Daniel Goodfellow
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Daniel Goodfellow at the Rio Olympics
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19 October 1996 Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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 United Kingdom England
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| Event(s) | 3 m, 10 m, 10 m synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Plymouth Diving Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Marc Holdsworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 October 1996
Daniel "Dan" Goodfellow (born 19 October 1996) is a British diver and an Olympic bronze medalist. He first represented Great Britain as a senior at the 2013 European Diving Championships in the 10 m platform event and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in the same event. Goodfellow won a bronze medal in the Men's 10m Synchronised Platform event with his diving partner Tom Daley at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Goodfellow was born in Cambridge on 19 October 1996. His mother is Sharon Goodfellow (née Baxter). From 2008 to 2013 he was a student at Melbourn Village College.
Goodfellow started attending sessions held by Cambridge Dive Team at Parkside Pools when he was young. He won gold medals in 10m platform as well as 3m and 1m springboard in the 10 to 11-year-old category of the 2007 ASA National Age Group Championships as well as a bronze in the synchro. In 2012, when he was 15, he was selected for the Great Britain development squad for his potential to be successful in sports. He moved to Plymouth to train in 2013 and joined Plymouth Diving Club.
In 2011 at the age of 14, Goodfellow won his first medal in a major competition at the European Junior Diving Championships in Belgrade, winning bronze in the 3m springboard. In 2012, he won silver on the 10m platform, bronze on individual 3m springboard, and gold on the 3m springboard synchro with Freddie Woodward at the International Youth Meet in Dresden, Germany. In 2013, he won gold in the 10 metre platform at the European Junior Championships.
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