Thomas Robert Daley OBE (born 21 May 1994) is an English retired diver, YouTuber and television personality. He is an Olympic champion in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform event at the 2020 Olympics and double world champion in the FINA 10-metre platform event, winning in 2009 at the age of fifteen, and again in 2017. He is an Olympic bronze medallist in the 2012 platform event,[8] the 2016 synchronised event,[9] and the 2020 platform event,[10][11] He won the silver medal in the men's synchronised 10-metre at the 2024 Olympics, making him the first British diver to win 5 Olympic medals.[12][13] Daley also competes in team events, winning the inaugural mixed team World title in 2015, and repeating the win in 2024, his fourth World title in all. He is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, a two-time junior World Champion, a five-time European champion and four-time Commonwealth champion.
Daley started diving at the age of seven and is a member of Plymouth Diving Club, where his talent was identified early, and made an impact in national and international competitions from age nine. He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he was Britain's youngest competitor, age fourteen, and the youngest from any nation to participate in a final.[14] In 2009, Daley reached a career-best ranking of number one in the FINA World Aquatics Championships Diving Rankings for the 10 m platform.[15] He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the 10 m synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10 m Individual Platform competition.[16]
After the 2012 Summer Olympics and a summer of increased sporting interest amongst the UK public, 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.[17]
In 2023, Daley became an assistant diving coach at UCLA.[18]
In August 2024, a day after the 2024 Summer Olympics concluded, Daley announced his retirement from professional diving.[19]
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- ^ https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055677/tom-daley-olympics-2024-diving-knitting#:~:text=Hourly%20News-,Tom%20Daley%2C%20British%20diver%2C%20knitter%20and%20fan%20favorite%2C%20wins,hobby%20at%20the%20Tokyo%20Olympics. [bare URL]
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- ^ "Delhi 2010: Tom Daley and Max Brick win diving gold". BBC News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (7 January 2013). "Tom Daley proves he's chairman of the board with solid debut for Splash!". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Three Swim and Dive Bruins to Compete at Paris Olympics". UCLA. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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