apr 1975.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Justin Wray
Date of birth: 19 Mar 1971.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
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Michael O'Connor
Date of birth: 30 Nov 1960.
Place of birth: Nowra, Australia.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Robbie Coleman
Date of birth: 03 Aug 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 82kg. Position: Back, No. 6. Club/Institute/Academy: Queanbeyan (ACT).
Coach: Wayne Southwell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 4 tries at the Hong Kong tournament; Australian Sevens. Achievements: 2009
Australian Sevens; 2009 Brumby Runners; 2009 Australian U/20; 2008 Australian Schoolboys.
Nick Cummins
Date of birth: 05 Oct 1987. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Port Macquarie, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 95kg. Position: Back, No. 2. Club/Institute/Academy: Randwick (NSW).
Coach: Mark Giacheri. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Two Tests with the Australian Barbarians & 10 appearances with Western
Force. Achievements: 2008-2010 Western Force; 2006-2007 Australian Sevens; 2005 Queensland
Schoolboys.
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Bernard Foley
Date of birth: 08 Sep 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Darlinghurst, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 85kg. Position: Back, No. 12. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney University (NSW).
Coach: Greg Mumm. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Australian Sevens. Achievements: 2009-2010 Australian Sevens; 2009 named
University Colts Best and Fairest player; 2007 NSW Schoolboys; 2006-2007 CAS.
Liam Gill
Date of birth: 08 Jun 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Malvern, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 86kg. Position: Forward, No. 10. Club/Institute/Academy: Sunnybank (QLD).
Coach: Rob Nowlan. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: In 3 World Series Tournaments he registered 40 points with 8 tries.
Achievements: 2010 Australian U/20; 2010 Australia Sevens; 2009 Captain Australian Schools; 2009
QLD Schools.
Pat McCabe
Date of birth: 21 Mar 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Sydney, New Zealand.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 96kg. Position: Forward, No. 4. Club/Institute/Academy: Warringah (NSW).
Coach: John McKee. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Brumbies Super 14; Super 14 Rookie of the Year Award.
Achievements: 2009 Brumby Runners; 2005 Australia A Schools.
Pat McCutcheon
Date of birth: 24 Jun 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Narromine, Australia. Height: 187cm.
Weight: 102kg. Position: Forward, No. 1, Captain. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney University (NSW).
Coach: Greg Mumm. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Australian Barbarians; Waratahs Super 14; Captain of the Australian Sevens.
Achievements: 2007-2010 Australian Sevens; 2006-2010 Junior Waratahs; 2006 Australian 19s; 2005
Australian Schoolboys.
Luke Morahan
Date of birth: 13 Apr 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: South Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 93kg. Position: Back, No. 11.
Club/Institute/Academy: University of Queensland (QLD). Coach: Mick Heenan.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd at the Junior World Championships, Argentina. Achievements: 2008-2010
Australian Sevens; 2009-2010 Queensland Reds 'S14'; 2010 Australian U/20; 2009 Qantas Wallabies;
2007 Australian A Schools.
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Nick Phipps
Date of birth: 09 Jan 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Baulkham Hills, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 88kg. Position: Forward, No. 9. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney University
(NSW). Coach: Greg Mumm. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: IRB Sevens World Series. Achievements: 2009-2010 Australian Sevens; 2009
Captain premiership team Sydney University Colts.
Brian Sefanaia
Date of birth: 01 Aug 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Tongatapu, Tonga.
Height: 185cm. Weight: 90kg. Position: Forward, No. 8. Club/Institute/Academy: Manly (NSW).
Coach: Phil Blake. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: IRB Sevens World Series. Achievements: 2008-2010 Australian Sevens.
Kimami Sitauti
Date of birth: 12 Apr 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Auburn, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 86kg. Position: Back, No. 5. Club/Institute/Academy: Souths (QLD).
Coach: Dan McKellar. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 14 tries in 4 tournaments at the IRB Sevens World Series.
Achievements: 2010 Australian Sevens; 2010 Reds Academy; 2010 Australian U20s; 2009 Australian
Schools with a Man of the Match award; 2009 Queensland Schools; 2009 GPS 1st XV; 2008 New
Zealand U/17.
James Stannard
Date of birth: 21 Feb 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 82kg. Position: Back, No. 7. Club/Institute/Academy: Queanbeyan (ACT).
Coach: Wayne Southwell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Amassed 269 points in six legs of the IRB Sevens World Series.
Achievements: 2009-2010 Australian Sevens; 2009 Brumby Runners; 2009 Brumbies; 2007-2008
Western Force.
Lachie Turner
Date of birth: 11 May 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 90.5kg. Position: Back, No. 3. Club/Institute/Academy: Eastwood (NSW).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Australian Barbarians. Achievements: In four seasons of Super Rugby - 20 line
crossings & 100 careers points; 2009 team member Qantas Wallabies; 2009 member Spring Tour
Squad; 2007 Super Rugby Rookie of the Year Award.
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Nick Sullivan
Date of birth: 13 Nov 1947. Place of birth: Dunedin, New Zealand. Height: 180cm. Weight: 79kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: CEO Australian International Shooting & Oceania Shooting Federation President; 2007
Team Manager Shotgun at the World Championships, Cyprus; 2007 manager ISCD European
Championships; 2006 Team manager ISSF World Championships, Zagreb; 2005 Australian Youth
Olympics Festival Manager; 2005 appointed High Performance Manager.
Anatoly Babushkin
Date of birth: 23 Sep 1950.
Place of birth: Brest, Belarus.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 87kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games:
Achievements:
Shooting at the Olympic Games,
Athens; 1996 Coach 3rd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Atlanta; 1992
Coach 3rd place at the Commonwealth
Games, Barcelona; 1988 Coach 1st
place at the Olympic Games, Seoul.
Petr Kurka
Australian 2006. Commonwealth Games Association
2004 Coach Australian
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Geoff Grosskreutz
Date of birth: 17 Dec 1951.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 95kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2006 Coach 1st & 3rd
place at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne.
Date of birth: 24 Oct 1960. Place of birth: Teplice, Czech Republic. Height: 174cm. Weight: 84kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009-2010 Coach Australian Team for rifle; 1998-2008 Coach of the National Shooting
Team, Czech Republic; 2004 Coach 3rd place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2008 Coach 1st & 2nd
place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Coach 1st & 2nd place at the World Championships; 2002
Coach three 1st places at the World Championships; Athlete: 1986 & 1994 1st place at the World
Championships.
Valeriy Timokhin
Date of birth: 15 Apr 1959. Place of birth: Tula, Russia. Height: 182cm . Weight: 94kg. Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2007-2010 Head Coach Australia Shotgun; 2005-2008 National Clay Target Coach; 2001-
2004 Coach Olympic Shotgun, Qatar; 1997-2000 Coach Olympic Shotgun, Kuwait. Athlete: 1992 1st
place at the World Cup Final; 1989, 1990 & 1992 1st place at the World Cup; 1989 & 1995 World Record
Holder; 1979, 1985, 1989, 1990 & 1995 Medallist at the World Championships.
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Competitors Female
Date of birth: 12 Oct 1952.
Place of birth: Chiswick, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 84kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games:
Achievements:
1998, 2000, 2004 & 2008 Team
Psychologist at the Olympic Games;
2002 Team Psychologist at the
Darien Roach
Australian Commonwealth Games Association Position:
Debut.
1992, www.commonwealthgames.com.au
1994, 1996,
Dina Aspandiyarova
Date of birth: 27 Mar 1946.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 79kg.
Soft Tissue Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2004 Masseur at the
Olympic Games, Athens; 2000
masseur at the Olympic Games,
Sydney.
Date of birth: 10 Jul 1976. Age at start of Games: 34. Place of birth: Almaty, Kazakstan.
Height: 158cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: 10m Air Pistol; 10m Air Pistol Pairs. Club/Institute/Academy:
Yarra Pistol Club (VIC). Coach: Anatoly Babushkin. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the World Championships, Sydney; 9th place at the World
Championships, Beijing. Personal Best: 395. Achievements: 2007 7th & 38th place at the ISSF World
Cup, Bangkok; 2006 5th & 23rd place at the ISSF World Championships, Zagreb; 2006 1st & 2nd
place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2000 6th place at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1998
1st place at the Asian Games, Bangkok.
Debbie Lowe
Date of birth: 12 Mar 1969. Age at start of Games: 41. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 105kg. Event: Small Bore: 50m Rifle Prone Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Adelaide Smallbore Rifle Club. Coach: Don Gowland.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 596. Achievements: Multiple Australian National Championship titles; A New Zealand
National Championship title; Representing Australia at the World Championships, CSFC & World Cup.
Pam McKenzie
Date of birth: 22 Aug 1962. Age at start of Games: 48. Place of birth: Patea, New Zealand.
Height: 158cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: 10m Air Pistol; 10m Air Pistol Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Port Bouvard Pistol Club; Mandurah.
Coach: Allen Lozsan, Annette Woodward & Anatoly Babushkin. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 24th place at the World Championships, Beijing. Personal Best: 389.
Achievements: 2006 1st & 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2001 1st place at the
Oceania Championships, New Zealand; 2000 1st & 2nd place at the Commonwealth Shooting
Championships.
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Stacy Roiall
Date of birth: 14 May 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Auckland, New Zealand.
Height: 169cm. Weight: 83kg. Event: Clay Target: Trap; Trap Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Werribee Victorian Clay Target Club. Coach: Greg Chan.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 12th place at the World Championships, Beijing; 14th place at the World
Championships, Lonato. Personal Best: 71. Achievements: 2009 16th place at the World Cup, San
Marino; 2009 8th place at the World Cup, Minsk; 20098 14th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008
14th place at the World Cup, Kerrville; 2008 Australian National Title; 2007 2nd place at the Oceania
Championships; 2007 7th place at the World Championships, Cyprus; 2007 4th place at the World Cup,
Santa Domenigo; 2006 5th place at the World Cup, Kerrville; 2005 Oceania Champion; 2005 3rd place at
the World Cup, Rome; 2004 World Cup Champion, Sydney.
Linda Ryan
Date of birth: 25 Aug 1966. Age at start of Games: 44. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 166cm.
Weight: 55kg. Event: 25m Pistol; 25m Pistol Pairs. Club/Institute/Academy: Outtrim Pistol Club.
Coach: Anatoly Babushkin. Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 6th place at the World Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 595.
Achievements: 2002 1st & 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2002 2nd place at the
World Cup, Sydney; 2000 3rd place at the World Cup, Milan; 2000 11th place at the Olympic Games,
Sydney.
Laetisha Scanlan
Date of birth: 13 Apr 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 162cm.
Weight: 53kg. Event: Clay Target: Trap; Trap Pairs. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Commonwealth Championships, New Delhi. Personal Best: 72.
Achievements: 2008-2009 Overall Australian Youth National Champion; 2007 2nd place at the Youth
Olympics.
Alethea Sedgman
Date of birth: 24 Jan 1994. Age at start of Games: 16. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 64kg.
Event: Small Bore: 10m Air Rifle Singles & Pairs; 50m Rifle 3 Positions Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Rifle Club. Coach: Petr Kurka & Carrie Quigley.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 17th place at the World Championships, Fort Benning.
Personal Best: 10m: 395.00; 50m: 579.00. Achievements: 2010 24th place at the World Championships,
Sydney.
Susannah Smith
Date of birth: 21 Nov 1979. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 148cm. Weight: 56kg. Event: Small Bore: 50m Rifle Prone Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Sutherland Shire Smallbore Rifle Club. Coach: Don Tolhurst & Miroslav Sipek.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 23rd place at the World Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 596.
Achievements: Oceanic Record Holder in Women's Air Rifle; 2006 team member at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2002 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
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Robyn Van Nus
Date of birth: 10 Dec 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Attadale, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 60kg.
Event: Small Bore: 10m Air Rifle Singles & Pairs; 50m Rifle 3 Positions Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Kalamunda. Coach: Tricia Van Nus & Petr Kurka.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 4th place at the World Championships, Sydney.
