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Nicholas Robinson-Baker

Nicholas Robinson-Baker
Personal information
Birth name Nicholas Robinson-Baker
Nationality British
Born (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987 (age 29)
Peckham, London, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country England
Sport Diving
Event(s) Men's 3 metre springboard

Nicholas Robinson-Baker (born 24 June 1987) is an English diver.

Robinson-Baker became interested in diving when he attended a boxing camp near Crystal Palace and used the pool there. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he was placed 7th overall in the synchronised 3m springboard event with his diving partner Ben Swain. He has won gold, silver and bronze medals on the World Series tour, with a gold in 2009 in 3m synchro with Ben Swain at the World Series leg in Mexico. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he partnered with Chris Mears in the synchronised 3 metre springboard event and came fifth. They have also won a number of gold medals at National Cup and National Championships as well as a silver at the World Series in Mexico. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games he won bronze in the 3m springboard synchro with Freddie Woodward.

He retired from diving in 2014. He described languages as a life passion, and speaks Russian, Albanian, and Romanian.


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