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Australian Aquatics Media Guide - XII FINA World Swimming Championships – Melbourne March 17 – April 1, 2007 © HSM NAME: MELISSA WU NICKNAME: Woodles D.O.B: 3 RD May 1992 AGE: 14 BORN: Windsor, NSW LIVES: Thornlands, QLD HGT: 136 cm WGT: 30kg CLUB AIS/Paradise Diving Club TRAINS(Pool): Sleeman Sports Centre, Chandler COACH: Xiangning Chen/Hui Tong CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2006 Commonwealth Games was probably the highlight for me because it was my first open team, my first international competition, and the first time I had competed synchro. It was also my first major international medal. IN 2005 – Junior Elite Nationals because I won 3 Gold medals and was named junior C diver of the year. This was my highest achievement at that point. OUT OF THE POOL FAMILY MEMBERS: Mum (Debbi Wu), Dad (Hapwain Wu), Sister (Emily Wu-15), Sister (Kirsten Wu-13), Brother (Joshua Wu-9), Sister (Madeline Wu-8) BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN LIFE : My coach Xiangning Chen and my mum. WHAT OR WHO INSPIRES YOU: Chantelle Newbery, Fu Mingxia ROLE MODELS: Chantelle and Robert Newbery, Matthew Helm, Laura Wilkinson, and Alexandre Despatie PERSONAL STUDIES/OCCUPATION: Grade 9 Student INTERESTING FACTS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU: SUPERSTITIONS: If I trained well in a pair of togs, I will wear them again to training the next day. No competition superstitions. (Except I take my big pink teddy bear called Patchie with me whenever I go away to sleep with.) ULTIMATE RELAXATION: Reading SPECIALTY IN THE KITCHEN: Being as far away from it as possible!! ONE THING YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Patchie WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AWAY FROM DIVING: Read, sleep, eat, play the piano, write, msn, myspace, hang out with my siblings. FAVOURITE: SPORTING TEAM: Australian Diving Team!! MOVIES: Bringing Down The House, White Chicks, Cheaper By The Dozen, Meet The Fockers, Chopper and anything funny really. TV SHOW: Seinfeld, Frasier, 3 Non-Blondes, Sports Kids Moms and Dads, America’s/Australia’s Next Top Model Individual Australian Titles 2- Open women’s platform (2006, 2007) BANDS/MUSIC: Black Eyed Peas DRINK: Apple mango juice DIVING COMPETITION: World Cup, China 2006 HOBBIES: Reading, writing, playing the piano, eating and sleeping. BEST MATES: Scotty Robertson, Emily, Brit, LAST BOOK READ: Last Man Standing-Steven Bradbury WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST ASSET? Courage and Determination HAVE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA OR PLAYED SPORT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? Yes Sister Emily competes at nationals for swimming. WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND WHY? My Mum because she sacrifices for me, drives me everywhere, gives me support and encouragement and she shares all the ups and downs with me. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS? Short, funny, tough HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a good role model and the world’s best female platform diver. DIVING SHORT TERM GOALS: 2007 World Championships DIVING CAREER ULTIMATE GOAL: Olympic GOLD Medal PERSONAL AMBITIONS: To do well at school, and pursue a career as a writer or in the media, or sports science. HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OBSTACLES DURING YOUR DIVING CAREER? In 2003 I broke my arm terribly and suffered permanent nerve damage. I was out of the water for approx 6 months. WHAT AGE DID YOU START DIVING AND WHY? 10. I tried gymnastics for a couple of months and didn’t like it so I gave diving a try. FAVOURITE DIVER AND WHY? Chantelle Newbery because she has always shown great strength and determination. She also managed to not only combine a hectic training schedule with being a mother