Luke Quinlivan (born 20 August 1985 in

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) is an Australian

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player who plays as a goalkeeper. He was part of the Australian water polo team that won the gold medal at the World University Games in Serbia in 2009 and won a

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bronze medal in 2007 in

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and in 2008 in

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Private life

Quinlivan's parents are

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, and Lynette Quinlivan. He attended

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and was then awarded a full sporting scholarship at the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of th ...

in Canberra for water polo between 2002 and 2005. Quinlivan has been studying a Bachelor of Communications specialising in journalism at

Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman. Gaining univers ...

Water polo career

In December 2008 Quinlivan competed in the

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in a composite team called the "Barbarians" which he captained. The team won the gold medal in the international competition. Despite being in the final 15, he was dropped from Australian selection for the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

. Quinlivan played in the 2008-2009 Australian National Water Polo League (NWPL) competition for the Victorian Tigers. The Tigers won the Southern Cross Trophy for the men's competition, which means at the end of the fixtured competition they were the winning team. They eventually placed fifth. He represented Australia at the World University Games in Belgrade Serbia in July 2009. He saved a penalty shot in the men's semi-final game to help the Australian team win and progress to the gold medal play off.''World Water Polo News'' Australia won the men's gold medal final against Croatia 6-4. This is the first time an open men's Australian water polo team has won a gold medal at a major international tournament. Quinlivan had an 81% save rate in the final against Croatia. Quinlivan represented Australia at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.

References

External links

"Luke Quinlivan-Profile"
Australian Water Polo Inc. {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinlivan, Luke 1985 births Living people Australian male water polo players People educated at Aquinas College, Perth 21st-century Australian people Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia