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Robert Frederick Newbery (born 2 January 1979 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former diver. He won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]
His ex-wife, Chantelle Newbery, is an Olympic gold medalist in diving. His brother, William Newbery, is a viola player with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 2010.[citation needed] He is currently[when?] working at Toowoomba Hospital.
References
[edit]- ^ AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine