Steve Foley (diver)

Steve Foley
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1957-07-11)11 July 1957
Sport
Sport Diving
Medal record
Men’s Diving
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
1982 Brisbane10m Platform
1982 Brisbane3m Springboard

Stephen Neil 'Steve' Foley (born 11 July 1957) is a former Australian diver. He competed at three successive Olympic Games and three Commonwealth Games.

Foley competed in the springboard and platform events at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics.[1] In the Commonwealth Games he won silver medals in both events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, and also competed in 1978 and 1986. He retired after the 1986 games,[2] but remained involved in the sport as a coach.[3] He was Australia's head diving coach at the 1988 Olympics but switched to work for the British diving team in 1999. In 2008 he was appointed as the high performance director by USA Diving.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Steve Foley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rogerson plunges to perfection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. p. 31.
  3. ↑ "Now a splash for the future". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 1986. p. 82.
  4. ↑ "USA Diving Hires Steve Foley as High Performance Director". 6 September 2008.
  • Profile at Australian Olympic Committee


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