Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham will not compete in Rio after announcing his retirement from diving.
The 27-year-old, who claimed gold in the 10-metre platform at the 2008 Beijing Games, is leaving the sport to focus on his media and entertainment career.
"I have achieved everything I hoped for, including the big three - Olympic gold in 2008, world No.1 in 2010, and Commonwealth gold in 2014 which could never have happened without all the help I've had along the way," Mitcham said on Thursday.
"I've had a really good run, and I'm so grateful that I've been able to do what I love for as long as I have.
"I have no doubt that Grant Nel, James Connor and Domonic Bedggood, along with our girls, will do Australia proud at the Rio Olympic Games this year.
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"I look forward to still being involved in sport in one way or another, but I can't wait to dive into this next chapter."
Mitcham competed for Australia as an 18-year-old at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
He went on to compete at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, collecting one gold medal and six silver medals.
Mitcham's final competition dive at the Beijing Games remains the highest individual score in Olympic diving history and made him the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve in 1924.
Diving Australia chairman and two-time Olympian Michael Murphy said Mitcham could be regarded as Australia's most successful diver.
"He has had his fair share of ups and downs, but he has been a wonderful ambassador for our sport and an inspiration for so many athletes in general, not just divers," Murphy said.
"His gold-medal performance as a 20-year-old in Beijing, beating the highly rated Chinese divers in their own pool, is rightly considered one of Australia's great Olympic moments."