Personal Best: 10m: 396.00; 50m: 583.00. Achievements: Oceanic Record Holder in Women's 3
Position; Australian Record Holder in Women's 3 Position & Women's Air Rifle; 2009 1st place at the
Oceania Championships; 2007 winning three National titles; 2007 1st & 3rd place at the Oceania
Championships, Sydney; 2003 1st place at the Oceania Championships, Auckland.
Lalita Yauhleuskaya
Date of birth: 31 Dec 1963. Age at start of Games: 46. Place of birth: Sokol, Russia. Height: 158cm.
Weight: 68kg. Event: 25m Pistol; 25m Pistol Pairs. Club/Institute/Academy: Yarra Pistol Club (VIC).
Coach: Sergei Yauhleuski & Anatoly Babushkin. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the World Championships, Beijing; 4th place at the World
Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 589. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the World Cup, China;
2008 3rd place at the World Cup, Italy; 2007 1st place at the World Cup, China; 2006 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 1st place at the World Cup, Korea; 2002 1st place at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2000 1st place at the World Cup, America; 2000 3rd place at the
Olympic Games, Sydney.
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Benjamin Burge
Date of birth: 11 Jun 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Albury, Australia. Height: 175cm.
Weight: 78kg. Event: Small Bore: 50m Rifle 3 Positions Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Frankston. Coach: Miroslav Sipek. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 26th & 28th places at the World Championships, Sydney. Achievements: 2008
6th place at the World Cup, Milan; 2008 1st place and PB at the Victorian State Championships; 2007
2nd & 3rd place at the Oceania Championships, Sydney; 2006 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 11th places at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 7th place at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
Clive Barton
Date of birth: 02 Oct 1971. Age at start of Games: 39. Place of birth: Tamworth, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 84kg. Event: Clay Target: Skeet Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Tamworth Gun Club. Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2006.
Personal Best: 123. Achievements: 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 1998
4th & 5th place at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur.
David Chapman
Date of birth: 22 Mar 1965. Age at start of Games: 45. Place of birth: Balaklava, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 69kg. Event: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Balaklava Pistol Club. Coach: Alex Taransky.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Personal Best: 579. Achievements: 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005
6th place at the World Cup, Korea; 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney.
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David Clifton
Date of birth: 15 May 1961. Age at start of Games: 49. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 78kg. Event: Small Bore: 50m Rifle Prone Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Sutherland Smallbore Rifle Club. Coach: Gordon de Groen & Miroslav Sipek.
Commonwealth Games: 1994 & 2006.
Personal Best: 596. Achievements: Represented Australia at two World Championships, 11 World
Cups and five Oceania Championships with one Oceania gold, three silver & four bronze medals.
2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 1994 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria.
James Corbett
Date of birth: 14 Sep 1959. Age at start of Games: 51. Place of birth: Birmingham, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: Fullbore (Queen's Prize Singles & Pairs).
Commonwealth Games: 1986, 1990, 1998 & 2006.
Personal Best: 150.26. Achievements: 1998 4th & 5th places at Commonwealth Games, Kuala
Lumpur; 1990 2nd & 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Auckland; 1986 2nd & 4th places at
the Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh.
Michael Diamond
Date of birth: 20 May 1972. Age at start of Games: 38. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: Clay Target: Trap Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Illaware. Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 4th place at the World Championships, Beijing; 8th place at the World
Championship, Acapulco. Personal Best: 124. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the World Cup, Suhl;
2004 8th place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 2nd & two 1st places at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester; 2000 1st place at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1996 1st place at the Olympic
Games, Atlanta.
Michelangelo Giustiniano
Date of birth: 30 Nov 1952. Age at start of Games: 57. Place of birth: Stilo, Italy. Height: 160cm.
Weight: 67kg. Event: 25m Centre Fire Pistol Singles & Pairs. Commonwealth Games: 1994 & 1998.
Personal Best: 586. Achievements: 1998 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur;
1994 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria; Has won six National Titles.
William Godward
Date of birth: 15 Apr 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Townsville, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 88kg. Event: Small Bore: 50m Rifle 3 Positions Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Morialta (SA). Coach: Petr Kurka. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 26th & 27th places at the World Championships, Sydney; World
Championships, Fort Benning. Achievements: 2009 World Championships, Changwon; Australia Cup
Final winner; Australian Air Rifle Domestic & International Record Holder; 2007 6th place at the
Oceania Championships, Sydney.
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Edwin Gouw
Date of birth: 25 May 1995. Age at start of Games: 15. Place of birth: Jakarta, Indonesia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 55kg. Event: Small Bore: 10m Air Rifle Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Reynella. Coach: Ding Xiyin & Petr Kurka. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 590. Achievements: 2009 1st place & PB at the Interschool Championships, Singapore;
Participated in the Australia Cup 3 and ISSF World Championships, Sydney.
Geoff Grenfell
Date of birth: 10 Sep 1960. Age at start of Games: 50. Place of birth: Bendigo, Australia.
Height: 152cm. Weight: 77kg. Event: Fullbore (Queen's Prize Singles & Pairs).
Commonwealth Games: 1994.
Personal Best: 150.29. Achievements: 1994 Commonwealth Games, Victoria.
Nicholas Kirley
Date of birth: 22 Mar 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Wangaratta, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 86kg. Event: Clay Target: Double Trap Singles & Pairs.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Double Trap National Titles; 2nd & 4th places at the
Commonwealth Shooting Championships, India. Personal Best: 150.29.139. Achievements: 2007 4th
place at the World Championships, Nicosia; 2005 2nd place at the Oceania Championships, Brisbane.
Russell Mark
Date of birth: 25 Feb 1964. Age at start of Games: 46. Place of birth: Ballarat, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: Clay Target: Double Trap Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Werribee Victorian Clay Target Club. Coach: Greg Chan.
Commonwealth Games: 1990, 1994, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the World Championships, Beijing. Personal Best: 150.29. 145.
Achievements: 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 two 2nd
places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2000 2nd & 13th places at the Olympic Games,
Sydney; 1997 recipient of an Order of Australia Medal for Services to Sport; 1996 1st & 13th places at
the Olympic Games, Atlanta; 1997 1st place at the World Championships, Lima; 1994 1st place at the
World Championships, Rome.
David Moore
Date of birth: 30 Dec 1953. Age at start of Games: 56. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 183cm.
Weight: 135kg. Event: 25m Centre Fire & Standard Fire Pistol Singles & Pairs; 50m Pistol Singles &
Pairs. Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney Pistol Club. Coach: Cheryl Moore & Anatoly Babushkin.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 20th & 21st place at the World Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 150.29.
Centre Fire: 585.00; Standard Fire: 578.00; 50m: 570.00. Achievements: 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing;
2006 1st, 2nd & 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 24th & 27th places at the
Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 two 2nd places, 4th, 7th & 8th place at the Commonwealth Games,
Manchester; 2000 18th & 32nd places at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1998 2nd, 5th & two 6th places
at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur.
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Daniel Repacholi
Date of birth: 15 May 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 202cm. Weight: 130kg. Event: 10m Air Pistol Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne International Shooting Club. Coach: Anatoly Babushkin.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Personal Best: 150.29. 586. Achievements: 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 two 1st places at the
Oceania Championships, Sydney; 2006 1st & 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004
3rd place at the World Cup, Sydney; 2004 23rd & 36th places at the Olympic Games, Athens.
Chris Roberts
Date of birth: 29 Sep 1967. Age at start of Games: 43. Place of birth: Mirboo North, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 110kg. Event: 10m Air Pistol & 25m Standard Fire Pistol Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne International Shooting Club. Coach: Annette Woodward & Anatoly
Babushkin. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 5th place at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships; 18th place
at the World Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 150.29. 10m: 581.00; 25m: 573.00.
Achievements: 2009 1st, 2nd & 3rd places at the Oceania Continental Championships; 2009 2nd & 3rd
places at the Australian National Championships; 2009 2nd & two 1st places at the Victorian State
Championships; 2008 2nd & two 1st places at the Victorian State Championships.
Anthony Sottosanti
Date of birth: 07 Nov 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Clayton, Australia.
Event: Clay Target: Skeet Singles & Pairs. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Personal Best: 150.29.120. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Australia Cup; 2008 National Champion;
Three State Titles.
Adam Vella
Date of birth: 12 Jun 1971. Age at start of Games: 39. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: Clay Target: Trap Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Frankston Gun Club. Coach: Valery Timokhin.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the World Championships, Beijing. Personal Best: 150.29.124.
Achievements: 2003 & 2007 Ranked World # 1; 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 3rd
place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2004 1st place at the World Cup Final, Maribor; 2002 1st & 2nd
places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2002 1st place at the World Cup Final, Lonato; 1998
1st place at the World Championships.
Tyren Vitler
Date of birth: 23 Jul 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 180cm.
Weight: 96.6kg. Event: Small Bore: 10m Air Rifle Singles & Pairs.
Club/Institute/Academy: Double View. Coach: Tricia van Nus & Petr Kurka.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 19th place at the World Championships, Sydney. Personal Best: 150.29.592.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Oceania Championships; 2008 1st place at the Australia Cup
Final; 2007 1st place at the Oceania Junior Championships.
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Rodney Eyles
Date of birth: 15 Sep 1967. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 182cm. Weight: 80kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: 1998 2nd place at the Commonwealth games, Kuala Lumpur; 1997 World Open
Champion; 1997 Australian Open Champion; 1997 US Open Champion; 1991 Member of World Team
Champions.
Byron Davis
Competitors Female
Date of birth: 08 Oct 1973. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 182cm. Weight: 93kg.
Position: Head Coach. Commonwealth Games: 1998 & 2006.
Achievements: 2003-2010 AIS Coach Squash; 2006 Coached the Commonwealth Games team with
3 gold, 3 silver Australian & 2 bronze Commonwealth medals; 2006 recipient Games Squash Australia Association Coach of the Year; 2005 Coach
5th place at the World Team Championships; 2003 Coach 1st place at the World Championships,
Vienna; As a player www.commonwealthgames.com.au
he achieved a PSA World Ranking # 14; 2004 World Doubles Champion,
Chennai; 1998 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur.
Michelle Martin
Date of birth: 29 Apr 1967. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 174cm. Weight: 67kg.
Position: Assistant Coach. Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: 2009 Semi Finalist at the Australian Doubles Championships; 1998 two 1st places at
the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur; 1993-1998 British Open Champion; 1993-1995 Women's
World Open Champion; Achieved World Raking #1; 1992-1998 & 2002 Member of World Team
Champions.
Kasey Brown
Date of birth: 01 Aug 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Taree, Australia. Height: 172cm.
Weight: 70kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 10); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 1).
Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Coach: Bryon Davis & Rodney Martin. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Dayton Open, USA; 2nd place at the Chennai Open Doubles,
India; Top 10 World Ranking. Achievements: 2008 1st place at the Crocodile Cup, Hong Kong; 2008
Captain of the Australian Team at the World team Championships, Canada; 2008 1st place at the
Atwater Cup, Canada; 2008 1st place at the Australian Closed; 2007 1st place at the Australian
Closed; 2007 1st place at the Central Open, NZ; 2006 1st place at the Australian Open; 2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005-2006 1st place at the WA Open.
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Lisa Camilleri
Date of birth: 24 Feb 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Tully, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 67kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 32); Doubles (Pair 2). Club/Institute/Academy: AIS.
Coach: Bryon Davis & Vicki Cardwell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Queensland Open; 1st place at the NSW Classic; 1st place at the
Tasmanian Open; 1st place at the Victorian Open; 1st place at the Black Knight Open; 1st place at the
Top End Open. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Flying Pig Open, USA; 2009 2nd place at the
Australian Nationals; 2008 Member of World Team Champions; 2008 1st place at the WISPA Event,
Pakistan; 2008 1st place at the Central Open, New Zealand.
