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Tom Daley (diver)

Tom Daley
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Tom Daley in 2016
Personal information
Full name Thomas Robert Daley
Born (1994-05-21) 21 May 1994 (age 23)
Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Residence London, United Kingdom
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (11 st 9 lb; 163 lb)
Spouse(s) Dustin Lance Black (m. 2017)
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
 England
Event(s) Diving (10 m, 10 m synchro, 3 m, 3 m synchro)
Club Plymouth Diving Club
London High Performance Centre
Partner Daniel Goodfellow
Grace Reid
Coached by Jane Figueiredo

Thomas Robert "Tom" Daley (born 21 May 1994) is a British diver. Daley specialises in the 10-metre platform event and was the 2009 FINA World Champion in the individual event at the age of 15. He started diving at the age of seven and is a member of Plymouth Diving Club. He has made an impact in national and international competitions from age 9. He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he was Britain's youngest competitor, the youngest competitor of any nationality outside the sport of swimming, and the youngest to participate in a final. In 2009, Daley reached a career-best ranking of number one in the FINA World Diving Rankings for the 10m platform.

He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the 10m synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10m Individual Platform competition, and won the bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

After the 2012 Olympic Games and a summer of great sporting interest amongst the public in the UK, television network ITV approached Daley to have a role in their new celebrity diving reality TV show Splash!. Daley made his debut in the show's premiere on 5 January 2013 as a mentor to the celebrity competitors taking part.

At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won a bronze medal in the synchronised 10m platform. Daley also set an Olympic record score in the individual 10m platform (which was broken the following day by Chen Aisen).


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