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Given name: Luke
Family name: Quinlivan
Date of birth: 20/8/85
City of birth: Perth
Height: 192cm
Weight: 100kg
Marital status: Single
Home town and State: Perth, Western Australia
Club/team: Triton
National League team: UWA Torpedoes
Higher education: Currently Studying Bachelor of Communications/Journalism
Course: Communications/Journalism
Institution: Edith Cowan University
Occupation: Student/Athlete
Age when began competing in your sport: 13
Where did you begin competing: City Beach Club/Aquinas College
Cap number: 1 or 13
Playing position: Goalkeeper
Handedness: Right
Major achievements:
4th FINA World League Super Finals, Athens, Greece, 2006
7th FINA Jnr World Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2005
3rd, FINA World League Super Finals, Berlin, Germany, 2007
3rd, FINA World League Super Finals, Genoa, Italy, 2008
Nickname: Quinny
Hobbies: Movies, Music (70’s & 80’s Rock)
Most memorable sporting achievement: 32 saves and 6 steals against Serbia and Montenegro in Montenegro 2005.
Any other sport played at an international level: No
Any relatives/spouses who have competed internationally: Yes
If so, who and what sports: Father: Neil Brooks (Swimming). He won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics (Moscow, Los Angeles). He also won 3 Gold Medals at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and won Gold and Silver at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. The relay team he competed with was known as the “Mean Machine.”
What made you choose this sport: My love for the water and my intense dislike for swimming (hence, I’m a goalkeeper)
Which person do you most look up to in your sporting career and why: People that I’m aspiring to beat. They keep me motivated and hungry. I also respect my coaches, without their counsel it would be harder for me to improve the areas of my game where it is needed - both in and out of the water. (Andrei Kovalenko, John Fox and Eddy Denis are the main ones).
What are your ambitions both during and after your sporting career: To lead a successful, respect commanding lifestyle. To be a productive working member in society and to lead by example as best as possible.
Awards:
Best Goalkeeper: Sarmartzidis Cup 2002, Greece
MVP GoalKeeper: Tom Hoad Cup, Perth, 2007
No of internationals played: 46
Updated July 1, 2008
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