Melody Francis
Date of birth: 17 Oct 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Dubbo, Australia. Height: 170cm.
Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Coach: Bryon Davis. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Black Knight Open; 7th place at the International Doubles
Invitational Achievements: 2009 Semi Finalist at the Flying Pig Open; 2009 Semi Finalist at the Bailian
New Era Mall China Open; 2009 Semi Finalist at the Victorian Open; 2009 Semi Finalist at the Australian
Nationals; 2009 Semi Finalist at the Top End Open; 2008 World University Squash Championships; 2007
World Junior Women's Squash Championships.
Amelia Pittock
Date of birth: 25 Jul 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 64); Doubles (Pair 2).
Coach: Rodney Martin. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Southport Open; 5th place at the International Doubles
Invitational; 2nd place at the Top End Open; 2nd place at the Victorian Open. Achievements: 2009
Quarter Finalist at the Australian Open; 2009 2nd place at the Australian Doubles Championships; 2006
2nd place at the World Doubles Championships, Melbourne; 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2004 5th place at the World Doubles Championships, Chennai; 2004 1st place at the World Team
Champions; Achieved Career High World Ranking #26.
Donna Urquhart
Date of birth: 19 Dec 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Yamba, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 64kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 17); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Coach: Bryon Davis. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Chairman's Cup, Hong Kong; 2nd place at the International
Doubles Invitational; 2nd place at the Chennai Open Doubles; Top 20 World Ranking.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Nationals; 2009 1st place at the Top End Open; 2009 1st
place at the Gold Coast Open; 2009 1st place at the Australia Day Challenge; 2009 Quarter Finalist at
the British Open; 2007 Semi Finalist Gannon Squash Open, Connecticut; 2005 1st place at the Australian
Junior Championships, Ballarat.
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Stewart Boswell
Date of birth: 29 Jul 1978. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 78kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 18); Doubles (Pair 1).
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Berkshire Open; 2nd place at the International Doubles
Invitational. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Open; 2009 1st place at the Australian
Doubles Championships; 2009 2nd place at the Finnish Open; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2006 1st place at the World Doubles Championships, Melbourne; 2005 9th place
at the World Open, Doha; 2005 Joint recipient of Squash Australia Senior Athlete of the Year; 2002
2nd & 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2002-2004 1st place at the British
Open; 2002 World Champion; 2001 & 2003 Member of World Team Champions; Achieved Career
High World Raking #4.
Ryan Cuskelly
Date of birth: 15 Jul 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Lismore, Australia. Height: 179cm.
Weight: 78kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 37) Doubles (Pair 2). Club/Institute/Academy: AIS.
Coach: Bryon Davis. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Pyramid International; 2nd place at the National Capital Open.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the China Open; 2009 1st place at the SRC Open; 2009 1st place at
the Rochester Pro-Am; 2009 1st place at the NSC Series No3; 2007 1st place at the NT Open; 2007
1st place at the City of Perth International; 2006 1st place at the Australian Junior Men's
Championships.
Aaron Frankcomb
Date of birth: 04 Apr 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Hobart, Australia. Height: 176cm.
Weight: 74kg. Coach: Neil Gurley. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Quarter Finalist KIG Open, USA; Quarter Finalist Bluenose Classic, Canada;
World Ranking #44 Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the World team Champions; 2009 2nd place at
the Saskatoon Boast Open, Canada; 2009 2nd place at the BSPA Elite Series Week 3, England; 2009
Semi Finalist Australian Doubles Championship; 2008 Australian Team World Doubles; 2006 1st place
at the Fashion Open, Brazil.
David Palmer
Date of birth: 28 Jun 1976. Age at start of Games: 34. Place of birth: Lithgow, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 88kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 12); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 2).
Coach: Shaun Moxham. Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the International Doubles Invitational; Top 10 World Ranking.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Colombian Open; 2009 1st place at the Canary Wharf Classic;
2009 1st place at the Bluenose Classic; 2006 2nd & two 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2006 1st place at the World Open, Cairo; 2002-2004 1st place at the British Open; 2002
two 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2002 World Champion; 2001 & 2003
Member of World Team Champions.
Cameron Pilley
Date of birth: 27 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Grafton, Australia.
Height: 192cm. Weight: 83kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 16); Doubles (Pair 2); Mixed (Pair 1).
Coach: Dan Frogan. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Semi Finalist at the Swedish Open; Semi Finalist at the Indian Challenger No7;
Top 20 World Ranking. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Doubles Championships; 2009
2nd place at the Australian Open; 2009 2nd place at the Dutch Open; 2005, 2007 & 2009 Australian
Men's Team.
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David Wilson
Date of birth: 28 Oct 1966. Place of birth: Geelong, Australia. Height: 183cm. Weight: 85kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 1990 & 2006.
Achievements: 2005-2010 Head Manager Swimming Australia; 1997-2004 Assistant Manager Swimming
Australia; 2004 & 2008 Swimming Section Manager Swimming at the Olympic Games; 2006 Swimming
Section Manager Swimming at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; As an athlete competed in the
200m Butterfly at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1988 Olympic Games & 1987 Pan Pacs.
Lynn Fowlie
Date of birth: 13 Feb 1959.
Place of birth: Hamilton, Canada.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 70kg.
Position: Support staff - Manager.
Commonwealth Games: 1998.
Achievements: 1998, 2003, 2005 & 2009
Assistant Manager at the World
Swimming Championships; 2000, 2004 &
2008 Swimming Assistant Section
Manager Swimming at the Olympic
Games; 1998 Swimming Assistant
Manager Swimming at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Lee Nicholson
Date of birth: 03 Aug 1978.
Place of birth: Subiaco, Australia.
Height: 166cm. Weight: 65kg.
Position: Support staff - Performance
Science. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Bernard Savage
Date of birth: 15 Feb 1972.
Place of birth: Bundaberg, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 93kg.
Position: Support staff - Performance
Science. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Wayne Lomas
Date of birth: 10 Apr 1974.
Place of birth: Gladstone, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 66kg.
Position: Support staff - Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
David Pyne
Date of birth: 03 Dec 1962.
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 169cm. Weight: 59kg.
Position: Support staff - Performance
Science. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Team Member at the
2000 & 2008 Olympic Games, 1998 &
2006 Commonwealth Games & 1991,
1998, 2001, 2005 & 2007 World
Swimming Championships.
Leigh Nugent
Date of birth: 30 Jan 1951.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 105kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
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Glenn Baker
Date of birth: 07 Apr 1971.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 108kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2008 Coach of Andrew
Lauterstein with Bronze Medal at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Team
Coach at the Pan Pacs.
Matthew Brown
Date of birth: 26 Mar 1962.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 103kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1982.
Achievements: 2010 Team Coach at the
World Championships; 2008 Team Coach
at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2000
Team Coach at the World Short Course
Championships, Athens.
John Fowlie
Date of birth: 27 Mar 1980.
Place of birth: Calgary, Canada.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 83kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Brian Stehr
Date of birth: 31 Dec 1946.
Place of birth: Bondi, Australia.
Height: 179cm.
Weight: 95kg. Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Michael Bohl
Date of birth: 20 Jul 1962.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 94kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1982 & 2006.
Achievements: 2008 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 1992 Olympic
Games, Barcelona
Denis Cotterell
Date of birth: 18 Oct 1949.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 74kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1990, 10994,
1998 & 2002.
Michael Palfery
Date of birth: 23 Aug 1982.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 95kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: Coach of Yolane Kulka;
As an athlete represented Australia at the
2000 Paralympic Games, Sydney.
Grant Stoelwinder
Date of birth: 28 Aug 1970.
Place of birth: Perth, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 87kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2008 Coach of Eamon
Sullivan with 2 Silver & 1 Bronze Medal
at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Rohan Taylor
Date of birth: 05 Jun 1968. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 184cm. Weight: 84kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2008 Team Coach at the Olympic Games, Beijing; Coach of Olympic Gold Medallist
Liesel Jones.
Stephan Widmer
Date of birth: 07 Apr 1967. Place of birth: Liestal, Switzerland. Height: 175cm. Weight: 74kg.
Position: Coach. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2003-2009 Team Coach at the World Championships; 2004 & 2008 Team Coach at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 Team Coach at the Commonwealth Games; 2004 & 2006 Team Coach
at the World Short Course Championships, Athens; 2005-2007 & 2009 Swimming Australia Coach of
the Year; 2008 Runner Up Swiss Sports Awards Coach of the Year.
Graeme Carroll
Date of birth: 11 Nov 1960.
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 125kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2010 Head Coach AIS
Paralympic Swim Team; 2008 Coach at
the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006
Coach at the IPC World Championships,
South Africa; 1998-1999 Coach at the
World Championships Perth.
Craig Boettcher
Date of birth: 12 Sep 1968.
Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 78kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Bernd Adolph
Date of birth: 24 Apr 1957.
Place of birth: Stuttgart, Germany.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 90kg.
Position: Massage Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 &
2006. Achievements: Physiotherapist at
the 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2008 Olympic
Games, 1998, 2002 & 2006
Commonwealth Games & at the 2001
Swimming World Championships.
Brendan Keogh
Date of birth: 08 Dec 1970.
Place of birth: Penrith, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 66kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Cory Prout
Date of birth: 22 Mar 1978.
Place of birth: Bacchus Marsh,
Australia. Height: 178cm.
Weight: 91kg.
Position: Physiotherapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 Physiotherapist
for the Australian Swimming Team at
the World Championships, Rome.
Clare Burns
Date of birth: 22 May 1966.
Place of birth: Tavistock, England.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 72kg.
Position: Massage Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
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Tricia Jenkins
Date of birth: 23 Jul 1964.
Place of birth: Welwyn Garden City,
England. Height: 168cm. Weight: 68kg.
Position: Massage Therapist.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
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Greg Shaw
Date of birth: 15 Feb 1977.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 104kg.
Position: Nutrition and Dietetics.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Date of birth: 08 Feb 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 61kg. Event: 200m & 400m Free; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Albany Creek; AIS. Coach: Tracey Menzies. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m freestyle at the Australian Championships. Personal Best:
200m Free: 1m.56.60s; 400m Free: 4m.4.16s. Achievements: 2008 1st place & WR 4x200m freestyle
& 7th place 400m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 4x200m freestyle & 3rd
place 400m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Ellie Cole
Date of birth: 12 Dec 1991. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 172cm. Weight: 57kg. Event: 50m & 100m Free (S8-S9); 100m Fly (S8-S9).
Club/Institute/Academy: Tigersharks; AIS. Coach: Graeme Carroll. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m backstroke, 2nd place 50m freestyle & 3rd place 200m IM at
the Australian Championships. Personal Best: S9: 50m Free: 30.00s; 100m Free: 1m.4.52s; 100m Fly:
1m.12.76s. Achievements: 2008 2nd place & two 3rd places at the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006
2nd place at the World Championships.
Alicia Coutts
Date of birth: 14 Sep 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 73kg. Event: 100m Free; 100m Fly; 200m IM; 4x100m Free & 4x100m Medley
Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Redlands. Coach: John Fowlie. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 200m IM at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Free: 54.77s; 100m Fly: 57.99s; 200m IM: 2m.11.43s. Achievements: 2009 3rd
place 200m IM at the Australian Short Course Championships; 2008 5th place 200m IM at the
Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Sophie Edington
Date of birth: 12 Dec 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Loxton, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: 50m & 100m Backstroke.
Club/Institute/Academy: Indooroopilly; QAS. Coach: Simon Cusack.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m backstroke & 6th place 100m backstroke at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 50m Back: 27.51s; 100m Back: 59.84s. Achievements: 2009 1st place (CR) 50m
backstroke at the Australian Championships; 2008 13th place 100m backstroke at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 4x100m (WR), 50m & 100m backstroke at the Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2005 1st place 4x100m at the World Championships.
