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Background

Bedggood was born on 18 September 1994 in

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, a suburb of Queensland's Gold Coast. He was originally a gymnast but turned to diving after breaking his back in a high bar routine gone wrong. Bedggood started diving at the age of sixteen. He trains at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.

Career

At the

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, Scotland, he won the Men's Synchronised 10m platform with

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. At the

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, Russia, he teamed with

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to win a bronze medal in the Mixed 10m Synchronised. At the

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, Bedggood won a gold medal in the Men's 10m platform and bronze medals in the Men's 3m Synchronized (with

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) and the Men's 10m Synchronized (alongside Dec Stacey). On the second day of diving competition at the

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, held in

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, Bedggood won a bronze medal in the 10 metre synchronized platform with partner

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, scoring 412.56 points to finish less than 18 points behind the gold medal duo from England and less than 2 points behind the silver medal duo from

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