Julie Kent (diver)

Julie Kent (born 19 April 1965, Hobart[1]) is a retired Australian diver. She represented Australia at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the 10m platform in the 1986 Commonwealth Games. World Age Group Champion 1983, winner of Federation of Australian sport Junior athlete of the year 1983. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2]

Julie Kent
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's diving
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1986 Edinburgh10m platform

Julie was a selector for diving Australia for a number of years and managed the most successful Olympic Diving team in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games.[3]

In 1997, Kent became the first woman president of the Tasmanian Olympic Council.[4] In 2007, she was entered onto the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women.[5] As of 2019, she was unemployed after running a cafe business for seven years.[6]

References
  1. Julie Kent, sports-reference.com
  2. AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Commonwealth Games - Australian Medallists
  4. Kent, Julie, The Australia Women's Register.
  5. Julie Kent Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmania.
  6. Alexandra Humphries (20 July 2019). "Julie is applying for jobs almost every day, but this former Olympian and CEO is still unemployed". ABC News.


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