Blair Evans
Date of birth: 03 Apr 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Duncraig, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: 200m & 800m Free; 400m IM; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: City of Perth; WAIS. Coach: Matt Magee. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m freestyle & 2nd place 800m freestyle at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 200m Free: 1m.57.38s; 800m Free: 8m.25.74s; 400m IM: 4m.40.49s.
Achievements: 2009 1st place 800m freestyle & 3rd place 400m freestyle at the Australian
Championships; 2009 18th place 800m freestyle at the World Championships; 2008 2nd place 400m
IM & 4x200m freestyle & 3rd place 200m IM at the Oceania Championships.
Felicity Galvez
Date of birth: 04 Mar 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 60kg. Event: 100m & 200m Fly; 4x100m & 4x200m Free & 4x100m Medley
Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: SOPAC; AIS. Coach: John Fowlie. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 4x100m freestyle & 10th place 100m butterfly at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 100m Fly: 57.60s; 200m Fly: 2m.7.66s; 200m Free: 1.58.23s (SB).
Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m butterfly at the FINA World Cup; 2009 3rd place 400m freestyle
at the World Championships; 2009 1st place 200m freestyle & 2nd place 100m butterfly at the Duel in
the Pool; 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing.
Katie Goldman
Date of birth: 05 Jul 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 58kg. Event: 400m & 800m Free; 400m IM; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Pro-Ma Miami. Coach: Dennis Cotterell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 800m freestyle & 3rd place 400m freestyle at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 400m Free: 4m.5.84s; 800m Free: 8m.22.83s; 400m IM: 4m.43.29s.
Achievements: 2009 Four 1st places & two 2nd places at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival; 2009
1st place 800m freestyle at the Santa Clara Grand Prix; 2009 1st place 800m freestyle & 3rd place
400m freestyle at the Australian Short Course Championships.
Melissa Gorman
Date of birth: 11 Dec 1985. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: 800m Free. Club/Institute/Academy: Redcliffe Leagues; QAS.
Coach: Ken Wood. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 1500m freestyle (AR) at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 800m Free: 8m.30.45s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 5km at the World
Championships; 2008 15th place 10km at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 800m
freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
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Marieke Guehrer
Date of birth: 09 Feb 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia. Height: 185cm.
Weight: 72kg. Event: 50m Free; 50m Fly; 4x100m Free & 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Vicentre. Coach: Ian Pope. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m butterfly & 5th place 50m freestyle at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 50m Free: 24.87s; 50m Fly: 25.48s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 50m butterfly, 3rd
place 4x100m freestyle & 14th place 100m freestyle at the World Championships; 2009 1st place 50m
backstroke (WR) at the FINA World Cup.
Samantha Hamill
Date of birth: 23 Feb 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Fitzroy, Australia. Height: 165cm.
Weight: 53kg. Event: 200m Fly; 400m IM. Club/Institute/Academy: Kawana Waters.
Coach: Peter Gartrell. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 200m butterfly at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 200m Fly: 2m.5.99s; 400m IM: 4m.37.84s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 200m butterfly
& 400m IM at the Australian Championships; 2009 Finalist 200m butterfly & 9th place 400 medley at the
World Championships; 2008 Semi Finalist at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Belinda Hocking
Date of birth: 14 Sep 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Wangaratta, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 57kg. Event: 100m & 200m Backstroke. Club/Institute/Academy: Albury; AIS.
Coach: Shannon Rollason. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m backstroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Back: 59.95s; 200m Back: 2m.7.89s. Achievements: 2009 AIS Female Swimmer of
the Year; 2009 9th place 200m backstroke at the World Championships; 2009 1st place 200m
backstroke & 2nd place 100m & 50m backstroke at the Australian Championships; 2008 8th place 200m
backstroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place 100m, 200m backstroke & 4x100m medley &
2nd place 4x100m & 4x200m freestyle at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Leisel Jones
Date of birth: 30 Aug 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Katherine, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke; 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Nunawading; VIS. Coach: Rohan Taylor. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m, 100m & 200m breaststroke at the Australian Championships; 2nd
place 100m & 200m breaststroke & 3rd place 4x100m Medley Relay at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: Breast: 50m 30.55s; 100m 1m.5.09s; 200m 2m.20.54s. Achievements: 2008 1st place
100m breaststroke & 4x100m medley & 2nd place 200m breaststroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing;
2004 1st place 4x100m medley, 2nd place 200m breaststroke & 3rd place 100m breaststroke at the
Olympic Games, Athens, 2000 2nd place 100m breaststroke & 4x100m medley at the Olympic Games,
Sydney.
Sarah Katsoulis
Date of birth: 10 May 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Milton, Australia. Height: 174cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke. Club/Institute/Academy: Nunawading; VIS.
Coach: Rohan Taylor. Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 100m breaststroke & 6th place 200m breaststroke at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: Breast: 50m: 30.16s; 100m: 1m.5.86s; 200m: 2m.24.38s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place
4x100m medley, 3rd place 50m breaststroke & 4th place 100m breaststroke at the FINA World
Championships; 2008 2nd place 50m breaststroke & 4x100m medley at the World Short Course
Championships; 2006 3rd place 100m breaststroke at the Pan Pacs; 2002 Commonwealth Games,
Manchester.
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Yolane Kukla
Date of birth: 29 Sep 1995. Age at start of Games: 15. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: 50m & 100m Free; 50m & 200m Fly; 4x100m Free & 4x100m
Medley Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: St Peters Western. Coach: Mick Palfrey.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m butterfly & 50m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Free: 24.74s; 100m Free: 54.02s; 50m Fly: 25.92s; 100m Fly: 58.22s.
Achievements: 2009 Swimmer of the Meet at the Trans Tasman Series.
Grace Loh
Date of birth: 01 Aug 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 60kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Vicentre. Coach: Ian Pope.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m backstroke at the Australian Championships.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place 100m backstroke at the Junior Pan Pacs; 2008 1st place 50m &
100m backstroke at the FINA Junior World Championships.
Samantha Marshall
Date of birth: 12 Aug 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: North Sydney, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: 100m Breaststroke.
Club/Institute/Academy: Cranbrook Eastern edge. Coach: Stephen Garner.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m breaststroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Breast: 1m.7.04s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m breaststroke & 3rd place
200m breaststroke & 4x100m medley relay at the Junior Pan Pacs; 2008 1st place 100m
breaststroke & 2nd place 4x100m medley relay at the World Youth Championships.
Alice Mills
Date of birth: 23 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 63kg. Event: 50m Free; 4x100m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Chandler; AIS. Coach: Tracey Menzies.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m freestyle & 3rd place 100m freestyle at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 50m Free: 24.49s. Achievements: 2008 3rd place 4x100m freestyle
at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 4x100m freestyle & 3rd place 50m & 100m freestyle &
50 butterfly at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place 4x100 freestyle at the Olympic
Games, Athens; 2003 3rd place & three 2nd places at the World Championships.
Meagen Nay
Date of birth: 05 Oct 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Gold Coast, Australia.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 67kg. Event: 200m Backstroke; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: St Peters Western; QAS. Coach: Michael Bohl.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 4x200m freestyle & 11th place 200m freestyle at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 200m Back: 2m.7.41s; 200m Free: 1m.58.43s (SB). Achievements: 2009 1st place
200m freestyle at the Australian Championships; 2009 1st place (CR) 200m freestyle at the Duel in
the Pool; 2008 7th place 200m backstroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Kylie Palmer
Date of birth: 25 Feb 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: 200m & 400m Free; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS. Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m freestyle & 3rd place 200m freestyle at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 200m Free: 1m.57.46s; 400m Free: 4m.5.98s. Achievements: 2008
1st place 4x100m freestyle & 6th place 800m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Leiston Pickett
Date of birth: 06 Feb 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Gold Coast, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: 50m Breaststroke. Club/Institute/Academy: Southport Olympic.
Coach: Glenn Baker. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m breaststroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Breast: 30.75s. Achievements: 2008 1st place 100m breaststroke & 4x100m
medley relay at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Jessicah Schipper
Date of birth: 19 Nov 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 73kg. Event: 200m Fly. Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS.
Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m butterfly at the Pan Pacs; 1st place 200m butterfly at the
Australian Championships. Personal Best: 200m Fly: 2m.3.41s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 200m
butterfly & 2nd place 100m butterfly at the World Championships; 2008 1st place 4x100m medley
relay & 3rd places 100m & 200m butterfly at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 1st place 100m & 200
butterfly & 4x100m medley & 2nd place 50m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Emily Seebohm
Date of birth: 05 Jun 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Ashford, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 69kg. Event: 100m Free; 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke; 50m Fly; 200mIM;
4x100m Free & 4x100m Medley Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Brothers; QAS. Coach: Matt Brown.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m & 100m backstroke & 100m freestyle at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 100m Free: 53.96s; Backstroke: 50m: 27.70s; 100m: 58.88s; 200m:
2m.8.19s; 50m Fly: 26.08s; 200m IM: 2m.9.93s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m backstroke &
2nd place 50m backstroke at the Australian Championships; 2008 9th place 100m backstroke at the
Olympic Games, Beijing.
Tessa Wallace
Date of birth: 09 Sep 1993. Age at start of Games: 17. Place of birth: Buderim, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: 200m Breaststroke.
Club/Institute/Academy: Pelican Waters Caloundra. Coach: John Wallace.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 200m breaststroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 200m Breast: 2m.26.03s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 200m breaststroke at the
World Trials; 2009 2nd place 200m breaststroke at the Junior Pan Pacs, Guam.
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Annabelle Williams
Date of birth: 21 Jul 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 168cm.
Weight: 62kg. Event: 50m & 100m Free (S8-S9); 100m Fly (S8-S9).
Club/Institute/Academy: Pro-Ma Miami. Coach: Dennis Cotterell. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 5th place 100m freestyle & 7th place 100m butterfly at the IPC World
Championships. Personal Best: S9: 50m Free: 29.58s; 100m Free: 1m.5.32s; 100m Fly: 1m.12.63s.
Achievements: 2009 World Short Course Championships; 2008 3rd place 100m butterfly at the
Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006 3rd place 50m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Daniel Arnamnart
Date of birth: 14 Sep 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Wahroonga, Australia.
Height: 177cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke.
Club/Institute/Academy: Aquaburn. Coach: Brett Winkworth. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m backstroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Back: 24.83s; 100m Back: 54.57s; 200m Back: 2m.0.72s. Achievements: 2008
1st place 100m backstroke at the Australian Youth Olympic festival; 2007 1st place 100m backstroke,
4x100m medley relay & 4x100m freestyle & named Swimmer of the Meet at the Junior Pan Pacs.
Ben Austin
Date of birth: 07 Nov 1980. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Wellington, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Event: 100m Free (S7-S8). Club/Institute/Academy: Warringah Aquatic.
Coach: Ben Davies. Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 200m freestyle para at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: S8: 100m Free: 59.08s. Achievements: 2008 1st place & 2nd place at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2006 two 1st places & 4 WR at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005
Recipient Order of Australia Medal for Service to Sport; 2004 two 1st places, three 2nd places & a
3rd place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 two 1st places at the Commonwealth Games,
Leith Brodie
Date of birth: 16 Jul 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Kempsey, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 85kg. Event: 200m Individual Medley; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: St Peters Western; QAS. Coach: Michael Bohl.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m IM at the Australian Championships Long Course.
Personal Best: 200m IM: 1m.56.69s; 200m Free: 1m.49.39s (SB). Achievements: 2006-2009 1st
place 200m IM at the Australian Championships Long Course; 2009 5th place 200m IM (CR) at the
World Championships; 2008 14th place 200m IM at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Craig Calder
Date of birth: 08 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Wodonga, Australia.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 78kg. Event: 100m & 200m Breaststroke. Club/Institute/Academy: Albury SC.
Coach: Shannon Rollason. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 200m breaststroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Breast: 1m.2.31s; 200m Breast: 2m.12.33s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 200m
breaststroke at the Paris Open; 2009 3rd place 100m & 200m breaststroke at the Australian Long
Course Championships; 2008-2009 1st place 100m breaststroke at the Australian Short Course
Championships.
