Tom Daley

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Thomas Robert Daley (born May 21, 1994) is a British diver. Tom Daley specializes in a 10-meter platform event and is a double world champion in the event; he won the 2009 FINA World Championship in an individual event at the age of 15, before getting it back in 2017. He is the 2012 Olympic Olympic medalist in the event.

Daley also competed in synchronized events and teams. In 2015, he partnered with Rebecca Gallantree with a joint team world title contest, while in 2016 he won a second Olympic bronze in a men's synced 10 meter platform, with Daniel Goodfellow. In 2017, he won the World silver alongside Grace Reid in a mixed 3-meter synchronous event.

He started diving at the age of seven and is a member of the Plymouth Diving Club, where his talent was identified from the beginning, and has been influential in national and international competitions since the age of 9. He represented Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in which he was the youngest English competitor, aged 14, and the youngest of any country to participate in the finals. In 2009, Daley achieved the best number one career ranking at FINA World Diving Rankings for the 10m platform.

She won two gold medals for England at the Commonwealth Games 2010, in 10m diving (with Max Brick) and 10m Individual Platform competition, and won a bronze medal for England in individual competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

After the 2012 Olympics and a very exciting summer among the public in the UK, the ITV television network approached Daley to play a role in their new celebrity reality TV show, Splash! . Daley made his debut at the premiere of the show on January 5, 2013 as a mentor for the celebrity competitors who took part.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won bronze medals in a synced 10m platform. Daley also set an Olympic record score on an individual 10m platform during the first qualifying round, but struggled with an entry in the semis and did not qualify for the final. (The record set by Daley was broken the next day by Chen Aisen).

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Daley was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, son of Debbie (nÃƒÆ' Ã‚ Â© e Selvester) and Robert Daley. He has two brothers - William who is three years younger, and Ben is five years younger. Their father, Robert, died of a brain tumor on May 27, 2011, aged 40 years. Early dive heroes are Canadian divers Alexandre Despatie, who won gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games at the age of 13, and British diver Leon Taylor, who later guided him. Daley was found by a coach, taking part in regular dive lessons, and placed in a competitive squad in September 2002. His first competition was the Novice National Championship in April 2003 where he won a medal in the 8/9 year boy category. In September 2003, he took part in an invitation event in Southampton where he won 1m, 3m and platform events, and first made his mark on a wider audience. Daley won his age group at the British Championships in a 1m jump, a 3m jumpboard, and platforms in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

In June 2004, a month after his tenth birthday, he won a platform competition in the National Junior group (under 18 years), making him the youngest winner of the event. In 2005 Daley competed as a guest competitor in the Australian Elite Junior Nationals and placed first on the platform and second on the springboard 3 m at the 14-15 year age group show. He also competed in the 14-15 category at Aachen Junior International 2005, placing both on the platform and third on the 3m stepping board. He met the qualification standard for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but was not selected for the England team because of his age. In 2006, he was a British under-18 champion in platform and 3m leap, and he finished second in the 10m platform at the 2007 Senior English Championships, held in December 2006.

Education

From the age of 11 to 14 Daley attends Eggbuckland Community College. At 13 he became a supporter of the celebrity ChildLine, a children's support channel run by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), and at that time it was revealed that he had been persecuted eighteen months earlier. In April 2009, Daley was accused to the local premier newspaper of The Herald that he had been bullied at school since the Olympics, and his father told the BBC that he had withdrawn it temporarily from the school because his response to the problem was ineffective. Daley was praised in the media for talking about his problem.

Daley was offered a full scholarship to go to Brighton College's independent school, but his father rejected him for being away from home, and entered negotiations with Plymouth College, the local independent school, which had offered him "a very significant scholarship". A few weeks later it was confirmed that Daley had signed up for Plymouth College.

Daley takes his GCSE in small batches to fit his diving commitments. He persuaded supermodel Kate Moss to pose for the original portrait recreation by David Hockney, as part of a GCSE photography project that created great artwork, having met him on a photo shoot for the Italian version of Vogue. Daley earns eight A * grades and one A in his GCSE.

In 2012, Daley completed two years of A-level studies in math, Spanish and photography. Daley decided not to attend the International Baccalaalureate course due to the pressures he faced in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. He received A * on his A-level Photography, and A on A-level Spanish and Mathematics.

