Key facts
- Full name
- Matthew John Mitcham
- Nickname
- Matt
- Born
- ( 1988-03-02 ) 2 March 1988 (age 38) , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
- Height
- 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
- Spouse
- Luke Rutherford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2024 )
- Country
- Australia
- Event s
- 1 m, 3 m, 5 m, 7 m, 10 m
- Club
- Abbotsleigh Diving Club NSW, Perfect 10 diving
- Former partner
- Scott Robertson (3 m)
- Coached by
- Chava Sobrino
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Brisbane
- Occupation
- competitive diver
- Educated at
- University of Sydney
- Participant in
- 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- artistic gymnastics
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 67
- Official website
- www.mattmitcham.com
- Image
- Matthew Mitcham.jpg
- Height
- 174
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- Commons category
- Matthew Mitcham
- date of birth
- 1988-03-02
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- birth name
- Matthew John Mitcham
- medical condition
- depression
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthew John Mitcham OAM (born 2 March 1988) is an Australian retired diver and trampolinist. As a diver, he was the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10m platform, and he is the 2nd highest single-dive score in Olympic history (at the time it was the highest scoring dive ever). This made him the first openly gay man to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthew Mitcham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.