Ashley Callus
Date of birth: 10 Mar 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: 50m Free. Club/Institute/Academy: North End Aquatic.
Coach: Graeme McDonald. Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m freestyle at the Australian Long Course Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Free: 21.19s. Achievements: 2008 3rd place 4x100m freestyle & 4th place 50m
freestyle at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2002 1st place 100m freestyle at the World Short Course
Championships; 2000 1st place 4x200m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1998 & 2002 1st
place 4x200m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.
Blake Cochrane
Date of birth: 25 Jan 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Charleville, Australia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 78kg. Event: 50m Free (S8-S9); 100m Free (S7-S8).
Club/Institute/Academy: Southern Cross. Coach: Stephen Hadler. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m breaststroke, 4th place 50m freestyle & 6th place 100m
freestyle at the IPC World Championships. Personal Best: S8: 50m Free: 27.66s; 100m Free:
1m.0.91s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m breaststroke & 4x100m medley relay at the World
Short Course Championships; 2008 2nd place 100m breaststroke at the Paralympic Games, Beijing.
Matthew Cowdrey
Date of birth: 22 Dec 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Adelaide, Australia.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 76kg. Event: 50m Free (S8-S9); 100m Free (S9-S10).
Club/Institute/Academy: Norwood. Coach: Peter Bishop. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m backstroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: S9: 50m Free: 25.50s; 100m Free: 55.53s. Achievements: 2008 five 1st places &
WR's & three 2nd places at the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006 five 1st places, three WR's, two
2nd places & 3rd place at the World Championships; 2006 1st places & WR EAD 50m & 100m
freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 three 1st places, two 2nd places & two 3rd
places at the Paralympic Games, Athens.
Nick D'Arcy
Date of birth: 23 Jul 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: 200m Butterfly. Club/Institute/Academy: Noosa; QAS.
Coach: Brian Stehr. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m butterfly at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 200m Fly: 1m.54.46s. Achievements: 2008-2009 1st place 200m butterfly at the
Australian Long Course Championships; 2007 Semi-finalist 200m butterfly at the FINA World
Championships; 2006 two 1st places Mare Nostrum Series; 2006 6th place 200m butterfly at the Pan
Pacs.
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Ashley Delaney
Date of birth: 11 Apr 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Sale, Australia. Height: 185cm.
Weight: 81kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke; 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Nunawading; AIS. Coach: Shannon Rollason.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m backstroke & 3rd place 100m backstroke & 4x100m Medley
Relay at the Pan Pacs. Personal Best: 50m Back: 24.81s; 100m Back: 53.10s; 200m Back:
1m.55.82s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x100m medley relay at the World Championships, Rome;
2008-2009 1st place 50m & 100m backstroke at the Australian Long Course Championships; 2008
5th place 100m backstroke & 10th place 200m backstroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 3rd
place 50m backstroke at the World Short Course Championships.
Tommaso D'Orsogna
Date of birth: 29 Dec 1990. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 190cm.
Weight: 83kg. Event: 100m Free; 200m Individual Medley; 4x100m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: West Coast; AIS. Coach: John Fowlie. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Free: 48.41s; 200m IM: 2m.0.31s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x200m
freestyle at the World Championships, Rome; 2009 1st place 100m freestyle & 2nd place 50m &
200m freestyle at the Junior Pan Pacs.
Nicholas Ffrost
Date of birth: 14 Aug 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Mackay, Australia.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: 200m Free; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Southport Olympic. Coach: Glenn Baker. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 200m Free: 1m.46.93s. Achievements: 2008 3rd place 4x200m freestyle at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 3rd place 4x200m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2006 2nd place 4x200m freestyle & 8th place 200m freestyle at the World Short Course
Championships.
Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Date of birth: 09 Oct 1991. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Newcastle, Australia.
Height: 194cm. Weight: 83kg. Event: 200m Free; 200m & 400m Individual Medley; 4x200m Free
Relay. Club/Institute/Academy: Hunter; AIS. Coach: Vince Raleigh. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m IM & 2nd place 200m IM at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 200m Free: 1m.47.39s; 200m IM: 2m.0.84s; 400m IM: 4m.16.81s.
Achievements: 2009 1st places 400m IM & 1500m freestyle at the Australian Short Course
Championships; 2009 7th place 200m IM & 400m IM at the Junior Pan Pacs.
Jayden Hadler
Date of birth: 23 Sep 1993. Age at start of Games: 17. Place of birth: Joondalup, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 85kg. Event: 200m Butterfly; 400m Individual Medley.
Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS. Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 400m IM at the Australian Championships. Personal Best: 200m
Fly: 1m.57.07s; 400m IM: 4m.20.79s. Achievements: 2009 6th place 200IM & 9th place 200m
butterfly at the Junior Pan Pacs; 2009 Named Male Swimmer of the Meet at the Trans Tasman
Series.
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Geoff Huegill
Date of birth: 04 Mar 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Nhulunby, Australia. Height: 188cm.
Weight: 93kg. Event: 50m & 100m Butterfly; 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: SOPAC; NSWIS. Coach: Grant Stoelwinder. Commonwealth Games: 1998 &
2002.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m butterfly at the Australian Championships. Personal Best: 50m Fly:
23.11s; 100m Fly: 51.96s. Achievements: 2004 8th place 100m butterfly at the Olympic Games, Athens;
2002 1st place 4x100m medley relay, 50m & 100m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester;
2001 1st place 50m butterfly & 4x100m medley & 3rd place 100m butterfly at the World Championships,
Japan; 2000 2nd place 4x100m medley relay & 3rd place 100m butterfly at the Olympic Games, Sydney;
1998 1st place 100m butterfly & 4x100m medley relay at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur.
Robert Hurley
Date of birth: 26 Sep 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Mornington, Australia.
Height: 192cm. Weight: 83kg. Event: 400m & 1500m Free; 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Wests Illawarra Aquatic. Coach: Ron McKeon. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 400m, 800m & 1500m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 400m Free: 3m.46.01s; 1500m Free: 15m.0.96s; 200m Free: 1m.48.61s (SB).
Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x200m freestyle, 10th place 800m freestyle, 11th place 400m freestyle &
14th place 1500m freestyle at the World Championships, Rome; 2009 1st place 400m freestyle, 2nd
place 1500m freestyle & 3rd place 100m & 200m backstroke at the Australian Championships; 2008 1st
place 50m, 100m, & 200m backstroke, 200m, 400m & 4x200m freestyle at the Oceania Championships.
Andrew Lauterstein
Date of birth: 22 May 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: East Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: 50m & 100m Butterfly; 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: SOPAC; NSWIS. Coach: Grant Stoelwinder. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m butterfly at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Fly: 23.10s; 100m Fly: 50.85s. Achievements: 2009 3rd place 4x100m medley
relay & 5th place 100m butterfly at the World Championships, Rome; 2009 1st place 50m & 100m
butterfly at the Australian Long Course Championships; 2008 2nd place 4x100m medley & 3rd place
100m butterfly & 4x100m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place 50m butterfly at the
Australian Championships.
Peter Leek
Date of birth: 27 Sep 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Blacktown, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 76kg. Event: 50m Free (S8-S9); 100m Free (S7-S8).
Club/Institute/Academy: Cranbrook Eastern Edge. Coach: Graeme Carroll.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 200m IM, 50 & 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay
& 4x100m freestyle at the IPC World Championships. Personal Best: S8: 50m Free: 26.68s; 100m
Free: 57.62s. Achievements: 2008 three 1st places & WR's, four 2nd places & 3rd place at the
Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2006 two 1st places, two 2nd places & 3rd place at the IPC World
Championships.
James Magnussen
Date of birth: 11 Apr 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Port Macquarie, Australia.
Height: 195cm. Weight: 86kg. Event: 4x100m Free & Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Macquarie University. Coach: Brant Best. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 100m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Free: 48.94 (SB). Achievements: 2009 Dolphins Youth Squad at Duel in the
Pool; 2008 Squad member of the Trans Tasman Championships.
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Kenrick Monk
Date of birth: 01 Jan 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Blacktown, Australia.
Height: 191cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: 400m Free; 2x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: St Peters Western. Coach: Michael Bohl. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 4x200m freestyle & 5th place 200m freestyle at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 400m Free: 3m.53.53s; 200m Free 1m.47.37s (SB). Achievements: 2009 5th place
200m freestyle at the World Championships, Rome; 2008 22nd place 200m freestyle at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2007 2nd place 4x200m freestyle, 4th place 200m freestyle & 5th place 4x100m
freestyle at the World Championships; 2006 3rd place 4x200m freestyle at the 7th place 100m
Andrew Pasterfield
Date of birth: 23 Nov 1989. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: South Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 71kg. Event: 100m Free (S9-S10). Club/Institute/Academy: Castle Hill RSl
Dolphins. Coach: Greg Morrison. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m backstroke at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: S10: 100m Free 53.81s. Achievements: 2009 IPC World Championships; 2009 Can-
Am Championships; 2008 7th place 100m backstroke at the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st
place & three 3rd places at the Can-Am Championships.
Ryan Napoleon
Date of birth: 26 May 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Hornsby, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 84kg. Event: 400m & 1500m Free.
Club/Institute/Academy: St Peters Western; QAS. Coach: Michael Bohl.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Three 2nd places at the Australian Open Championships.
Personal Best: 400m Free: 3m.47.98s; 1500 Free: 15m.1.99s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 1500m
freestyle & 2nd place 400m freestyle at the Australian Open Championships; 2009 11th place 1500m,
12th place 800m & 21st place 400m freestyle at the World Championships, Rome.
Mitchell Patterson
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Manly, Australia.
Height: 189cm. Weight: 85kg. Event: 50m Butterfly; 4x100m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Warringah Aquatic. Coach: Ben Davies. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place 50m butterfly at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Fly: 23.26s. Achievements: 2009 1st place 100m butterfly at the FINA World Cup
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Cameron Prosser
Date of birth: 07 Mar 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 193cm. Weight: 85kg. Event: 50m Free; 4x100m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Vicentre; AIS. Coach: John Fowlie.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 50m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Free: 22.22s. Achievements: 2009 2nd place 100m freestyle at the World
University Games; 2006 1st place 50m, 100m, 4x50m & 4x100m freestyle & 4x100m IM at the
Oceania Championships.
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Kyle Richardson
Date of birth: 13 May 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 179cm. Weight: 67kg. Event: 100m Free; 4x100m & 4x200m Free Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS. Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m freestyle at the Victorian Championships.
Personal Best: 100m Free: 48.69s; 200m Free 1m.50.21s (SB). Achievements: 2009 21st place 50m
freestyle at the World Championships, Rome; 2009 6th place 100m freestyle at the National
Championships; 2008 1st place 200m freestyle at the Australian Short Course Championships.
Brenton Rickard
Date of birth: 19 Oct 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 195cm. Weight: 93kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke; 4x100m Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: Southport Olympic. Coach: Glenn Baker. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m, 100m & 200m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Breast: 26.95s; 100m Breast: 58.58s; 200m Breast: 2m.7.89s. Achievements: 2009
1st place (WR) 100m breaststroke at the World Championships, Rome; 2008 2nd place 200m
breaststroke & 4x100m medley at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place 4x100m medley, 2nd
place 200m breaststroke & 3rd place 100m breaststroke at the World Championships, Melbourne.
Christian Sprenger
Date of birth: 19 Dec 1985. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 196cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke.
Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS. Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place 100m breaststroke & 3rd place 4x100m medley relay at the Pan
Pacs. Personal Best: 50m Breast: 27.63s; 100m Breast: 59.52s; 200m Breast: 2m.7.31s.
Achievements: 2009 3rd place 200m breaststroke at the World Championships, Rome; 2008 14th place
100m breaststroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 6th place 50m & 100m breaststroke & 8th
place 200m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne.
