Chantelle Newbery

Chantelle Newbery

Personal information
Birth name	Chantelle Lee Michell[1]
Born	(1977-05-06) 6 May 1977 (age 47)[2] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[2][1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	3m Synchronised Springboard 10m Platform
Club	Mel Am Diving Club[1]
Medal record Women's Diving Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10m Platform 2004 Athens Springboard Synchro World Championships 2005 Montreal 10m Platform Synchro 1998 Perth 3m Springboard Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 1m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 10m Platform Synchro 1998 Kuala Lumpur 3m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 3m Springboard 2006 Melbourne 10m Platform
Updated on 2 August 2015

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' "Best of the Best".

Career

Born in Melbourne, Newbury's first international success was at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the 3m springboard event. Later that year Newbery became Commonwealth champion by winning the gold medal in the 1m springboard event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won a silver medal two days later in the 3m springboard.

At the 2000 Olympic Games Newbery finished fourth in the synchronised 3m springboard event. Four years later, she won a gold medal in the 10m platform event at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games ahead of Lao Lishi of China and fellow Australian Loudy Tourky.

In the 2005 Australia Day Honours Newbery was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).^[3] This was cancelled on 15 September 2022 https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2022G00986/asmade/text ^[4]

Also in 2005, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.^[5]

Personal life

Newbery took time away from diving for almost a year while pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to her son Jet in 2002. In May 2004, she married fellow diver Robert Newbery; they both competed for Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Their second son, Ryder, was born in 2006. The couple later divorced.^[6]

In 2009 Newbery told Australian magazine Woman's Day that she was admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital for severe depression. She had also made suicide attempts.^[7]

In 2014, Newbery pled guilty to drug charges and was placed in a drug diversion programme after being arrested in possession of methamphetamine.^[8] In November 2018, Newbery was charged with six counts of theft, leading to a three-month prison sentence. Her sentence was suspended and she was released on parole.^[9]

In 2021, Newbery was caught with an ice pipe while shoplifting. She pleaded guilty to stealing and possessing drug utensils.^[6]

In January 2023, Newbery pleaded guilty to stealing groceries in July 2022 and for unlicensed driving in December 2022. She was sentenced to eight months jail but released on parole immediately as she had to care for her 18-month-old niece. She was also disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a month.^[6]

References

1. "Chantelle Michell-Newbery". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. 2006 Commonwealth Games (2006). Aquatics Profiles (PDF). Melbourne: education.melbourne2006.com.au. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015.
3. "Chantelle Lee Newbery". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
4. "Cancellation of award - Order of Australia - Ms Chantelle Lee Newbery". 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
5. "Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'". Ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
6. "Australian Olympic champion Chantelle Newbery caught stealing from Woolworths". News.com.au. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
7. Fiona Byrne (24 March 2009). "Chantelle Newbery battling chronic depression". The Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
8. "Olympic diving gold medallist pleads guilty to drug charge". ABC News. 11 July 2014.
9. Sophie Volker (15 November 2018). "Olympian Chantelle Newbery sentenced to three months in prison on stealing charges". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 13 August 2019.