- Rob Woodhouse
Robert ("Rob") Woodhouse (born
June 23 ,1966 ) is a formerAustralia n Olympic swimmer, specializing inmedley swimming . He is now a prominent sports agent and company director. He is the only male Australian to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event.Biography
Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College, where he excelled at swimming.
Selected for the Australian swimming team, he competed at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, the
1986 Commonwealth Games inEdinburgh ,Scotland , and the1990 Commonwealth Games inAuckland ,New Zealand .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
* Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, AucklandWoodhouse retired from swimming in
1990 .Business career
After completing an
MBA , Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1996. In the following years, he merged this business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties Ltd.In 2000, British company Sportsworld Media Group bought Elite Sports Properties from Woodhouse and Kelly for $23 million in cash, with an undisclosed share package to complete the deal. The following year, Sportsworld collapsed, and Woodhouse, Kelly and fellow directors Scott Davidson and Ricky Jackson did "a Kerry Packer on an Alan Bond" and bought Elite back for a tidy $2 million.
Elite has become Australia's foremost sports management company, representing hundreds of top Australian olympians, footballers, rugby players and media personalities.
In 2005, Elite joined forces with the Chinese Government, forming Chine Elite Sports Properties, in order to develop marketing opportunities leading up to the 2008
Beijing Olympics . Among the sportspeople that he represents is the triple Australian Olympic gold medal-winning starJodie Henry .Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various swimming commentary teams, including for the Nine Network, and as a pundit on the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation during the Athens Olympics.References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/rob-woodhouse-1.html Profile]
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