Hayden Stoeckel
Date of birth: 18 Oct 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Renmark, Australia.
Height: 197cm. Weight: 94kg. Event: 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke. Club/Institute/Academy:
Norwood; QAS. Coach: Peter Bishop. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place 50m, 100m & 200m backstroke at the Australian
Championships. Personal Best: 50m Back: 25.06s; 100m Back: 52.97s; 200m Back: 1m.56.39s.
Achievements: 2008 2nd place 4x100m medley, 3rd place 100m backstroke & 6th place 200m
backstroke at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 16th place 100m backstroke at the World
Championships; 2007-2008 1st place 200m backstroke & 2nd place 100m backstroke at the
Eamon Sullivan
Date of birth: 30 Aug 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Perth, Australia. Height: 189cm.
Weight: 78kg. Event: 50m Free; 100m Free; 4x100m Free & Medley Relay.
Club/Institute/Academy: SOPAC; NSWIS. Coach: Grant Stoelwinder. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place 100m freestyle at the Australian Championships.
Personal Best: 50m Free: 21.28s; 100m Free 47.05s. Achievements: 2008 2nd place 100m freestyle
& 4x100m medley & 3rd place 4x100m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place
4x100m medley & 3rd place 100m freestyle at the World Championships; 2006 1st place 4x100m
medley & 2nd place 4x100m freestyle at the Commonwealth games, Melbourne.
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Chris Wright
Date of birth: 07 May 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Cairns, Australia. Height: 185cm.
Weight: 81kg. Event: 100m & 200m Butterfly. Club/Institute/Academy: Commercial; QAS.
Coach: Stephan Widmer. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 6th place 100m butterfly & 11th place 200m butterfly at the Pan Pacs.
Personal Best: 100m Fly: 52.40s; 200m Fly: 1m.56.23s. Achievements: 2009 World Championships,
Rome; 2009 2nd place 200m butterfly at the Australian Championships; 2009 1st place (AR) 200m
butterfly at the Australian Short Course Championships; 2008 2nd place 50m, & 200m butterfly, 4x100m
freestyle & 4x100m medley & 3rd place 200m butterfly at the Oceania Championships.
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Anna Nepotacheva
Date of birth: 25 Sep 1973. Place of birth: Ashkabad, Soviet Union. Height: 163cm. Weight: 65kg.
Position: Section Manager & Coach. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2008 Coach at the Olympic Games, Beijing with the team placing 7th; 2005-present
Head Coach of the Australian Synchronised Swimming Team; 1990 - 2004 Coach for Synchronised
Swimming in Russia.
Eloise Amberger
Date of birth: 28 Jan 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia. Height: 163cm.
Weight: 58kg. Event: Duet (Music: Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles).
Club/Institute/Academy: Gold Coast Mermaids. Coach: Anna Nepotacheva.
Commonwealth Games:
Debut.
Recent Performances: 11th place at the German Open; 1st place at the Australian National
Championships; 4th & 8th places at the Swiss Open. Achievements: 2008 7th place at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2008 7th place at the Roma Synchro, Italy; 2007 5th & 6th place at the Swiss Open,
Switzerland; 2007 Made the finals at the World Championships, Melbourne.
Sarah Bombell
Date of birth: 12 Apr 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 167.5cm.
Weight: 62kg. Event: Duet (Music: Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles).
Club/Institute/Academy: Gold Coast Mermaids. Coach: Anna Nepotacheva.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 11th place at the German Open; 1st place at the Australian National
Championships; 4th & 8th places at the Swiss Open. Achievements: 2008 7th place at the Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2005, 2007 & 2009 represented Australia at the FINA World Championships; 2008 7th
place at the Roma Synchro, Italy; 2007 5th & 6th place at the Swiss Open, Switzerland; 2007 Finals at
the World Championships, Melbourne.
Tarren Otte
Date of birth: 29 Mar 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Box Hill, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 61kg. Event: Singles (Music: Modal Nomad by Brendan Hains).
Club/Institute/Academy: Golden Fish Synchronized Swimming Club; VIS. Coach: Anna Nepotacheva.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 16th place at the German Open; Two 1st places at the Australian National
Championships; 4th & 9th places at the Swiss Open. Achievements: 2005, 2007 & 2009 participated
at the World Championships; 2008 7th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
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Sue Stevenson
Date of birth: 25 Apr 1965. Place of birth: Atherton, Australia. Height: 168cm. Weight: 62kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2006 Assistant Coach at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 1978-1984 represented
Queensland in Table Tennis at both junior and senior levels.
Brett Clarke
Date of birth: 27 Oct 1972.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 187cm. Weight: 85kg.
Position: Head Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: 2002 2nd place as athlete
at the Commonwealth Games,
Manchester; 1997 Australian Singles
Champion.
Alois Rosario
Date of birth: 06 Jun 1964.
Place of birth: Bombay, India.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 69kg.
Position: Assistant Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Achievements: 2004 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Athens; 2002 Coach at
the Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
Peri Campbell-Innes
Date of birth: 10 Jul 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 57kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 427); Mixed (Pair 4); Team Event.
Club/Institute/Academy: Wynnum Table Tennis Club. Coach: Brett Clarke.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Australian Open Championships; Team member at the World
Senior Team Championships. Achievements: 2009 3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships,
Scotland; 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2001-2004, 2006, 2008 & 2010 participated at the World Table
Tennis Championships; 2001, 2004, 2007 & 2009 participated at the Commonwealth Championships.
Jian Fang Lay
Date of birth: 06 Mar 1973. Age at start of Games: 37. Place of birth: Wengzhou, China.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 65kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 150); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 2);
Team Event. Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Coach: Jorge Lay.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places & two 3rd places at the Oceania Championships; Team
member at the World Senior Team Championships. Achievements: 2000, 2004 & 2008 participated at
the Olympic Games; 2006 2nd & 3rd places at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2004 1st place
& three 2nd places at the Oceania Championships; 2004 22nd place at the World Team
Championships; 2004 2nd place & two 3rd places at the Commonwealth Championships; 2002 3rd
place & two 2nd places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2002 2nd place & three 1st
places at the Oceania Championships.
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Miao Miao
Date of birth: 14 Jan 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Tianjin, China. Height: 161cm.
Weight: 51kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 164); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 1); Team Event.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre; VIS. Coach: Cang Sheng Miao.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd, 3rd & two 1st places at the Australian Open Championships as well as
the Best Female Player Award; 2nd place & three 1st places at the Oceania Championships; Team
member at the World Senior Team Championships. Achievements: 2008 represented Australia at the
Team World Championships: 2007 2nd place & two 1st places at the Australian Closed Senior
National Championships; 2007 four 1st places at the Australian Closed Senior National
Championships; 2006 2nd place & three 1st places at the Oceania Championships; 2006 2nd, 3rd
and two 4th places at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2000, 2004 & 2008 team member at
the Olympic Games.
Catherine Morrow
Date of birth: 24 Oct 1967. Age at start of Games: 42. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 82kg. Event: Singles Open Wheelchair TT1-5 (World Ranking: 21).
Club/Institute/Academy: Central Highlands Table Tennis Club. Coach: Keith Mundy.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: Two 3rd places at the 3rd Open Al Watani Para Table Tennis Championships.
Achievements: 2008 & 2009 Australian Women's Open Wheelchair Singles Champion; 2009 two 1st
places at the Arafura Games, Darwin; 2007 3rd place at the Italian Masters Open; 2007 four 1st
places at the Arafura Games, Darwin.
Stephanie Sang
Date of birth: 29 Sep 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Harbin, China. Height: 175cm.
Weight: 62kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 233); Doubles (Pair 2); Mixed (Pair 3); Team Event.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Table Tennis Club; VIS. Coach: Brett Clarke.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st & 2nd places at the Australian Open Championships; 1st & 3rd places at
the Oceania Championships. Achievements: 2008 3rd place at the Oceania Olympic Qualification,
New Caledonia; 2008 team member at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2006 2nd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; Women's Singles Champion at the Australian Open.
Vivian Tan
Date of birth: 17 Sep 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Shanghai, China.
Height: 165cm. Weight: 68kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Western Sydney Table Tennis Club.
Coach: Paul Zhao & Peter Masen. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place & two 2nd places at the Australian Open Championships; 1st & 3rd
places at the Oceania Championships; Team member at the World Senior Team Championships.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australia Closed: 2009 team member at the World Cup; 2009
two 1st places at the NSW Open; 2009 1st place at the NSW Closed.
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Robert Frank
Date of birth: 22 Jan 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 196cm. Weight: 89kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 608); Doubles (Pair 1); Team Event.
Club/Institute/Academy: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Coach: Alex Jakubczak & Brett Clarke. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Open Championships; Team member at the World
Senior Team Championships. Achievements: 2009 World Championships, Austria; 2009 World
Championships, Japan; 2009 Commonwealth Championships, Scotland; 2009 Oceania
Representative at the World Cup; 2009 semi finalist at the Australian Closed.
Simon Gerada
Date of birth: 20 Mar 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 301); Doubles (Pair 2); Mixed (Pair 2);
Team Event. Club/Institute/Academy: Health, Wellness & Table Tennis Club. Coach: Joe Gerada.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Australian Open Championships; 1st place at the Victorian
Open Championships. Achievements: Participated in the Australian Championships, Oceania
Championships; 8 Victorian Championships & the European Small States Championships; 2008 team
member at the Olympic Games, Beijing.
Justin Han
Date of birth: 09 Aug 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Heilongjiang, China.
Height: 184cm. Weight: 76kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 346); Doubles (Pair 2); Mixed (Pair 3);
Team Event. Club/Institute/Academy: Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai PCYC. Coach: Peter Masen & Paul Zhao.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st, 3rd & two 2nd places at the Australian Open Championships; 2nd, 3rd &
four 1st places at the Oceania Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st place and a finalist at the
Australian Open; 2009 1st place at the Australian Youth Open; 2009 National Ranking Open Men #2,
U21 Men #1.
William Henzell
Date of birth: 23 Mar 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Bedford Park, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 68kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 125); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 1);
Team Event. Club/Institute/Academy: East Adelaide Table Tennis Club; SASI. Coach: Brett Clarke.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place & three 1st places at the Australian Open Championships as well as
the Best Male Player Award; Four 1st places at the Oceania Championships; Team member at the
World Senior Team Championships. Achievements: 2006 2nd place at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 7 times Australian Men's Singles Champion; 4 times Australian Open Champion; 2007
17th place at the Swedish Open; 2007 13th place at the World Cup, Barcelona; 2007 3rd place at the
Commonwealth Championships, India; 2004 & 2008 team member Olympic Games; 2001, 2003,
2004, 2006, 2007 & 2008 represented Australia at the World Championships.
Nam Ho Oh
Date of birth: 15 Feb 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Seoul, Korea. Height: 170cm.
Weight: 69kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 394); Mixed (Pair 4); Team Event.
Club/Institute/Academy: Western Sydney Table Tennis Club. Coach: Peter Masen & Paul Zhao.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place & two 3rd places at the Australian Open Championships.
Achievements: 2010 Represented Australia at the World Senior Team Championships.
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Geoff Quinlan
Date of birth: 24 Aug 1966. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia. Height: 185cm. Weight: 77kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: National Academy Manager.
Scott Draper Nicole Pratt
Date of birth: 05 Jun 1974.
Date of birth: 05 Mar 1973.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Place of birth: Mackay, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 80kg.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 58kg.
Position: Men's Coach.
Position: Women's Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: As a tennis player
Achievements: Contested 18 Australian
competed at Grand Slams from 1995 to
Opens during her playing career.
2005 before becoming a professional
Achieved career high rankings of # 35 in
golfer and winning the NSW PGA in
singles & # 18 in doubles; 2004 3rd Rnd
2007; 2005 won the Australian Open
at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2000 2nd
Mixed Doubles; Achieved career high
Rnd at the Olympic Games, Sydney;
rankings of # 42 in singles & # 132 in
doubles.
