Robert Woodhouse (born 23 June 1966) is an Australian former competition

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who specialised in

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. He is now a sports agent and company director. Woodhouse and

Brendon Smith Brendon Smith (born 4 July 2000) is an Australian swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics and has competed in the Summer Universiade and the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials. Smith and Rob ...

are the only Australian men to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event. He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

Biography

Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College,

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(BBus), and

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(MBA). Representing the Australian swimming team, he competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

in Los Angeles and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

in Seoul, as well as the

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in Brisbane (1982), Edinburgh (1986), and Auckland (1990). He was an

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(AIS) scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
His sister Susie was also an AIS scholarship holder. He is also the uncle of Susie's children,

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and

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Gam ...

, who are also Olympic swimmers."Five Things to Know about Swimming Star Emma McKeon"
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Sporting achievements

* Bronze, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics * US National Champion 400m Individual Medley – 1984 * Silver, 200m Individual Medley, Pan Pacific Games, Tokyo – 1985 * Silver, 200 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh * Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh * Gold, 400 Metre Individual medley, 1987 World University Games, Zagreb * Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990. * Duke Kahanamoku Medal, Australian Monthly Swim 2019, Sydney

Business career

Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1995. In the following years, he merged his business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties. Elite Sports Properties has represented Australian Olympians, footballers and media personalities. The company established in Great Britain in 2008, representing a number of high-profile British Olympians including Sir Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and Adam Peaty. In 2015 the company was sold to TLA Worldwide. Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various radio and television swimming commentary teams at swimming world championships (1998, 2007, 2009), Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), and Commonwealth Games (1994, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). Woodhouse served as the general manager for the swim club London Roar, a member of the

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, starting in 2019 and stopping in 2022 in part due to issues surrounding the non-payment of athletes.Keith, Braden (9 February 2022)
"Rob Woodhouse Resigns As General Manager Of London Roar After 3 Seasons"
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''. Retrieved 9 February 2022.Byrnes, Liz (9 February 2022)
"Rob Woodhouse Steps Down As General Manager Of London Roar"
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''. Retrieved 9 February 2022. One of the swimmers of London Roar,

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian ...

, publicly expressed gratitude for Woodhouse via the team website, saying, "I want to say a huge thank you to Rob for his tireless work over the past 3 seasons of ISL and his commitment to all the athletes involved with the London Roar. We couldn't have had the success and fantastic memories without you."

References

External links

Profile at www.sports-reference.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodhouse, Rob 1966 births Living people Australian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Australian Institute of Sport swimmers Australian sports agents Australian businesspeople Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade 20th-century Australian sportsmen 21st-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Swimmers from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state)

Biography

Sporting achievements

Business career

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