Chantelle Newbery

Chantelle Lee Newbery OAM (née Michell) (born 6 May 1977) is an Australian former diver. She won a gold medal in diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2006 became the 22nd athlete to be named in the Australian Institute of Sport Awards' "Best of the Best".

Chantelle Newbery
OAM

Personal information
Birth name	Chantelle Lee Michell[1]
Born	(1977-05-06) 6 May 1977[2] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[2][1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	3m Synchronised Springboard 10m Platform
Club	Mel Am Diving Club[1]
Medal record Women's Diving Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10m Platform 2004 Athens Springboard Synchro World Championships 2005 Melbourne 10m Platform Synchro 1998 Perth 3m Springboard Commonwealth Games 1998 KL 1m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 10m Platform Synchro 1998 KL 3m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 3m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 10m Platform
Updated on 2 August 2015.

Career

Born in Melbourne, Newbury's first international success was at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the 3m springboard event. Later that year Newbery became Commonwealth champion by winning the gold medal in the 1m springboard event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won a silver medal two days later in the 3m springboard.

At the 2000 Olympic Games Newbery finished fourth in the synchronised 3m springboard event. Four years later, she won a gold medal in the 10m platform event at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games ahead of Lao Lishi of China and fellow Australian Loudy Tourky.

In the 2005 Australia Day Honours Newbery was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).[3] Also in 2005, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.[4]

Personal life

Newbery took time away from diving for almost a year while pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to her son Jet in 2002. In May 2004, she married fellow diver Robert Newbery; they both competed for Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Their second son, Ryder, was born in 2006.

Post-diving career

In 2009 Newbery told Australian magazine Woman's Day that she was admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital for severe depression. She had also made suicide attempts.[5]

In 2014, Newbery pled guilty to drug charges and was placed in a drug diversion programme after being arrested in possession of methamphetamines.[6] In November 2018, Newbery was charged with six counts of theft, leading to a three-month prison sentence. Her sentence was suspended and she was released on parole.[7]

References

1. "Chantelle Michell-Newbery". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. 2006 Commonwealth Games (2006). AQUATICS PROFILES (PDF). Melbourne: education.melbourne2006.com.au. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
3. "Chantelle Lee Newbery". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
4. "Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'". Ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
5. Fiona Byrne (24 March 2009). "Chantelle Newbery battling chronic depression". The Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
6. "Olympic diving gold medallist pleads guilty to drug charge". www.abc.net.au. 11 July 2014.
7. Sophie Volker (15 November 2018). "Olympian Chantelle Newbery sentenced to three months in prison on stealing charges". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 13 August 2019.