1991 Australian Open Junior Champion.
Jessica Moore
Date of birth: 16 Aug 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Subiaco, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 62kg. Event: Doubles (Pair 2). Coach: Sandon Stolle.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Quarter Finalist at Versmold, Germany; Semi Finalist at Les Contamines-
Montjoie, France. Achievements: 2008-2009 2nd Rnd at the Australian Open; 2008-2009 represented
Australia at the Fed Cup; Career High Ranking # 132; 2008 2nd Rnd at the US Open; 2008 1st place
at the Junior French Open; 2008 1st place at the Junior Wimbledon.
Sally Peers
Date of birth: 01 Jun 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Clayton, Australia.
Height: 162cm. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 197); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 2).
Club/Institute/Academy: AIS. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the U.S. Open; Quarter Finalist at Contrexeville, France.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at Wimbledon; 2009 Semi Final Australian Open; 2009 Quarter Final at
the Bundaberg ITF; 2008 2nd place at Wimbledon; 2008 2nd Rnd Australian Open; 2008 1st place at
the AMT 3 Rockhampton; 2008 Quarter Final at the French Open; 2008 1st place at the ITF Citta` di
Prato; 2007 Junior Fed Cup team.
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Anastasia Rodionova
Date of birth: 12 May 1982. Age at start of Games: 28. Place of birth: Tambov, Russia. Height: 167cm.
Weight: 59kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 65); Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 1).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the U.S. Open; Quarter Finalist at the New Haven Qualifying,
USA. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Bundaberg ITF; 2009 1st place at the Ipswich ITF; 2009 3
Rnd at the French Open; 2009 2nd Rnd at the Australian Open; 2009 2nd Rnd at Wimbledon; 2009
Quarter Final at Indian Wells; 2nd place at the Biarritz ITF; 2008 2nd Rnd at the Australian Open;
2008 2nd Rnd at the French Open.
Olivia Rogowska
Date of birth: 07 May 1991. Age at start of Games: 19. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 175cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: Singles (World ranking: 214); Doubles (Pair 2).
Coach: Chris Johnson & Andrew McLean. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Quarter Finalist at Aschaffenburg, Germany; Quarter Finalist at Wrexham,
Great Britain. Achievements: 2009 2nd Rnd at the French Open; 2009 3rd Rnd at the Junior
Australian Open; 2009 1st place at the AMT 3 Bundaberg; 2009 1st place at the Ipswich ITF; 2008 1st
place at the AMT 5 Melbourne; 2008 1st place at the Sorrento ITF; Career High Ranking # 138; 2007
Junior Fed Cup team.
Matt Ebden
Date of birth: 26 Nov 1987. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Durban, South Africa.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 79kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 183); Doubles (Pair 2); Mixed (Pair 2).
Coach: Milo Bradley. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the Australian Open; Semi Finalist at the Salvador Challenger,
Brazil. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australian F1 Futures; 2009 Quarter Final at the
Australian F2 Futures; 2009 1st place at the Australia F1 Futures; 2009 1st Rnd in the Australian
Open; 2008 1st place at the Korea F2 Futures; 2008 Semi Final Use F25 & F27 Futures; 2008 1st
place at the Australian F4 Futures; 2008 1st place at the Belarus F1 Futures; 2008 1st place at the
GBR F9 Futures; 2008 1st place at the AMT 1 Burswood.
Paul Hanley
Date of birth: 12 Nov 1977. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 80kg. Event: Doubles (Pair 1); Mixed (Pair 1).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Competed in the U.S. Open; Quarter Finalist at Washington, USA.
Achievements: 2009 3rd Rnd at the Australian Open; 2009 3rd Rnd at the French Open; 2009 2nd
place at the Casablanca ATP; 2009 2nd Rnd at Wimbledon; 2008 2nd Rnd at the Australian Open;
2008 2nd Rnd at the French Open; 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place at the Croatia ATP;
2008 Quarter Final at the Australian Open; 2008 3rd Rnd at Wimbledon; 2008 2nd Rnd at the French
Open; Ranking consistently in the world's top 20.
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Greg Jones
Date of birth: 31 Jan 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 192cm. Weight: 86kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 213); Doubles (Pair 2).
Coach: James Trottman. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Finalist Burnie Challenger; Quarter Finalist at the Granby Challenger, Canada;
High Rank of 200 in ATP Singles. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian F4 Futures,
Ipswich; 2009 2nd place at the Australian F3 Futures; 2009 2nd place at the Italian F11 Futures; 2008
1st place at the Australian F7 Futures; 2008 1st place at the USA F10 Futures; 2008 2nd place at the
GB F10 Futures; 2008 2nd place at the Australian F10 Futures; 2008 2nd Rnd at the Australian
Open; 2007 Finalist in the Junior French Open; Career High Junior ITF ranking # 4.
Peter Luczak
Date of birth: 31 Aug 1979. Age at start of Games: 31. Place of birth: Warsaw, Poland.
Height: 182cm. Weight: 76kg. Event: Singles (World Ranking: 98); Doubles (Pair 1).
Coach: Shannon Nettle. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Quarter Finalist at the Kitzbuhel Challenger, Austria; Quarter Finalist at the
Poznan Challenger, Poland. Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Furth Challenger; 2009 1st place at
the Zagreb Challenger; 2009 2nd place at the Burnie Challenger; 2009 Semi Final Meknes
Challenger; 2009 Semi Final Lugarno Challenger; 2008 2nd Rnd at the Australian Open; 2008 1st
place at the Montevideo Challenger; 2008 2nd place at the Buenos Aires ATP; 2008 2nd place at the
Bermuda ATP; 2008 2nd place at the Cali Challenger.
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Lyn Jones
Date of birth: 20 Aug 1939. Place of birth: Aberdare, Wales. Height: 167cm. Weight: 77kg.
Position: Section Manager. Commonwealth Games: 1978 & 1986.
Achievements: IWF Coaching & Research Committee member; AWF Board Member; Chair AWF
Selection & Coach Ed. Committees; Personally coached two Commonwealth Games Gold medallists, one
Pan Am Games & 1 Olympic Games Gold medallist; Coached or Officated at 7 Olympic Games & 30
World Weightlifting Championships.
Jourik Sarkisian
Date of birth: 14 Aug 1963.
Place of birth: Echmiadzin, Armenia.
Height: 160cm. Weight: 65kg.
Position: Head Coach Men.
Commonwealth Games: 1998, 2002 &
2006. Achievements: As an athlete has
set 23 World Records and won over 600
medals in national and international
competition.
Anthony Dove
Date of birth: 29 Sep 1967.
Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 180cm. Weight: 82kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Steven Green
Date of birth: 25 Mar 1965.
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 178cm. Weight: 74kg.
Position: Powerlifting Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Achievements: 2006 Commonwealth
Games, Melbourne; 2004 Paralympic
Games, Athens; 2000 Paralympic
Games, Sydney; 1992 Paralympics
Games, Barcelona.
Michael Keelan
Date of birth: 19 Aug 1955.
Place of birth: Manchester, England.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 100kg.
Position: Head Coach Women.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Achievements: High Performance
Manager Australian Weightlifting; 2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne;
2002 Commonwealth Games,
Manchester; 1985 World Championships.
Miles Wydall
Date of birth: 01 Mar 1966.
Place of birth: Torquay, England.
Height: 181cm. Weight: 85kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2006-2008 Head Coach at
the Junior World Championships; 2007
Head Coach at the Arafura Games; 2006
Coach & Manager at the Senior & Junior
Commonwealth Championships; 2006
Coach & Manager at the Oceania & South
Pacific Commonwealth Championships;
2003 Head Coach & Manager World
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Deborah Acason
Date of birth: 20 Jun 1983. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 90kg. Event: 75+kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Cougars Weightlifting Club (QLD). Coach: Michael Keelan.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: Lifted 233kg at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Personal Best: 233.00kg.
Achievements: 2008 8th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 2nd place at the Arafura Games,
Darwin; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 12th, 13th & 14th places at
the World Championships, Qatar; 2004 12th place at the Olympic Games, Athens; 2003-2004 Senior
Oceania Champion; 2002 three 2nd places at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester.
Seen Lee
Date of birth: 15 Nov 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 159cm. Weight: 58kg. Event: 58kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club. Coach: Anthony Dove.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: Lifted 194kg at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Personal Best: 194.00kg.
Achievements: 2006, 2007 & 2009 World Weightlifting Championships; 2002 three 3rd places at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; Commonwealth Record Holder 58kg Class 'Snatch' & Oceania
Record Holder 63kg 'Total'.
Vivian Lee
Date of birth: 29 Mar 1978. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Height: 150cm. Weight: 48kg. Event: 48kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Anthony Dove. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 154.00kg.
Achievements: Record Holder Australian Women's 48kg 'Clean & Jerk' & 'Total'.
Deahnne McIntyre
Date of birth: 09 Jun 1971. Age at start of Games: 39. Place of birth: Canberra, Australia.
Height: 155cm. Weight: 120kg. Event: Open Bench Press.
Club/Institute/Academy: ACT Academy of Sport. Coach: Ray Epstein. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the IPC Powerlifting World Championships.
Personal Best: 137.50kg. Achievements: 2008 4th place at the Paralympic Games; Beijing; 2004 5th
place at the Paralympic Games, Athens; 2000 5th place at the Paralympic Games, Sydney; 1988 1st,
3rd & two 2nd places at the Paralympics Seoul; 1985 Young Australian of the Year; Australian Record
Holder.
Jenna Myers
Date of birth: 01 Mar 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: 75kg. Club/Institute/Academy: AWF Super Squad.
Coach: Rob Lewandowski. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: National U75kg Senior Champion Personal Best: 197.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 World Senior Championships; 2008 Olympic Trials; TIS Scholarship Holder.
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Amanda Phillips
Date of birth: 07 Apr 1981. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Redcliffe, Australia.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 75kg. Event: 75kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Cougars Weightlifting Club (QLD). Coach: Michael Keelan.
Commonwealth Games: 2002 & 2006.
Recent Performances: Lifted 194kg at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Personal Best: 194.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Australian Weightlifting Championships; 2006 4th place at the
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2002 three 4th places at the Commonwealth Games,
Manchester; 2000 6th place at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
Belinda Van Tienan
Date of birth: 04 Nov 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Launceston, Australia.
Height: 170cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: 69kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Jourik Sarkisian. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 190.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Commonwealth Championships, Malaysia; 2006
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 1st place at both the Oceania Junior & Oceania Senior
Championships; 2004 Junior World Championships, Belarus; 2004 1st place at the Youth
Commonwealth Games, Bendigo.
Erika Yamasaki
Date of birth: 02 Sep 1987. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Darwin, Australia.
Height: 149cm. Weight: 53kg. Event: 53kg. Club/Institute/Academy: AWF Super Squad.
Coach: Ben Turner. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: Lifted 171kg at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Personal Best: 171.00kg.
Achievements: 2007 2nd place at the Commonwealth Championships; 2007 2nd place at the
Oceania Championships; 2007 3rd place at the IWF World Cup; 2007 2nd place at the Arafura
Games, Darwin; 2007 Oceania Junior Champion; 2006 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne; 2005 3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships; 2005 Olympic Youth Games; 2005
Open National Champion.
Vannara Be
Date of birth: 16 Feb 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Cambodia, Cambodia.
Height: 163cm. Weight: 61kg. Event: 62kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Anthony Dove. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 248.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships; 2007 & 2009 Australian
Championships.
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Francois Etoundi
Date of birth: 06 Oct 1984. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Cameroon, Cameroon.
Height: 168cm. Weight: 70kg. Event: 69kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Jourik Sarkisian. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 275.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships; 2009 World Weightlifting
Championships; 2007 represented Cameroon at the World Cup, Samoa; 2006 4th place (Cameroon) at
the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; Australian Record Holder 69kg 'Snatch'.
