Matt Mitcham: being the best in the world

Finding the best coach

Success doesn't define you

Matt Mitcham's childhood

Matt Mitcham's role models as a young child

Coming to terms with his sexuality

Trampolining to diving

Drinking and drugs to mask the pain

Becoming sober for the Beijing Olympics

The Olympics: what it takes to compete

Making the Australian Olympic team

Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham on drugs, addiction and fear of failure

Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham made history with his near-perfect dive, but his life was far from it. The champion athlete joins Gary Jubelin to talk about depression, how he punished himself for having gay thoughts and why he escaped his feelings with drugs and alcohol.

Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham made history with his near-perfect dive, but his life was far from it. The champion athlete had a lonely childhood, battled depression from the age of 14, punished himself for having gay thoughts and escaped his feelings with drugs and alcohol. Fighting a crippling fear of failure, Matthew just wanted to be perfect. To be the best. And for a moment, he was.

This is Matthew Mitcham like you’ve never heard him, “warts and all”.



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Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham made history with his near-perfect dive, but his life was far from it. The champion athlete had a lonely childhood, battled depression from the age of 14, punished himself for having gay thoughts and escaped his feelings with drugs and alcohol. Fighting a crippling fear of failure, Matthew just wanted to be perfect. To be the best. And for a moment, he was.
This is Matthew Mitcham like you’ve never heard him, “warts and all”.
 
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After 25 years working homicide, former Detective Gary Jubelin is sitting across the interview room table from cops, crims, and victims.

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 

One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. I Catch Killers is a True Crime Australia production.

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After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 
One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. I Catch Killers is a True Crime Australia production.
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After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories.

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 

One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. I Catch Killers is a True Crime Australia production.

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 
One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. I Catch Killers is a True Crime Australia production.

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