Coral Bentley (born 30 December 1984 in

Dandenong, Victoria Dandenong is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated mainly ...

) is a retired Australian

synchronized swimmer Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...

who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Bentley was born on 30 December 1984 in Dandenong, Victoria. Bentley is tall and weighs . As of 2008, Bentley lives in Melbourne, Victoria.

Synchronised Swimming

Bentley was a synchronised swimmer, who began the sport at age 11 in 1996. After reading about synchronised swimming in a newspaper, she joined the Dandenong Dolphins club. Bentley was a member of the Australian National Junior Team in 2001 and 2002 and went on to the National Team in 2003. She competed for Australia at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. In 2004, Bentley went to Japan with her duet partner for two months and performed in a circus called Aqua Life. She traveled to Japan in 2005 for the Synchro World Cup. In 2007, Bentley was part of Australia's free combination routine at the 2007 FINA World Championships. In 2008, Bentley qualified to represent Australia with

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in the team event at Beijing 2008. Australia placed seventh out of eight teams. Bentley retired from synchronised swimming at the age of 23, due to the financial difficulties involved in competing in the sport.Marc McGowan
"Beijing to be a bittersweet end for Bentley"
''Star Community'', 18 July 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bentley, Coral 1984 births Living people Australian synchronised swimmers Olympic synchronised swimmers for Australia Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Swimmers from Melbourne People from Dandenong, Victoria