Rachel Bugg (born 7 March 1989) is an Australian diver. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 10m women's synchronised platform diving event with Loudy Wiggins.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Buggie |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 7 March 1989[1] Belair, South Australia |
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2012)[1] |
| Weight | 56 kg (8 st 11 lb; 123 lb) (2012)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Diving |
| Event | 10m synchro |
| Club | Diving South Australia |
Personal
editNicknamed Buggie, Bugg was born on 7 March 1989 in Belair, South Australia.[2] She is originally from Adelaide,[3][4] South Australia.[5] She attended Mercedes College.[6] In 2008, following retirement from diving, she worked on a diploma of beauty therapy.[3] She moved to Brisbane in 2010 in order to improve her diving training[3] and continued to live and train there in 2012.[2]
Bugg is 158 centimetres (62 in) tall.[2]
Diving
editBugg dives in the 10m synchronised platform diving and 10-metre individual event.[5] She started participating in diving when she was twelve years old, switching sports from gymnastics.[4][7] When she first started in the sport, she did not enjoy it.[4] She is a member of Diving South Australia's diving club[2] and has a diving scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[2] As of 2012[update], she is trained by Hui Tong[2] in Brisbane[3] at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre.[2]
Bugg retired from competing prior to the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics due to injury,[3] following the 2008 Australian national diving championships. In her first dive of the competition, she injured her right triceps with a third-grade tear.[3] She resumed diving in the middle of 2009.[3]
Bugg competes internationally in the FINA Grand Prix 10m platform diving events, both as an individual and in synchronised diving with a partner; there are six Grand Prix events scheduled annually. Some notable finishes in 2010 individual events include tenth in Fort Lauderdale in the US and seventh in Madrid; in 2011 her finishes included twelfth in Bolzano, Italy, and fifth in Madrid; and in 2012 she finished fourth at Rostock, Germany. In synchronised diving in 2010, she competed with dive partner Hannah Thek, and finished fifth in Fort Lauderdale in the US; in 2011, they had two second-place finishes: one in Bolzano and the other in Moscow. In 2012, she partnered with Loudy Wiggins, and the pair placed fourth in Fort Lauderdale and second in Montreal.[2]
Bugg was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 10m women's synchronised platform diving event[3][5][7] with dive partner Wiggins.[4][8] Her spot to London was finalised in May 2012.[3] She missed an individual spot after the national trials where she vied for a spot against thirteen other women.[9][7] Going into the 2012 Olympics, she had ten training sessions a week, with each session lasting three hours.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she and Wiggins finished in 4th place.[10]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the individual 10 m platform, and the 10 m platform synchronised with Melissa Wu.[11][12]
References
edit
- ^ a b c "Rachel Bugg". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Rachel Bugg". Diving Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Schultz, Duane (25 June 2012). "Diving dreams for Bugg". Eastern Courier Messenger. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Williamson, Brett (4 April 2012). "Diving into life". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Big stage to benefit 'show pony' Mitcham". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Griffiths, Emily (13 July 2012). "Mercedes celebrates its Olympians". Eastern Courier Messenger. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ a b c McGuire, Michael (7 July 2012). "Our Olympians: Rachel Bugg". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "Wiggins misses individual Olympic dive". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Dougherty, Tom (2 April 2012). "Rachel Bugg's Games hopes on track". The Advertiser. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "Rachel Bugg Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Rachel Bugg Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links
edit- Rachel Bugg at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Rachel Bugg at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Rachel Bugg at Olympics.com
- Rachel Bugg at Olympedia
- Rachel Bugg at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Rachel Bugg at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
