Stacie Powell (born 18 December 1985) is a British diver and astronomer. She represented her country at the

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

in Beijing ( 10 metre platform and synchronized 10 metre platform) and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

( 10 metre platform). She is also a postgraduate student in astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy Cambridge, researching

FU Orionis FU Orionis is a variable star, variable and binary star system in the constellation of Orion (constellation), Orion, that in 1937 rose in apparent visual magnitude from 16.5 to 9.6, and has since been around magnitude 9. The name ''FU Or ...

.The Periodic Spectroscopic Variability of FU Orionis-Nasa ADS
/ref> While an undergraduate at the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

she spent a year abroad working at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. Powell went to Oxted School and was in Tenchleys house, leaving in 2004. She revisited the school in October 2012 to give a presentation to some astronomy classes.

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1985 births Living people British female divers Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Great Britain 21st-century British astronomers British women astronomers Alumni of the University of Southampton {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub