Luke Quinlivan
Luke Quinlivan (born 20 August 1985 in Perth) is an Australian water polo player who plays as a goalkeeper. He was part of the Australian water polo team that won the gold medal at the World University Games in Serbia in 2009 and won a FINA Water Polo World League bronze medal in 2007 in Germany and in 2008 in Italy.
Contents
- 1 Private life
- 2 Water polo career
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Private life
Quinlivan's parents are Neil Brooks, and Lynette Quinlivan. He attended Aquinas College, Perth and was then awarded a full sporting scholarship at the Australian Ins*ute of Sport in Canberra for water polo between 2002 and 2005. Quinlivan has been studying a Bachelor of Communications specialising in journalism at Edith Cowan University.
Water polo career
In December 2008 Quinlivan competed in the Tom Hoad Cup in a composite team called the "Barbarians" which he captained. The team won the gold medal in the international compe*ion.
Despite being in the final 15, he was dropped from Australian selection for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Quinlivan played in the 2008-2009 Australian National Water Polo League (NWPL) compe*ion for the Victorian Tigers. The Tigers won the Southern Cross Trophy for the men's compe*ion, which means at the end of the fixtured compe*ion they were the winning team. They eventually placed fifth.
He represented Australia at the World University Games in Belgrade Serbia in July 2009. He saved a penalty shot in the men's semi-final game to help the Australian team win and progress to the gold medal play off.
Australia won the men's gold medal final against Croatia 6-4. This is the first time an open men's Australian water polo team has won a gold medal at a major international tournament. Quinlivan had an 81% save rate in the final against Croatia.
Quinlivan represented Australia at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
References
External links
- "Luke Quinlivan-Profile" Australian Water Polo Inc.