Mathew Helm

Mathew Helm
Medal record

Mathew Helm
Men's Diving
Competitor for  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens 10m Platform
Bronze 2004 Athens Synchro Platform
World Championships
Gold 2003 Barcelona Synchro Platform
Silver 2003 Barcelona 10m Platform
Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 10m Platform
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2006 Melbourne 10m Platform
Gold 2006 Melbourne Synchro Platform


Mathew Helm (born December 9, 1980 in Bourke, New South Wales) is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals. He was one of only eleven openly gay athletes who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1][2]

In the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, he won the 10 metre platform Gold medals in the Individual and Syncro.

References

  1. ^ Olympic diver is openly gay - Outsports
  2. ^ Matt Helm: This diver makes a splash in and out of the pool. DNA magazine, issue 83.




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