Matthew Mitcham
- January 5, 2024
- Diver
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Matthew Mitcham |
| Occupation | Diver |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 2, 1988(1988-03-02) |
| Age | 36 |
| Birthplace | Coopers Plains |
| Country | Australia |
| Birth City | Queensland |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Matthew Mitcham Biography
| Name | Matthew Mitcham |
| Birthday | Mar 2 |
| Birth Year | 1988 |
| Place Of Birth | Coopers Plains |
| Home Town | Queensland |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Spouse | Luke Rutherford |
Matthew Mitcham is one of the most popular and richest Diver who was born on March 2, 1988 in Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia. The gold medal for the 10m platform event in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was won by an Australian Olympic diver. His Olympic record single-dive score was 112.10, which is the highest score for a single dive.
Both he and the United States’ He and the United States’ David Boudia are both Olympic champions of the 10m platform event. were Olympic champions in the 10m platform event.
As a trampolinist, Mitcham represented Australia at the World Junior Championships in 1999 and 2001, winning the double mini-tramp event. He also competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2003, finishing sixth.
From 2002 through 2004, Mitcham was a national junior champion in diving, winning the events in which he competed. Mitcham competed at the 2002 World Junior Diving Championships, where he placed 11th in the 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) springboard, 5th in the 3 m and 16th in the 10 m platform. In 2004, he won the silver medals in the 1 m, 3 m synchronised, and 10 m platform events at the World Junior Championships. At the 2004 Junior Nationals, he won the 1 m, 3 m, and 10 m and 3 m synchro titles. At the 2004 Olympic Trials, he placed 3rd on the 3 m and 10 m individual events, 2nd on the 3 m and 10 m synchro events, and did not qualify for the Olympic team. In 2005, Mitcham won his first senior national title. He competed at the Australian Olympic Youth Festival, where he won the silver medal in the 1 m with a score of 508.35, and won the 3 m, 10 m and 3 m synchro (with Scott Robertson) titles with scores of 565, 555.8, and 316.23 respectively. At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, he placed 12th on the 10 m platform with a score of 560.73.
He was in a relationship to Lachlan Fletcher.
Matthew Mitcham Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Diver |
| House | Living in own house. |
Matthew Mitcham is one of the richest Diver from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matthew Mitcham 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started out as a trampoline gymnast and competed in the 1999 and 2001 World Junior Championships.
He is gay openly and has been a champion for gay rights in Australia. In 2009, he was the Chief of Parade for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Matthew John Mitcham OAM (born 2 March 1988) is a retired Australian diver and trampolinist. As a diver, he was the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10 m platform, having received the highest single-dive score in Olympic history. This made him the first openly gay athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
Matthew Mitcham height 5 ft 9 in Matthew weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Matthew Mitcham Dating?
According to our records, Matthew Mitcham married to Luke Rutherford. As of December 1, 2023, Matthew Mitcham’s is not dating anyone.
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Mitcham was born in Brisbane but lives and trains in Sydney. He publicly came out as gay in 2008 to the Sydney Morning Herald when they were profiling Olympic hopefuls. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was also featured on the cover of the international gay publication The Advocate in August 2008 and March 2009, as well as the cover of Australian gay publication DNA. Mitcham’s then boyfriend, Lachlan Fletcher, attended the 2008 Summer Olympics as a spectator. His trip was sponsored by a grant from Johnson & Johnson’s Athlete Family Support Program.
Facts & Trivia
Matthew Ranked on the list of most popular Diver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Matthew Mitcham celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.
Mitcham represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10 m platform and the 3 m springboard events. He placed 16th on the 3 m springboard and did not qualify for the final. He qualified in second position for the semi-final and final of the 10 m platform event. After experiencing mixed success in his first five dives in the final, Mitcham entered the final round of dives in second place, 34 points behind Chinese diver Zhou Lüxin. After Zhou performed his worst dive of the final and scored 74.80, Mitcham still needed to score 107.30, a very high score on the platform, to win the gold. However, his near- perfect final dive drew four perfect 10 scores from judges and achieved a score of 112.10, the highest single-dive score in Olympic history. He finished with an overall score of 537.95 to defeat Zhou, who finished with an overall score of 533.15, to win Australia’s second diving medal of the Games. His win prevented China from claiming a clean-sweep of all diving gold medals at the Olympic Games. He is the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve in 1924.
What happened Matthew Mitcham?
Now 32, Mitcham is happily married and has been clean for five years. Mitcham told BBC that as a child he tried to ‘train’ himself to be straight.
Is Matt Mitcham married?
On 3 June 2019, he announced his engagement to his British boyfriend Luke Rutherford after being together for seven months, and they married on 22 February 2020.
Who is Matthew Mitcham?
Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham announces he’s selling naked photos on OnlyFans after ‘so many people’ begged him to pose nude. He became an overnight sporting sensation after winning gold in the men’s 10 metre platform diving at the 2008 Olympics.
Who has the highest single dive score in Olympic history?
Australian Diver, Matthew Mitcham is credited with having received the highest single-dive score in Olympic history. At the 2008 Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, Mitcham chose to execute a two-and-one-half somersault with two-and-one-half twists in the pike position for his last dive.
Why did Matthew Mitcham retire?
Olympic diving gold medallist Mitcham retires after giving up on Rio 2016 bid. Beijing 2008 diving champion Matthew Mitcham, one of the best-known openly gay athletes to compete at the Olympic Games, has announced his retirement from the sport in order to concentrate on his growing career in media and entertainment.