Chris Mears (diver)

Chris Mears

Chris Mears at the 2016 Olympics in Rio
Personal information
Full name	Christopher James Mears
Nickname(s)	Chris
Born	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 24) Reading, Berkshire
Residence	Leeds
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  England
Event(s)	1m, 3m, 3m Synchro
Club	City of Leeds Diving Club
Partner	Jack Laugher
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro World Championships 2015 Kazan 3 m synchro European Championships 2016 London 3 m springboard synchro Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 3 m springboard synchro

Chris Mears MBE (born 7 February 1993) is a British diver and DJ/Producer from Burghfield Common, near Reading, Berkshire. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the synchronised 3m springboard event with Jack Laugher and won gold, the first Olympic gold medal for Britain in diving.

Mears also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 3-metre springboard individually, and the 3-metre synchronised springboard event with his team-mate Nicholas Robinson-Baker. The pair won a silver medal during the 2011 FINA Diving World Series, were placed fourth in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal during the 2013 Diving World Series in Edinburgh. At the Olympics the pair finished in fifth place, while Mears was ninth in the individual competition.

Mears also participated in the 2012 European Championships, finishing 8th in the 3 m springboard and 5th in the synchro event on the same occasion.