and a wife but went on to put Australian Diving on the map by winning an Olympic Gold Medal. Chantelle has been a mentor to me for some time now and she has given me a great deal of support and encouragement and taught me so much by sharing her experiences with me. NOTABLE QUOTE: “Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.” AUSTRALIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS EVENT LOCATION YEAR RESULTS Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 2006 Silver medal 10m synchro (Alex Croak), 5 th 10m individual event. Grand Prix Rome, Italy 2006 Silver medal 10m individual and pb score of 392.95, Silver medal 10m synchro (Alex Croak) World Cup Changshu, China 2006 5 th place 10m synchro (Alex Croak), 10 th place 10m individual World Jnr Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 Gold medal 10m individual platform -Junior B, 11 th 3m springboard –junior B
Australian Aquatics Media Guide - XII FINA World Swimming Championships – Melbourne March 17 – April 1, 2007 © HSM DIVING RESULTS 1973 – 2005 1973 I FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia Women 3m Springboard 1 Kohler GDR 442.17 2 Knape SWE 434.19 3 Janicke GDR 426.33 4 Henriksson SWE 407.47 5 Dracke GBR 403.50 6 Irish USA 385.98 7 Boys CAN 383.55 8 Chandler USA 375.06 10m Platform 1 Knape SWE 406.77 2 Duchkova TCH 387.18 3 Kalinina URS 381.42 4 Schaefer USA 367.08 5 Janicke GDR 365.73 6 Fiedler GDR 355.59 7 Keplar USA 343.05 8 Boys CAN 324.18 1975 II FINA World Championships Cali, Columbia Women 3m Springboard 1 Irina kalinina URS 489.91 2 Tatiana Volynkina URS 473.37 3 Christine Loock USA 466.92 4 Carrie Irish USA 452.10 5 Ulrike Knape SWE 451.20 6 Christa Kohler GDR 449.16 7 Terry York CAN 428.31 8 Heide Becker GDR 426.60 10m Platform 1 Janet Ely USA 403.89 2 Irina Kalinina URS 387.99 3 Ulrika Knape SWE 387.90 4 Elena Vaitsevskovskaia URS 372.99 5 Milena Duchkova TCH 358.26 6 Terry York CAN 347.46 7 Karin Guthke GDR 341.49 8 Heide Becker GDR 340.98 1978 III FINA World Championships West Berlin, Germany Women 3m Springboard 1 Irina Kalinina URS 691.43 2 Cynthia Potter USA 643.22 3 Jennifer Chandler USA 637.41 4 Karin Guthke GDR 636.12 5 Beate Rothie GDR 633.81 6 Janet Nutter CAN 589.38 7 Valerie McFarlaneAUS 549.26 8 Sue Wetteskog SWE 538.65 10m Platform 1 Irina Kalinina URS 412.71 2 Martina Jaeschke GDR 384.09 3 Melissa Briley USA 364.74 4 Barb Weinstein USA 363.84 5 kerstin Krause GDR 362.16 6 Elena Vaitsevskovskaia URS 361.11 7 Rikkio Yamanaka JPN 348.60 8 Valerie McFarlaneAUS 339.42 Men 3m Springboard 1 Boggs USA 618.57 2 Bibiasi ITA 615.18 3 Russell USA 579.48 4 Cagnotto ITA 574.05 5 Strahov URS 554.01 6 Vasin URS 550.91 7 Hoffmann GDR 549.90 8 Granham CAN 485.76 10m Platform 1 Diviasi ITA 559.53 2 Russell USA 523.74 3 Hoffmann GDR 492.15 4 Cagnotto ITA 492.06 5 Mihailin URS 484.05 6 Moore USA 484.02 7 Ambartzmjan URS 479.97 8 Granham CAN 470.88 Men 3m Springboard 1 Phil Boggs USA 597.12 2 Klaus Dibiasi ITA 588.21 3 Viatcheslav Strakhov URS 577.59 4 Tim Moore USA 558.60 5 Franco Cagnotto ITA 549.45 6 Falk Hoffmann GDR 537.45 7 Frank Taubert GDR 508.26 8 Norbert Huda WGE 503.37 10m Platform 1 Klaus Dibiasi ITA 547.98 2 Nikolai Mikhailin URS 532.94 3 Carlos Giron MEX 529.71 4 Kent Vosler USA 521.58 5 Falk Hoffmann GDR 537.45 6 Tim Moore USA 495.81 7 David Ambartsumjan URS 490.35 8 Franco Cagnotto ITA 472.23 Men 3m Springboard 1 Phil Boggs USA 913.95 2 Falk Hoffmann GDR 873.33 3 Giorgio Cagnotto ITA 845.51 4 Aleksandr Kosenikov URS 840.27 5 Carlos Giron MEX 836.43 6 Christopher Snode GBR 835.08 7 Dieter Doerr GER 817.08 8 Jim Kennedy USA 814.73 10m Platform 1 Greg Louganis USA 844.11 2 Falk Hofmann GER 836.76 3 Vladmimir Alenik URS 813.62 4 Carlos Giron MEX 802.32 5 David Ambartsumjan URS 769.23 6 Dieter Doerr GER 749.55 7 Mark Virts USA 725.69 8 Scott Cranham CAN 705.21
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