Vyninka Arlow
Vyninka is a great all round athlete and at 11 years
of age she was a state champion in three sports - diving,
basketball and surf competitions. Vyninka's mother, Robyn,
competed as a diver in the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games and she
was a silver medallist in the 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games
Platform event.
Vyninka
distinguished herself very well at her first Olympic Games in
Barcelona. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria,
Canada Vyninka dived extremely well to win a silver medal in the
10m event. She is one of the top platform divers in the world
today after winning a bronze medal in the 1995 World Diving Cup
in Atlanta. Vyninka currently trains with Salvador Sobrino
Saldivar at the Australian Institute of Sport in Brisbane and is
considering studying Architecture at Queensland University.
Infomation
| Date of birth: | 25 March 1974 | |
| Hometown: | Greenwood, WA | |
| Resides: | Belmont, Qld | |
| Coaches: | Raelene Lyon | |
| Steve Foley | ||
| Wang Tongxiang | ||
| Salvador Sobrino (current) | ||
| Event: | 10m Platform | |
| Scholarships: | Western Australian Institute of Sport | |
| Australian Institute of Sport | ||
| 1996 | International Springertag - Rostock, Germany | 3rd, 10m |
| Swedish Flag New Zealand | 4th, 10m | |
| FINA Southern Cross International Diving Grand Prix | Unable to compete due to injury | |
| Olympic Ahtlete Program (OAP) squad member | ||
| 1995 | Australian Institute of Sport (Queensland) Athlete of the year | |
| Olympic Athlete Program (OAP) squad member | ||
| Winter Nationals | 1st, 10m | |
| Sportland NRW Cup- Aachen, Germany (invitational) | 3rd, 10m | |
| World Diving Cup | 3rd, 10m | |
| Alamo International Grand Prix (USA) | 4th, 10m | |
| Dive Canada Grand Prix | 3rd, 10m | |
| Summer Nationals | 1st, 10m | |
| Swedish Flag (New Zealand) | 1st, 10m | |
| Southern Cross International Grand Prix | 3rd, 10m | |
| 1994 | OAP Squad Member | |
| Commonwealth Games | 2nd, 10m | |
| Southern Cross International | 2nd, 10m | |
| Spring Swallow International (Germany) | 7th, 10m | |
| Summer Nationals/Trials | 2nd, 10m | |
| Alamo International | 3rd, 10m | |
| 1993 | Summer Nationals | 1st, 10m |
| World Diving Cup (China) | 11th, 10m | |
| Winter Nationals | 1st, 10m | |
| 1992 | Barcelona Olympic Games | 10th, 10m |
| Nathan Meade International | 3rd, 10m | |
| 1991 | Swedish Cup International | 2nd, 10m |
| Vienna International | 3rd, 10m | |
| Bolzano International | 3rd, 10m | |
| World FINA Cup | 13th, 10m | |
| VIth World Championships | 10th, 10m | |
| World Junior Championships | 5th, 10m | |
| 5th, 3m | ||
| 1990 | Member - Southern Cross International Team | |
| 1989 | Member - World Junior Championships Team | |
| 1987 | Member - World Junior Championships Team |