Robert Woodhouse (born 23 June 1966) is an Australian former competition swimmer who specialised in

medley swimming Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles— backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual ...

. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director. Woodhouse and Brendon Smith are the only Australian men to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event. He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

Biography

Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College,

Swinburne University Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1908 as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne to serve those without access ...

(BBus), and Victoria University (MBA). Representing the Australian swimming team, he competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

in Los Angeles and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, as well as the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

in Brisbane (1982), Edinburgh (1986), and Auckland (1990). He was an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
His sister Susie was also an AIS scholarship holder. He is also the uncle of Susie's children,

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and

Emma McKeon Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the ...

, who are also Olympic swimmers."Five Things to Know about Swimming Star Emma McKeon"
'' Olympics.com''. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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 * Gold, 400 Metre Individual medley, 1987 World University Games, Zagreb * Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990. * Duke Kahanamoku Medal, Australian Monthly Swim 2019, Sydney

Business career

Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1995. In the following years, he merged his business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties. Elite Sports Properties became Australia's foremost sports management company, representing hundreds of top Australian Olympians, footballers and media personalities. The company established in Great Britain in 2008, representing a number of high-profile British Olympians including Sir Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and Adam Peaty. In 2015 the company was sold to TLA Worldwide. Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various radio and television swimming commentary teams at swimming world championships (1998, 2007, 2009), Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), and Commonwealth Games (1994, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). Woodhouse served as the general manager for the swim club

London Roar London Roar is a professional swimming club based in London and one of the first clubs of the International Swimming League (ISL) to be formed. It was formed in March 2019, with an international roster of swimmers including Adam Peaty who was among ...

, a member of the

International Swimming League The International Swimming League (ISL) is an annual professional Swimming (sport), swimming league, established in 2019. It features a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions. In 2019, the regular season started in October an ...

, starting in 2019 and stopping in 2022 in part due to issues surrounding the non-payment of athletes.Keith, Braden (9 February 2022)
"Rob Woodhouse Resigns As General Manager Of London Roar After 3 Seasons"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 9 February 2022.Byrnes, Liz (9 February 2022)
"Rob Woodhouse Steps Down As General Manager Of London Roar"
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Swimming World ''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...

''. Retrieved 9 February 2022. One of the swimmers of London Roar,

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

, publicly expressed gratitude for Woodhouse via the team website, saying, "I want to say a huge thank you to Rob for his tireless work over the past 3 seasons of ISL and his commitment to all the athletes involved with the London Roar. We couldn't have had the success and fantastic memories without you."

References

External links

Profile at www.sports-reference.com

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Biography

Sporting achievements

Business career

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