Tom Daley

Tom Daley

Thomas Robert " Tom" Daley (born 21 May 1994, Plymouth, England ) is a British diver in the 10- m- category.

In the swimming world championships in Rome in 2009 he won the 10 -meter platform diving and so went the youngest world champion in history.

Career

At the age of seven years, Daley began diving and came at a very young age in national and international competitions to. In the years 2004, 2005 and 2006, he was a British valedictorian in all categories (1 -meter springboard, 3 -meter springboard diving ). On the diving board, he won in June 2004, his first national junior title ( under 18) at the age of 10 years, making him the youngest winner in this category. In 2005, he joined as a guest at the Australian Elite Junior Nationals and was the first on the diving board and second on the 3 -meter springboard ( 14-15 years). He also appeared at the Aachen Junior International 2005 in the category of 14-15 years, where he was second on the diving board and third on the 3 -meter springboard. In 2006, he was both the diving platform, as well as on the springboard British champion of the under- 18s. On the 10 - meter diving tower, he finished second at the British Championships 2007 adults ( December 2006).

In January 2007, Daley was at the age of 12 years, a special permission to attend the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Australia on 2007. Normally, participants must be at least 15 years old here. Despite a persistent thumb injury Daley managed to win with Callum Johnstone a silver medal in 10 -meter synchro final jump. In the same year he won the title at the adults jump tower at the ASA National Championships, a purely English competition, and began to participate in FINA competitions. He won twice the 2nd place in individual competition. In January 2008, he won the 10 - meter diving tower - category at the British Championships and became the youngest British winner of the 10 -meter title. With his new partner, which twelve years older than Blake Aldridge, he also won the 10 -meter synchro title at the diving tower.

Two weeks later he won his first medals on the FINA - level, one bronze medal in the individual competition at the jump tower and silver in the synchronized diving at the Madrid Grand Prix Daley and Aldridge won bronze in synchronized diving at the FINA Diving World Cup 2008. Their score was a British record, and Daley became the youngest male medalist ever in an international competition. Daley came seventh in the individual competition. In March 2008, Daley became the youngest athletes at the European Swimming Championships 2008 in Eindhoven gold. Prior to the Scottish swimmer Ian Black was the youngest swimmers. He won European gold in 1958 at the age of 17 years.

In May 2008, he was sixth in the FINA World Ranking of Men in category 10 - meter diving tower.

2007 Daley was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality award. He was considered a medal contender for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and was financially supported by the athlete support program of the British government. This allowed him to compete in international competitions. Since he was a British Olympic hopes, he was accompanied by the BBC television series Olympic Dreams.

In February 2009, he defended his rank in the 10 -meter jump in the UK and won with 517.55 points, a personal best in the competition, 133.45 points ahead of second place. However, he could defend his title in the 10 -meter synchronized diving not defend, as his partner Blake Aldridge had been jumping a few days earlier injured in a fight in a nightclub. In March 2009 he improved his personal best to 540.70 points by finishing third at a Diving World Series event in China. The following month, he was in a World Cup competition in Sheffield Second and improved again on 540.85 points.

After the nightclub incident Aldridge and the resulting loss in the British Championships Daley's father demanded another leap partner for his son. In April, 2009, was Max Brick his new jump partner. Brick is only two years older than Daley. The new duo won the 10 -meter synchronized diving on May 8, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale the silver medal. Daley won the individual competition with a new personal best of 554.90 points, including a top rating of 7 x 10 points on one of his jumps.

Since 2011, Daley jumps to 10 - m- sync competitions together with tower world champion Peter Waterfield. The duo should jump together at the 2012 Olympic Games in London for the medals. At the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, the new Duo sixth reached, the individual from the tower Daley finished fifth. At the games in London Daley and Waterfield missed a medal by finishing fourth. In a high class final from the tower Daley led to the last jump on the competition, but had then the U.S. Olympic gold medalist David Boudia ( 568.65 points ) and the Chinese Qiu Bo ( 566.85 ) to admit defeat and won with 556, 95 points the bronze medal.

Olympic Games 2008

Daley has qualified for the Olympic Games 2008 in the categories 10 -m single and 10 -meter synchronized diving. First it was said that he was the youngest male Olympian Britain of all time, but it turned out that the rower Ken Lester, who participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, with 13 years and 144 days was younger at that time. In synchronized diving Daley and his partner Blake Aldridge occupied the eighth and last place. For the poor performance Aldridge made ​​the media hype about Daley responsible, who have made ​​this nervous. Also, it came between him and Daley to battle, as Aldridge had telephoned between rounds with his mother. In the individual competition Daley finished 7th place

Private

On December 2, 2013 Daley announced in a YouTube video to be in a relationship with a man.

Awards

Diving

  • British Champion in all categories (1 m, 3 m, diving ) in the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 in each age group
  • Gold medal at the Australian Junior Elite Diving Championships 2005
  • 2007: British Championships ( 15 - December 16, 2006 ): 10 - meter diving tower junior champion
  • 2007: ASA National Championships: 10- meter diving tower senior and junior champion, 10- m- synchronous Senior Champion, 3 - meter diving tower junior champion
  • 2008: British Championships: 10- meter diving tower champion, 10- meter diving tower synchronous master ( with Blake Aldridge )
  • 2008: European Swimming Championships 10 - meter diving tower gold
  • 2009: British Championships: 10- meter diving tower master
  • 2009: World Championships Roma: 10- meter diving tower gold
  • 2010: Commonwealth Games 2010 Gold in the tower and synchronized diving

Other Awards

  • Nominated by BBC South West for Youngster of the Year 2005.
  • In the top ten of the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award 2006
  • Awarded by the BBC as Young Sports Personality of the Year 2007
  • In the top three of the BBC at the Young Sports Personality of the Year Award 2008
  • Awarded by the BBC as Young Sports Personality of the Year 2009
  • In the top ten of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2009
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