Abebe Fekadu
Date of birth: 20 Apr 1970. Age at start of Games: 40. Place of birth: Gonder, Ethiopia. Event: Open
Bench Press. Club/Institute/Academy: Sporting Wheelies & Disabled Association. Coach: Scott Upston.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 6th place at the Powerlifting World Championships, Kuala Lumpur.
Personal Best: 160.00kg. Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Powerlifting National Championships;
2008 10th place at the Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2007 1st place at the Arafura Games, Darwin; 2007
2nd place at the APC Powerlifting Cup, Kuala Lumpur; 2004-2007 Australian Champion;
Robert Galsworthy
Date of birth: 17 May 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Gosnells, Australia.
Height: 186cm. Weight: 105kg. Event: 105kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Cougars Weightlifting Club (QLD).
Coach: Michael Keelan. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Lifted 326kg at the Commonwealth Games Trials. Personal Best: 326.00kg.
Achievements: 2008 Commonwealth Championships; 2007-2008 Senior Oceania Championships; 2006-
2008 Junior Oceania Championships; 2007-2008 Junior World Championships; 2006 Australian
Championships.
Darren Gardiner
Date of birth: 19 Nov 1969. Age at start of Games: 41. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 120kg. Event: Open Bench Press. Club/Institute/Academy: WAIS.
Coach: Ray Epstein. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: Lifted 230kg at the National Championships. Personal Best: 235.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Powerlifting National Championships; 2008 2nd place at the
Paralympic Games, Beijing; 2004 2nd place at the Paralympic Games, Athens; 2006 2nd place at the
World Championships.
Corran Hocking
Date of birth: 29 Jul 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 188cm. Weight: 147kg. Event: 105+kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Jourik Sarkisian. Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 3rd place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 380.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 Top 10 World Championships, South Korea; 2002 2nd & 3rd place at the
Commonwealth Games, Manchester; Commonwealth Record Holder 105+kg 'Snatch'.
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Damon Kelly
Date of birth: 01 Dec 1983. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Atherton, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 140kg. Event: 105+kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Cougars Weightlifting Club (QLD). Coach: Miles Wydall.
Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 390.00kg.
Achievements: 2008 9th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008 1st place at the Commonwealth
Championships; 2003 & 2008 1st place at the Oceania Championships; 2006 2nd place &
Commonwealth Record at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2006-2007 1st place at the
National Championships; 2006 2nd & 3rd place at the World University Championships; 2001-2003
Represented Australia at the World Junior Championships.
Daniel Koum Koum
Date of birth: 27 May 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Cameroon, Cameroon.
Height: 157cm. Weight: 64kg. Event: 62kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Jourik Sarkisian. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 261.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 1st place at the Oceania Championships; 2009 World Championships; 2006 5th
place (Cameroon) at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 represented Cameroon at the
World Cup, Qatar.
Simplice Ribouem
Date of birth: 05 Dec 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: Dovala, Cameroon.
Height: 173cm. Weight: 88kg. Event: 94kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hawthorn Weightlifting Club.
Coach: Jourik Sarkisian. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Oceania Championships. Personal Best: 343.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 World Weightlifting Championships; 2009 Oceania Weightlifting Championships.
Leigh Skinner
Date of birth: 07 Aug 1964. Age at start of Games: 46. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 82.5kg. Event: Open Bench Press.
Club/Institute/Academy: Sporting Wheelies & Disabled Association. Coach: Scott Upston.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 12th place at the Powerlifting World Championships. Personal Best: 165.00kg.
Achievements: 2009 5th place at the National Disable Powerlifting title; 2009 9th place at the Arafura
Games, Darwin; 2009 2nd place at the State Championships;
Ben Turner
Date of birth: 23 Jan 1984. Age at start of Games: 26. Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 70kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Cougars Weightlifting Club (QLD).
Coach: Miles Wydall. Commonwealth Games: 2006.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Oceania Championships. Achievements: 2008 Olympic
Games, Beijing; 2007 Oceania Senior Championships; 2007 World Senior Championships; 2007
Australian Championships; 2006 1st place at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2005 Australian
Championships.
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Competitors Female
Kuldip Bassi
Date of birth: 15 Jun 1958.
Place of birth: Jullundur, India.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 100kg.
Position: Section Manager.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2008 Team Manager at
the Youth Commonwealth Games, Pune;
Founder and Director of the United
Wrestling Club, Melbourne; President
of the Victorian Wrestling Association;
Competed at State Level in India.
Sam Parker
Date of birth: 25 Nov 1931.
Place of birth: Portland, Australia.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 90kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 1978, 1982,
1994 & 2002. Achievements: Competed
at the 1960 Olympic Games.
Emily Bensted
Ashot Nazaryan
Date of birth: 10 Jul 1961.
Place of birth: Leninakan, Armenia.
Height: 190cm. Weight: 111kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2001 Coach at the
World Championships, Athens with 1st
& 2nd places; 1996 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Atlanta with a 1st
place.
Leonid Zaslavsky
Date of birth: 26 Nov 1969.
Place of birth: Odessa, Ukraine.
Height: 171cm. Weight: 73kg.
Position: Coach.
Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Achievements: 2008 Coach at the
Olympic Games, Beijing; As an athlete
2002 6th place at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester; 1996 14th place
at the Olympic Games, Atlanta.
Date of birth: 27 Oct 1986. Age at start of Games: 23. Place of birth: Fitzroy, Australia.
Height: 162cm. Weight: 55kg. Event: Freestyle 55kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 3rd
place at the Commonwealth Championships, India; 2009 1st place at the Australian Nationals; 2009
1st place at the Australia Cup.
Kyla Bremner
Date of birth: 28 Jan 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Powell River, Canada.
Height: 158cm. Weight: 55kg. Event: Freestyle 51kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Sydney University Wrestling Club.
Coach: Leonid Zaslavsky & Sam Feigelsen. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009
25th place at the World Championships; 2009 1st place at the Australian Nationals; 2008 17th place
at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007-2009 Oceania Champion; 2007 17th place at the World
Championships.
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Emma Chalmers
Date of birth: 25 Oct 1988. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Subiaco, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 67kg. Event: Freestyle 67kg.
Club/Institute/Academy: Freemantle Wrestling Club. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st
place at the Oceania Championships & Best Female Wrestler; 2009 8th place at the Commonwealth
Championships, India; 2009 3rd place at the Australia Nationals; 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing; 2008
1st place at the Sassari International Open, Italy; 2008 1st place at the Oceania Championships, New
Zealand; 2007 1st place at the Australian Championships.
Cassie Fields
Date of birth: 13 Feb 1985. Age at start of Games: 25. Place of birth: Belmont, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 72kg. Event: Freestyle 72kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Achievements: 2009 2nd place at the Australian Championships.
Louise Randle
Date of birth: 29 Mar 1977. Age at start of Games: 33. Place of birth: Wolverhampton, England.
Height: 164cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: Freestyle 63kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2002-2009
Australian Wrestling Champion; 2002-2009 Pan Pacific Brazil Jiu Jitsu Champion
Carli Renzi
Date of birth: 24 Oct 1982. Age at start of Games: 27. Place of birth: East Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 167cm. Weight: 59kg. Event: Freestyle 59kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 4th
place at the Commonwealth Championships.
Bill Abdo
Date of birth: 28 Apr 1980. Age at start of Games: 30. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 84kg. Event: Freestyle 96kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places at the Australian Wrestling Championships.
Achievements: 2010 1st place at the Victorian State Championships.
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Kostya Ermakovich
Date of birth: 31 Oct 1977. Age at start of Games: 32. Place of birth: Tashkent, Soviet Union.
Height: 176cm. Weight: 74kg. Event: Freestyle 74kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships.
Achievements: 2008 3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships.
Hassene Fkiri
Date of birth: 22 Dec 1973. Age at start of Games: 36. Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia. Height: 194cm.
Weight: 120kg. Event: Greco Roman 96kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 2nd place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 Two
1st places at the Australian Nationals; 2000 represented Tunisia at the Olympic Games, Sydney.
Justin Holland
Date of birth: 25 Sep 1992. Age at start of Games: 18. Place of birth: Prairiewood, Australia.
Height: 162cm. Weight: 58kg. Event: Freestyle 55kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Three 1st places & a 2nd place at the Australian Wrestling Championships.
Achievements: 2010 2nd place at the Commonwealth Youth Championships; 2009 3rd place at the
Martino Hi Cup, Switzerland; 2007-2009 ISSI Champion; 2005-2010 National Champion.
Gene Kapaufs
Date of birth: 12 Jan 1989. Age at start of Games: 21. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 183cm. Weight: 87kg. Event: Freestyle 84kg; Greco Roman 84kg.
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009
21st place at the World Championships; 2009 1st & 2nd places at the Australian Nationals; 2008 14th
place at the World Championships; 2007 16th place at the World Championships.
Cory O'Brien
Date of birth: 20 Jun 1972. Age at start of Games: 38. Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia.
Height: 174cm. Weight: 66kg. Event: Greco Roman 66kg.
Commonwealth Games: 1994 & 2002.
Achievements: 2007 38th place at the World Championships; 2002 4th place at the Commonwealth
Games, Manchester; 2000 18th place at the Olympic Games, Sydney; 1996 19th place at the Olympic
Games, Atlanta; 1994 3rd place at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria.
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Shane Parker
Date of birth: 05 Apr 1988. Age at start of Games: 22. Place of birth: Kerang, Australia. Height: 155cm.
Weight: 59kg. Event: Greco Roman 55kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st & 2nd places at the Australian Wrestling Championships.
Achievements: 2007 33rd & 38th places at the World Championships; 2007 3rd place at the Oceania
Championships.
Ivan Popov
Date of birth: 25 May 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Omsk, Russia. Height: 204cm.
Weight: 120kg. Event: Greco Roman 120kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st
place at the Australian Nationals; 2007 38th place at the World Championships; 2007 1st place at the
Oceania Championships.
Denis Roberts
Date of birth: 08 Dec 1980. Age at start of Games: 29. Place of birth: Sydney, Australia. Height: 196cm.
Weight: 110kg. Event: Freestyle 120kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2007 1st
place at the Oceania Championships; 2007 3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships; 2007 11th
place at the World Championships.
Masoud Sadegh Pour
Date of birth: 23 Sep 1966. Age at start of Games: 44. Place of birth: Kazeroun, Iran. Height: 167cm.
Weight: 60kg. Event: Greco Roman 60kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st &
2nd places at the Australian Nationals.
Hassan Shahsavan
Date of birth: 30 Dec 1975. Age at start of Games: 34. Place of birth: Ray, Iran. Height: 150cm.
Weight: 79kg. Event: Greco Roman 74kg. Club/Institute/Academy: Hornsby PCYC (NSW).
Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009 1st
place at the Australian Nationals; 2008 18th place at the Olympic Games, Beijing; 2007 43rd place at the
World Championships; 2007 1st place at the Oceania Championships; 2005 1st place at the
Commonwealth Championships, South Africa.
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Farzad Tarash
Date of birth: 01 Oct 1986. Age at start of Games: 24. Place of birth: Tehran, Iran. Height: 164cm.
Weight: 63kg. Event: Freestyle 60kg. Commonwealth Games: 2002.
Recent Performances: 1st place at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009
3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships; 2009 10th place at the World Championships; 2009
Oceania Champion; 2009 1st place at the Australian Nationals; 2006 10th place at the World
Championships; 2007 1st place at the Oceania Championships; 2002 Commonwealth Games,
Manchester.
Mehrdad Tarash
Date of birth: 21 Mar 1990. Age at start of Games: 20. Place of birth: Tehran, Iran. Height: 172cm.
Weight: 66kg. Event: Freestyle 66kg. Commonwealth Games: Debut.
Recent Performances: Two 1st places at the Australian Wrestling Championships. Achievements: 2009
Two 1st places at the Australian Nationals; 2009 3rd place at the Commonwealth Championships; 2nd
place at the Raphael Martinetti Cup.
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