Mathew Helm (born 9 December 1980) is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the

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in the men's 10-metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals. In the

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held in

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, he won the 10-metre platform gold medals in the Individual and Synchro. Born in

Bourke, New South Wales Bourke is a town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in Bourke Shire, Bourke is approximately north-west of the state capital, Sydney, on the south bank of the Darling River. It is also si ...

, Helm was an

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scholarship holder. Helm is openly

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Olympic divers for Australia Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport divers Olympic medalists in diving Australian gay sportsmen LGBTQ divers Australian male divers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Commonwealth Games gold medallists in diving 21st-century Australian LGBTQ people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub