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Maddison Keeney

Maddison Keeney

Australian diver

Maddison Keeney (born 23 May 1996) is an Australian diver. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games, and silver medals at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Career

Keeney rose to prominence in the Australian aquatic scene, when she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. There, she won the silver medal in the 1 m springboard event, a bronze in the 3 m synchronized springboard event with her partner Anabelle Smith[3] and came 4th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.[4]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Keeney finished seventh in the 3 m springboard, fourth in mixed synchronised 3 m springboard, and twelfth in the 1 m springboard.[5]

Keeney performed for the synchronized springboard diving, alongside Anabelle Smith, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, the pair opened with a back dive pike, scoring a score of 48.00 to share fifth place with Germany. On the third dive, they scored 72.20, slipping them to sixth place, within striking distance from bronze. They moved up one spot in the standings to fifth on 228.09 in the penultimate round, before snatching bronze in their final dive.[6][7]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Keeney won gold in the 1m springboard.[8]

She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal in the women's 3 metre springboard event and came 7th in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event.[9]

For the 2022 Commonwealth Games, contested in Birmingham, England, Keeney won a gold medal in the 3 metre synchronized springboard, scoring less than 20 points ahead of silver medalists Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Ng Yan Yee of Malaysia with a final mark of 316.53 points achieved with her partner Anabelle Smith.[10][11] The following day, she won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard, scoring 348.95 points in the final round of competition.[12][13] One day later, she scored 304.02 points with partner Li Shixin in the mixed 3 metre synchronised springboard to win the silver medal.[14][15]

References

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    "Glasgow 2014". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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    "Maddison Keeney". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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    Smith, Wayne (2 August 2014). "Maddison Keeney rises to second ahead of 3m diving finals". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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    "Glasgow 2014 - Maddison Keeney Profile". results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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    "Women's 1m Springboard startlist of the 2015 World Aquatic Championships". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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    Pentony, Luke (8 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Australia's Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith win Olympic diving bronze". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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    "Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith win Olympics diving bronze". ESPN. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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    "Australia's Maddison Keeney wins 1m springboard gold". 16 July 2017.
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    "Diving | Athlete Profile: Maddison KEENEY - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results". Longines. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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    Lim Teik Huat (6 August 2022). "A fine silver for Wendy-Dhabitah in women's 3m springboard synchro". The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 3m Springboard Final Results". Longines. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 3m Springboard Medallists". Longines. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed Synchronised 3m Springboard Final Results". Longines. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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    "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed Synchronised 3m Springboard Medallists". Longines. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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