Robert Frederick Newbery (born 2 January 1979 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former diver. He won a bronze medal in the

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and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett. He was an

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scholarship holder.AIS Athletes at the Olympics
His ex-wife,

Chantelle Newbery Chantelle Lee Newbery (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' "Be ...

, is an Olympic gold medalist in diving. His brother, William Newbery, is a viola player with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = ...

with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 2010. He is currently working at Toowoomba Hospital.

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