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International competition

2007

In January 2007, at the age of twelve, Daley was given a special dispensation to compete at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. The usual minimum age is fifteen years. Competing with persistent thumb injuries, Daley won a silver medal with Synchro's Callum Johnstone partner in a 10m synchronized final-dive.

Then in 2007, he won a senior platform title at the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships, a national championship for British divers. In 2007 he also started competing in the international Grand Division (FINA) diving circuit in the Grand Prix and World Series, twice finishing fourth in individual competitions.

2008

In January 2008, Daley won a 10m platform event at the British Championships and became the youngest winner of a 10m UK senior title. He also won the 10m platform synchronization title with new partner Blake Aldridge.

Two weeks later, Daley won his first medal at the FINA circuit, winning bronzes in individual and silver competitions in synchro at the Madrid Grand Prix. Daley and Aldridge won bronzes in sync at the FINA Diving World Cup 2008. Their score is a British record and Daley became the youngest men's medalist in the world diving event. Daley occupies the seventh position in the individual competition. In March 2008, Daley became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the European Championships, held in Eindhoven. The youngest ever winner was a Scottish swimmer Ian Black, who won European gold in 1958 at the age of 17.

Daley qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in an individual 10m dive competition and, after retiring from 2004 silver medalist Leon Taylor, in a 10m platform synchronization competition. Some in the British media reported that in competing he would become the youngest British Olympian, until it was confirmed that Ken Lester, cox for the oar pair at the 1960 Olympics, was 13 and 144 days old at the time.. In a synced 10m Olympic platform competition, they are in eighth position, while in individual 10m platform competition he finished seventh.

A month after his performance at the Olympics, Daley participated in the FINA Junior World Championship for the first time (too young to enter earlier). He finished second in the "B" competition category platform (for boys 14 and 15 years old) with 549.60 points, between Qiu Bo China (551.85 points) and Wu Dongliang (474.00 points). He was second in a 3-meter jump competition in the same category with 485.25 points, sandwiched between two Chinese divers, Wu Dongliang (510.25 points) and Wang Peng (470.40 points).

Daley won the Young Personality Personality Award BBC 2007. He is considered a medal candidate for the 2012 Olympics in London from now on, and is one of the British Olympic athletes tracked for years ahead of London 2012 by the BBC television series Olympic Dreams .

2009

In February 2009, Daley retained his 10m British championship respectively, setting a personal best score competition of 517.55 points, 133.45 points ahead of second-placed diver. He can not keep his synced 10m title, because his diving partner, Blake Aldridge, has been hurt in a fight at the nightclub a few days before the championship and can not dive. In March 2009 he improved his best quality to 540.70 in third on the Diving World Series event in China, and the following month he increased it to 540.85 while finishing second in the World Series event in Sheffield.

During the Olympics Daley quarreled with the dive partner Blake Aldridge when the latter called his mother in between rounds. When Aldridge missed the British Championships because of an injury he suffered in the nightclub incident, Daley's father said he wanted his son to have a different dive partner. In April 2009 he began diving with Max Brick, who is two years older than him, compared with a twelve-year gap with Aldridge. The pair earned a silver medal in the 10m synchronized event in Fort Lauderdale on May 8, 2009. Daley won an individual event in the new best personal 554.90, scoring a perfect set of seven 10s for one of his dives.

In the 2009 FINA World Championships, held in Rome, Daley unexpectedly won an individual platform title despite a lower tariff, with a score of 539.85 points, when his opponents made a bad final dive - Qiu Bo finished at 532.20 points, Zhou Luxin at 530.55. In the 10m platform synchronization event at World Championships, Daley and Brick finished in 9th place after a series of dives inconsistent by the new couple.

2010

At the British Championships championship in February 2010 each 10 m, Daley launched his 5255B diving (two-and-a-half-pointed backs, one-and-a-half bends, with a spear) in the competition for the first time, giving him 3.6 tariff dives (minus 3.8 in FINAs' September 2009 DD table). In this competition Daley finished in second place, 40.05 points behind Peter Waterfield.

At the 2010 FINA Diving World Series event in Qingdao 10m individual competition, Daley showed off two new dives and finished in 4th place, 520.35 points (his best score of the year).

