Tamika Domrow
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 6 September 1989 Brisbane |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Synchronized swimming |
| Club | Gold Coast Mermaids |
| Coached by | Anna Nepotacheva, Marina Kholod |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics |
Tamika Domrow (born 6 September 1989) is an Australian synchronized swimmer. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where her team finished seventh and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Australia finished in eighth.
Personal[edit]
Domrow was born on 6 September 1989 in Brisbane[1][2] and is from Camp Mountain.[3] She attended Samford State School[1] and St Paul's School, Bald Hills.[1][4] She has a Certificate in Companion Animal Services.[1][2] As of 2012[update], she lives in Brisbane[1] and works for Samford Pet Resort as an apprentice kennel technician.[3] Her employer accommodated her training schedule.[3]
Domrow is 165 centimetres (5 ft 5 in) tall, weighs 56 kilograms (123 lb)[1][5] and is right handed.[2]
Tamika is married to Mathew Glover.
Synchronized swimming[edit]
Domrow is a synchronized swimmer,[1][5][6] taking up the sport at the Valley Pool in Brisbane when she was ten years old.[1] In 2008, she was a member of Neptunes Synchronised Swimming Club.[2] As of 2012[update] a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids.[6] She was coached by Mike Burgess. Her former coach died in July 2008, not long before the 2008 Games.[4] She has been coached by Marina Kholod since 2005.[1]
Domrow broke into Australia's senior national team when she was fifteen years old.[1] In 2007, she competed at the FINA world championships in the team event.[7] The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine.[7]
Domrow competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics as an eighteen-year-old.[3][4][6][8][9][10][11] Her team came in seventh.[8] Prior to going to Beijing, she participated in a ten-day training camp at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.[4] Following the Beijing Games, she retired from the sport for eighteen months.[3]
Domrow and Jenny-Lyn Anderson competed in the Open Free Duet at the 2011 National Championships, coming away with a fourth-place finish.[1] In 2012, she competed with the national team at events in Perth, Spain and New Caledonia.[3]
Domrow was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.[1][5][12] She qualified for the Olympics as a member of the national team at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai.[1] At her second Games, she will be twenty-two years old.[3] In preparation for the Games, she spent up to nine hours a day in the pool.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "London 2012 - Tamika Domrow". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Tamika DOMROW Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos". NBC Olympics. 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "London calling for Tamika". The Westerner. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Grimaux, Andre (31 July 2008). "Olympian lauds mentor". Northern Times. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "DOMROW Tamika - Video, News, Results, Photos". NBC Olympics. 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Twenty years in the swim". The Westerner. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Better show tipped in Australia's first final — Swimming — Sport". The Age. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b "brisbane schoolgirl olga burtaev dancing into london olympics". Melbourne, Australia: Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Matt, Will and Adam from Homewood School, Kent (12 August 2008). "School Report | Students' synchronised interview". BBC News. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "It's sync or swim for Aussie pair". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Sync Swimming — Sports — Olympics". smh.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Queenslanders lead synchronised swimmers to London". ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 10 February 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.