Andreas Wels

Andreas Wels

Personal information
Born	1 January 1975 (1975-01) (age 49) Schönebeck, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Medal record Men's diving Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2004 Athens 3 m synchro World Championships 2005 Montreal 3 m synchro 2003 Barcelona 3 m synchro 2007 Melbourne 3 m synchro European Championships 1997 Seville 1 m springboard 2000 Helsinki 3 m synchro 2004 Madrid 3 m springboard 2006 Budapest 3 m synchro 1997 Seville 3 m springboard 1999 Istanbul 1 m springboard 2002 Berlin 3 m springboard 2002 Berlin 3 m synchro 2008 Eindhoven 3 m synchro

Andreas Wels (born 1 January 1975) is a German competitive and synchronized diver.^[1] He has competed at three Olympic Games.^[2]

In 1997 he won his first international title, European Champion in competitive diving on the 1 m springboard. In 1999 he became vice world cup champion in competitive diving on the 3 m springboard, and in 2000 European Champion in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard together with his partner Tobias Schellenberg.

In 2002 he became vice European Champion in competitive diving and synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona he won bronze in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. In 2004 he became European Champion in competitive diving on the 3 m springboard.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Andreas Wels and Tobias Schellenberg won the silver medal in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. They also won the silver medal in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal and a gold at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.