University of Queensland alum Keeney wins silver medal in Olympic

With this silver medal, Keeney also becomes the first one in the history of the country who get any individual Olympic medal in a springboard diving event.

Study in Australia: Keeney (Bachelor of Science '17), an alum of University of Queensland has won the silver medal in the women’s 3-metre springboard.

As per the university, she always had the potential but to perform consistently and confidently, she had to overcome physical challenges and mental demons to step onto the Olympic podium in Paris. She pulled off one of the most difficult dives to get her first individual Olympic medal and she also is the first one in the country to get an individual Olympic medal in this sport.

While commenting on this achievement she said, “It’s everything. It’s coming from the bottom of the barrel around 2020, 2021, missing out on Tokyo [Olympics]. I think it’s made me a better person, it’s made me a better athlete and I’ve really fallen back in love with the sport.”

Keeney had potential, says university

She has always been known for tackling the biggest dives but also faced many challenges as she suffered from inconsistency and nerves in the early part of her career.

“In order to beat the Chinese you need to take risks. I know that I can perform this dive. I’m lucky to be very gifted, I’m quite strong on the springboard so I’m able to perform these more difficult dives," she said.

She was thrilled to receive her medal from the International Olympic Committee member and Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh, who was a diver in her youth.

“I probably embarrassed myself and told her I loved her," she said.

She added, “I came into this Olympics just deeply happy internally, no matter what the outcome would be. That’s how I was able to bounce back from the synchro because no matter what happened I’m just so happy with where I am in my career and where I am in diving, and being able to have how I feel inside reflected in results, it makes you feel pretty good.”

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