Tamika Domrow
{{short description|Australian synchronized swimmer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
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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
Domrow was born on 6 September 1989 in Brisbane{{cite web|url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/tamika-domrow |title=London 2012 - Tamika Domrow |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |location=Australia |accessdate=2012-07-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64751/bio/index.html |title=2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Tamika DOMROW Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos |publisher=NBC Olympics |year=2008 |accessdate=2012-07-11}} and is from Camp Mountain.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewesterner.com.au/pages/blogs.aspx?ID=4301 |title=London calling for Tamika |publisher=The Westerner |accessdate=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230231709/http://www.thewesterner.com.au/pages/blogs.aspx?ID=4301 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }} She attended Samford State School and St Paul's School, Bald Hills. She has a Certificate in Companion Animal Services. {{As of|2012}}, she lives in Brisbane and works for Samford Pet Resort as an apprentice kennel technician. Her employer accommodated her training schedule.
Domrow is {{convert|165|cm|ftin}} tall, weighs {{convert|56|kg|lb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=domrow-tamika-1094980/index.html |title=DOMROW Tamika - Video, News, Results, Photos |publisher=NBC Olympics |year=2012 |accessdate=2012-07-11}} and is right handed.
Tamika is married to Mathew Glover.
Synchronized swimming
Domrow is a synchronized swimmer, taking up the sport at the Valley Pool in Brisbane when she was ten years old. In 2008, she was a member of Neptunes Synchronised Swimming Club. {{As of|2012}} a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids.{{cite web|url=http://www.thewesterner.com.au/pages/blogs.aspx?ID=4216 |title=Twenty years in the swim |publisher=The Westerner |accessdate=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325114738/http://www.thewesterner.com.au/pages/blogs.aspx?ID=4216 |archive-date=2012-03-25 }} She was coached by Mike Burgess. Her former coach died in July 2008, not long before the 2008 Games. She has been coached by Marina Kholod since 2005.
Domrow broke into Australia's senior national team when she was fifteen years old. In 2007, she competed at the FINA world championships in the team event.{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/swimming/better-show-tipped-in-australias-first-final/2007/03/17/1174080225074.html |title=Better show tipped in Australia's first final — Swimming — Sport |publisher=The Age |accessdate=2012-07-11}} The ten person team was the first Australian one to make it in the finals for the synchronised swimming free combination routine.
Domrow competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics as an eighteen-year-old.{{cite web|last=Grimaux |first=Andre |url=http://northern-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/olympian-lauds-mentor/ |title=Olympian lauds mentor |publisher=Northern Times |date=2008-07-31 |accessdate=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812042655/http://northern-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/olympian-lauds-mentor/ |archive-date=2012-08-12 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/brisbane-schoolgirl-olga-burtaev-dancing-into-london-olympics/story-fn9dheyx-1226268314186 |title=brisbane schoolgirl olga burtaev dancing into london olympics |publisher=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne, Australia |accessdate=2012-07-11}}{{cite news|author=Matt, Will and Adam from Homewood School, Kent |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/7556263.stm |title=School Report | Students' synchronised interview |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-08-12 |accessdate=2012-07-11}}{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=594140 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230151142/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=594140 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-30 |title=It's sync or swim for Aussie pair |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |accessdate=2012-07-11 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sync-swimming/elite-overhaul-could-bring-synchronised-swimming-glory/2008/07/15/1215887582036.html |title=Sync Swimming — Sports — Olympics |publisher=smh.com.au |accessdate=2012-07-11}} Her team came in seventh. Prior to going to Beijing, she participated in a ten-day training camp at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Following the Beijing Games, she retired from the sport for eighteen months.
Domrow and Jenny-Lyn Anderson competed in the Open Free Duet at the 2011 National Championships, coming away with a fourth-place finish. In 2012, she competed with the national team at events in Perth, Spain and New Caledonia.
Domrow was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-10/queenslanders-lead-synchronised-swimmers-to-london/3822976?section=sport |title=Queenslanders lead synchronised swimmers to London |publisher= ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2012-02-10 |accessdate=2012-07-11}} She qualified for the Olympics as a member of the national team at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. At her second Games, she will be twenty-two years old. In preparation for the Games, she spent up to nine hours a day in the pool.
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Category:Australian synchronised swimmers
Category:Olympic synchronised swimmers for Australia
Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportswomen from Queensland