Tamika Domrow

Domrow was born on 6 September 1989 in Brisbane[1][2] and is from Camp Mountain.[3] She attended Samford State School[1] and St Paul's School, Bald Hills.[1][4] She has a Certificate in Companion Animal Services.[1][2] As of 2012, she lives in Brisbane[1] and works for Samford Pet Resort as an apprentice kennel technician.[3] Her employer accommodated her training schedule.[3]

Domrow is 165 centimetres (5 ft 5 in) tall, weighs 56 kilograms (123 lb)[1][5] and is right handed.[2]

Tamika is married to Mathew Glover.

Domrow is a synchronized swimmer,[1][5][6] taking up the sport at the Valley Pool in Brisbane when she was ten years old.[1] In 2008, she was a member of Neptunes Synchronised Swimming Club.[2] As of 2012 a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids.[6] She was coached by Mike Burgess. Her former coach died in July 2008, not long before the 2008 Games.[4] She has been coached by Marina Kholod since 2005.[1]

Domrow broke into Australia's senior national team when she was fifteen years old.[1] In 2007, she competed at the FINA world championships in the team event.[7] The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine.[7]

Domrow competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics as an eighteen-year-old.[3][4][6][8][9][10][11] Her team came in seventh.[8] Prior to going to Beijing, she participated in a ten-day training camp at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.[4] Following the Beijing Games, she retired from the sport for eighteen months.[3]

Domrow and Jenny-Lyn Anderson competed in the Open Free Duet at the 2011 National Championships, coming away with a fourth-place finish.[1] In 2012, she competed with the national team at events in Perth, Spain and New Caledonia.[3]

Domrow was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.[1][5][12] She qualified for the Olympics as a member of the national team at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.[1] At her second Games, she will be twenty-two years old.[3] In preparation for the Games, she spent up to nine hours a day in the pool.[3]