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Australian Aquatics Media Guide - XII FINA World Swimming Championships – Melbourne March 17 – April 1, 2007 © HSM NAME: GAVIN WOODS NICKNAME: Woodsy D.O.B: 3 rd March, 1978 AGE: 28 BORN: Sydney, NSW LIVES: Russell Lea, NSW MARITAL STATUS: Defacto HGT: 199 WGT: 100 CLUB/INSTITUTE: Balmain/NSWIS TRAINS (Pool): Dawn Fraser Baths COACH: Ray Mayers CAP No. 10 POSITION: Centre Forward HANDEDNESS: Right OUT OF THE POOL FAMILY MEMBERS: Partner Caroline Hildreth, daughter Siahn 3, daughter Emmy 4 months. PERSONAL STUDIES/OCCUPATION: Studying Accounting, working Accountant. SPORTS BEFORE Water Polo/AUSTRALIAN TEAMS/MAJOR RESULTS (with year): Full Basketball Australia Scholarship, 1993, aged 15. SUPERSTITIONS: Just thinking I’m superstitious ULTIMATE RELAXATION: Lying back with my feet up on the couch SPECIALTY IN THE KITCHEN: Spaghetti Bolognaise ONE THING YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Breakfast WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AWAY FROM WATER POLO: Play golf FAVOURITE: SPORTING TEAM: West Tigers, Rugby League MOVIES: Lord of the Rings TV SHOW: Supernatural CD’S: Pete Murray FOOD: Grilled chicken burgers DRINK: Coffee AUSTRALIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS EVENT LOCATION YEAR RESULTS Olympics Sydney, Australia 2000 8th Athens, Greece 2004 9th World Championships Perth, Australia 1998 4th Fukuoka, Japan 2001 9th Barcelona, Spain 2003 8th Commonwealth Games / Manchester, England 2002 2nd Champs Club Titles (Aust and OS) Barcelona, Spain 2002 Spanish League Champions Barcelona, Spain 2002 Cupa Del Rey World Cup Sydney, Australia 1999 8th World Jnr Championships Dunkirk, France 1995 4th Havana, Cuba 1997 4th Overseas Clubs Nuoto Catania, Italy 1998 7th Barcelona, Spain 2000-2003 2nd, 1st, 3rd. HOBBIES: I’d like it to be golf…. PETS: a fish called ‘Fish’ LAST BOOK READ: ‘The Big Red Bus’ to my daughter. WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST ASSET? Selective hearing! FAMILY MEMBERS: Partner Caroline Hildreth, daughter Siahn 3, daughter Emmy 4 months. HAVE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA OR PLAYED SPORT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? Partner was an Olympic swimmer 2000, sister and cousin are Sydney Olympic Waterpolo gold medallists, father triple Olympian for Waterpolo. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS? A Waterpolo player HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As an alright bloke WATER POLO SHORT TERM GOALS: To win a major championship medal WATER POLO ULTIMATE GOAL: To win a major championship gold medal PERSONAL AMBITIONS: To learn how to balance career, family, study and Waterpolo. HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OBSTACLES DURING YOUR WATER POLO CAREER? The opposition! WHAT AGE DID YOU START WATER POLO AND WHY? About 6. It looked like fun.
Australian Aquatics Media Guide - XII FINA World Swimming Championships – Melbourne March 17 – April 1, 2007 © HSM ATHLETE PROFILES WOMEN NAME: GEMMA BEADSWORTH NICKNAME: Gem, beads, beady etc D.O.B: 17/07/87 AGE: 19 BORN: Perth Western Australia LIVES: Perth Western Australia MARITAL STATUS: Single HGT: 180cm WGT: 83kg CLUB/INSTITUTE: Fremantle Marlins (club) Western Australian Institute of Sport & AIS TRAINS (Pool): Challenge Stadium and Bicton Pool WA COACH: Greg Mcfadden National coach, Wendy Arancini Club coach CAP No. 2 POSITION: Centre forward, centre back HANDEDNESS: Right CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Being a part of the gold medal winning 2006 World Cup team who competed in China, inaugural winners of women’s national league competition in Australia in 2004 and backing up in 2005. Being selected in the tournament seven for the 2005 World Junior Women’s Championships. OUT OF THE POOL FAMILY MEMBERS: Julie Beadsworth (mum) Gene Beadsworth (dad) Jamie Beadsworth (brother) WHAT OR WHO INSPIRES YOU: Roger Federer for his unbelievable ability and skill. ROLE MODELS: Cathy Freeman, her ability to perform under so much pressure from the media and fans as well as the pressure she would have placed on herself. PERSONAL STUDIES/OCCUPATION: Bachelor of Commerce (major Property, second year) Curtin University of Technology (Bentley WA) INTERESTING FACTS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU NOW: SUPERSTITIONS: no superstitions, don’t like the idea of things that are out of my control ULTIMATE RELAXATION: nice long massage, followed by a hot bath SPECIALTY IN THE KITCHEN: Cassata ( ice-cream cake pretty easy to do!) ONE THING YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: hair dryer would be one of them WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AWAY FROM WATER POLO: go out with friends, relax and read FAVOURITE: SPORTING TEAM: West Coast Eagles AFL MOVIES: Dirty Dancing, The Departed, A Night at the Roxbury, Dodgeball, Wedding Crashers, The Notebook TV SHOW: Greys’s Anatomy, Seinfield, Friends, Frasier BANDS/MUSIC: Sneaky Sound System, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, The Killers, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol AUSTRALIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS EVENT LOCATION YEAR RESULTS World Championships Montreal, Canada 2005 6th Commonwealth Games / Perth WA 2006 Gold medal Champs Club Titles (Aust and OS) National League Sydney, NSW 2004 Gold medal National League Brisbane Qld 2005 Gold medal National League Sydney NSW 2006 Bronze medal World Cup Tianjin, China 2006 Gold medal World Jnr Championships Perth WA 2005 Bronze medal CD’S: Mariah Carey Music Box FOOD: seafood, sushi, sticky date pudding DRINK: coffee WATER POLO EVENT: (domestic) National league (international) World Championships HOBBIES: shopping, reading, floating and relaxing in my pool if that counts BEST MATES: ex-school mates and water polo friends LAST BOOK READ: Tandia, by Bryce Courtney WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST ASSET? Determination and family support HAVE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA OR PLAYED SPORT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? Yes, my brother is in the Men’s National Water polo team and has been playing professionally in Spain. WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND WHY? My parents and my brother have always supported with everything. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 WORDS? Determined, loyal, laid- back WATER POLO SHORT TERM GOALS: To make this World Championship team, followed by winning the championship WATER POLO ULTIMATE GOAL: Beijing Olympic Gold medal PERSONAL AMBITIONS: To achieve my full potential HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANY OBSTACLES DURING YOUR WATER POLO CAREER? Injury wise I dislocated my knee cap in 2005 World Championships in the second last game of the tournament which kept me out of the water for two months, partially dislocated my left shoulder in Commonwealth Championships WHAT AGE DID YOU START WATER POLO AND WHY? I was nine years old, my brother and I swam with Claremont Uniswim Swimming Club and were told by friends to try Flippa ball (modified version of water polo) down at Melville Water polo club Bicton Pool and have played ever since. FAVOURITE WATER POLO PLAYER AND WHY? Kelly Heuchan, her natural ability and feel for the game also great person FAVOURITE ATHLETE AND WHY? Roger Federer his outstanding ability and skill
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