Stacie Powell (born 18 December 1985) is a British diver and astronomer. She represented her country at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing ( 10 metre platform and synchronized 10 metre platform) and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

( 10 metre platform). She is also a postgraduate student in astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy Cambridge, researching FU Orionis.The Periodic Spectroscopic Variability of FU Orionis-Nasa ADS
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University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

she spent a year abroad working at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. Powell went to Oxted School and was in Tenchleys house, leaving in 2004. She revisited the school in October 2012 to give a presentation to some astronomy classes.

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1985 births Living people British female divers Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Great Britain 21st-century British astronomers British women astronomers Alumni of the University of Southampton {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub