Xantheia Pennisi (born 26 November 1998) is an Australian

high diver High diving is the act of diving into water from relatively great heights. High diving can be performed as an adventure sport (as with cliff diving), as a performance stunt (as with many records attempts), or competitively during sporting even ...

. She represented Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, and she finished in sixth place in the women's high diving event. In 2019, she finished in ninth place in the

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. She also competed in the

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. In 2023, she competed in the

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event at the World Aquatics Championships held in Fukuoka, Japan. She also competed in the

event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. Pennisi was born in Sunnybank, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Her Filipina mother is from Tarlac.

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Living people 1998 births Female high divers Australian female divers 21st-century Australian sportswomen 21st-century Australian sportspeople Sportswomen from Queensland Sportspeople from Brisbane Australian people of Filipino descent {{Australia-sport-bio-stub