_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93039.jpg) Watson in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 24 December 2001 Southampton, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Diving |
Tanya Watson (born 24 December 2001) is a diver who represents Ireland and specialises in the 10m platform.[1] She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[2] In 2021, she became the first Irish female diver to qualify for and compete in the Olympic Games.[3] In 2022, she also became the first female diver to quality for and represent Team NI in the Commonwealth Games.[4]
- ^ "Teenage strops and belly flops cut no ice in world of top level diving". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 10m Platform start list" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Tanya Watson becomes first Irish female diver to qualify for an Olympic Games". BBC. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Diving - Women's 10m Platform results" – via www.bbc.co.uk.