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Maddison Keeney (born 23 May 1996) is an Australian diver. She is a dual Olympic medalist, winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She has also won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games, and silver medals at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.




Background


Keeny was born in Takapuna, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. She grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where she attended Churchlands Senior High School. She attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a bachelor's degree in physics and computer science.




Career


Keeney rose to prominence in the Australian aquatic scene, when she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. There, she won the silver medal in the 1 m springboard event, a bronze in the 3 m synchronised springboard event with her partner Anabelle Smith and came 4th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, Keeney finished seventh in the 3 m springboard, fourth in mixed synchronised 3 m springboard, and twelfth in the 1 m springboard.
Keeney performed for the synchronised springboard diving, alongside Anabelle Smith, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, the pair opened with a back dive pike, scoring a score of 48.00 to share fifth place with Germany. On the third dive, they scored 72.20, slipping them to sixth place, within striking distance from bronze. They moved up one spot in the standings to fifth on 228.09 in the penultimate round, before snatching bronze in their final dive.
At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Keeney won gold in the 1m springboard.
She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal in the women's 3 metre springboard event and came 7th in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event.
Keeney was training to compete for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, the games were rescheduled to 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic but pulled out due to an injury.
For the 2022 Commonwealth Games, contested in Birmingham, England, Keeney won a gold medal in the 3 metre synchronised springboard, scoring less than 20 points ahead of silver medalists Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Ng Yan Yee of Malaysia with a final mark of 316.53 points achieved with her partner Anabelle Smith. The following day, she won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard, scoring 348.95 points in the final round of competition. One day later, she scored 304.02 points with partner Li Shixin in the mixed 3 metre synchronised springboard to win the silver medal.
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she came 5th in the 3 metre synchronised springboard event alongside Anabelle Smith. She later won a silver medal in the women's 3 metre springboard event, placing second behind Chen Yiwen of China.




References






External links


Maddison Keeney at World Aquatics
Maddison Keeney at Olympics.com
Maddison Keeney at Olympedia
Maddison Keeney at the Australian Olympic Committee
Maddison Keeney at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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