Rob Woodhouse
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| Full name | Robert Woodhouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Rob" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia |
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| Born | 23 June 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Woodhouse (born 23 June 1966) is an Australian former competition swimmer who specialised in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director. He is the only Australian male to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event.
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Biography
Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College, Swinburne University (BBus), and Victoria University (MBA).
Representing the Australian swimming team, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane (1982), Edinburgh (1986), and Auckland (1990). He was an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship holder.[1] His sister Susie was also an AIS scholarship holder.
Sporting Achievements
- Bronze, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
- US National Champion 400m Individual Medley - 1984
- Silver, 200m Individual Medley, Pan Pacific Games, Tokyo - 1985
- Silver, 200 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Gold, 400 Metre Individual medley, 1987 World University Games, Zagreb
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland
Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990.
Business career
Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1995. In the following years, he merged his business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties.
Elite Sports Properties has become Australia's foremost sports management company, representing hundreds of top Australian Olympians, footballers and media personalities. The company is now also established in Great Britain, representing a number of high-profile British Olympians.
Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various radio and television swimming commentary teams at swimming world championships (1998, 2007, 2009), Olympic Games (2004 & 2008), and Commonwealth Games (1994, 2006 & 2010).
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Australian male swimmers
- Male medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
- Australian sports agents
