Rob Woodhouse
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Men's Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 400m Medley | |
| Pan Pacific Games | |||
| Silver | 1985 Tokyo | 200m Medley | |
| Silver | 1987 Brisbane | 400m Medley | |
Robert ("Rob") Woodhouse (born June 23, 1966) is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director. He is the only male Australian to have won an Olympic medal in an individual medley event.
[edit] Biography
Woodhouse was educated at Melbourne's Scotch College, where he excelled at swimming.
Selected for the Australian swimming team, he competed at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
[edit] Sporting Achievements
- Bronze, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
- US National Champion 400m Individual Medley - 1984
- Silver, 200m Individual Medley, Pan Pacific Games, Tokyo - 1985
- Silver, 200 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh
- Silver, 400 Metre Individual Medley, 1990 Commonwealth Games, Auckland
Woodhouse retired from swimming in 1990.
[edit] Business career
After completing an MBA, Woodhouse set up his own sports management company in 1996. In the following years, he merged this business with the firm of former Collingwood football player Craig Kelly, forming Elite Sports Properties Ltd.
In 2000, British company Sportsworld Media Group bought Elite Sports Properties from Woodhouse and Kelly for $23 million in cash, with an undisclosed share package to complete the deal. The following year, Sportsworld collapsed, and Woodhouse, Kelly and fellow directors Scott Davidson and Ricky Jackson did "a Kerry Packer on an Alan Bond" and bought Elite back for a tidy $2 million.
Elite has become Australia's foremost sports management company, representing hundreds of top Australian olympians, footballers, rugby players and media personalities.
In 2005, Elite joined forces with the Chinese Government, forming Chine Elite Sports Properties, in order to develop marketing opportunities leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Among the sportspeople that he represents is the triple Australian Olympic gold medal-winning star Jodie Henry.
Woodhouse has also appeared as part of various swimming commentary teams, including for the Nine Network, and as a pundit on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation during the Athens Olympics.
