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Five current and former students at The University of Western Australia have lived up to the University's aim of achieving international excellence at this year's Delhi Commonwealth Games, bringing home four gold medals and one silver.

Swimmer Tommaso D'Orsogna, a former student now based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, was a member of the gold medal 4x100m freestyle relay team while commerce student Fergus Kavanagh, of Crawley, won gold as part of the Kookaburra men's hockey team.

Rhythmic gymnast and sports science student Janine Murray, of Claremont, was part of the gold medal team event for rhythmic gymnastics.  She finished seventh in the individual all-round for rhythmic gymnastics.

Commerce student Michael Freiberg, of Dianella, won gold as part of the men's cycle team pursuit and silver in the men's cycling sprint event and pole vaulter Amanda Bisk, a science graduate who lives in Scarborough, finished sixth in the women's pole vault.

UWA law/commerce student James Lewis also achieved a good result at the recent Commonwealth Fencing Championships held in Melbourne, taking 12th place in the men's individual epee and was a member of the Australian men's epee team that placed fourth overall.

Media references

Bea Sonnenberg (UWA Sport and Recreation)  (+61 8)  6488 4659  /  (+61 4) 24 946 986
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 5563  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716