Julie Kent (diver)

Julie Kent is a retired Australian diver. She represented Australia at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the 10m platform in the 1986 Commonwealth Games. World Age Group Champion 1983, winner of Federation of Australian sport Junior athlete of the year 1983. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Kent was a selector for diving Australia for a number of years and managed the most successful Olympic Diving team in at the 2004 Olympic Games.
In 1997, Kent became the first woman president of the Tasmanian Olympic Council. In 2007, she was entered onto the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women. As of 2019, she was unemployed after running a cafe business for seven years.
Julie Kent is the daughter of late Tasmanian entrepreneur and politician, Michael Kent.