In April 2010 the first FINA Diving World Series held in Veracruz, Mexico, Daley failed to qualify for the final round of individual 10m competitions. The second event was held at the same venue three days later to replace the canceled Sheffield DWS event due to Iceland's EyjafjallajÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¶kull Iceland volcano eruption. Daley finished in fourth place, with a score of 519.70 points - the second highest score of the season (just 0.8 points from bronze).

In August 2010, Daley attended the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, intending to retain his personal 10m title. However, the injury to his triceps muscle in the 10m synchronous competition forced his withdrawal from synchronous and individual 10m competitions, and put his participation in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in the next two weeks in doubt. He then announced that Daley would be diving in a 3m jump but not on the 10m platform. Daley took part in the 3m jumping surf competition and finished in 9th place.

On October 12, 2010, Daley attended the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, India. He and his teammate Max Brick won the gold medal for the 10m Synchronized Platform Competition. The next day he also won gold in the 10m Individual Platform competition.

In November 2010, Daley was announced as a nominated sportsman for BBC Sport Personality of the Year 2010 and BBC Youth Sports Personality of 2010. He won the BBC Youth Sport Personality of the Year 2010 for the third time in his career, and was the first person to receive this award three times.

2011

For the 2011 season, Daley is paired in a competition harmonized with 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist Peter Waterfield in a continuing effort of the British Swimming to find the best sync pair for the 2012 Olympics. In the 2011 National Cup, the British Championships are held at the Southern Swimming and Diving Center on January 28-30 and Daley was second in the 3m jumping competition behind Jack Laugher. With Waterfield, it won a 10m platform sync competition. The next day, Waterfield beat Daley to the title of an individual 10m platform for the second year in a row, with 494.25 points to 472.35, with Max Brick third with 399.80.

In the 2011 World Championships, held in Shanghai, China, he was re-paired with Waterfield in a 10m synchronization event. In the week before Waterfield competition was exposed to a flu-like illness for five days, and as a result they finished in sixth place. In individual events, Daley finished in fifth place at 505.10 points, behind Qiu Bo (585.45), David Boudia (544.25), Sascha Klein (534.50), and Victor Minibaev (527.50).

On July 27, 2011, Daley made his first dive at the newly built Olympic Park Aquatics Center in London, marking a one-year countdown until the game begins. It was broadcast live on BBC One and when interviewed he said "Marking a year to go, by diving at the Aquatics Center is a tremendous honor." Just a few years ago, this was a distant dream.The fact that I qualified on the weekend and I'm doing the first dive is a complete privilege.I can not wait for next year and honor to represent Team GB. "

2012

In the 2012 season, thumb injuries forced Daley's withdrawal from the National Cup a few days before the competition (10m platform title won by Max Brick). In February 2012, British Diving Performance Director Alexei Evangulov criticized Daley's work ethic, stating that he was afraid of Daley's media and commercial activities harming his training for the Olympics - a comment that seemed to be supported when Daley and Pete Waterfield could only finish 7th in a 10m synchronization competition at the FINA show World Cup held at the London Aquatics Center.

After a clear meeting between Daley, Evangulov and Daley representatives, Daley participated in the FINA Diving World Series 2012. In the first event held in Dubai, Daley and Waterfield finished fourth in the 10m synchro event, while Daley won silver in the event 10m individual. In an event held in Beijing a week later, Daley and Waterfield won a silver medal in a 10m synchronization event, while in individual shows Daley won silver and Waterfield bronze. Three weeks later, in Moscow, Daley won silver in the individual arena, while the pair finished fifth in sync. In a DWS meeting later this year, in Tijuana, Mexico, Daley won gold in individual platform events, and the couple with Waterfield won bronze in the synchronization event, although the Chinese did not compete in this event at this meeting. During the entire 2012 Diving World Series, Daley and Daley/Waterfield in pairs won individual competition and a total 10 meter synchronization.

In April 2012, Daley won the British elite junior 10 meters by 140 points at Plymouth Life Center.

In May 2012, Daley reclaimed the European platform 10 meter title when he won gold in the Eindhoven championship with a score of 565.05 points, 49.65 ahead of Victor Minibaev in silver position.

At the British Gas Diving Championships held in Sheffield in June 2012, also an Olympic trials, Daley and Waterfield won the 10m synchro platform title with a new British record score of 475.77, more than 140 points ahead of silver medalist Daniel Goodfellow and Ross Haslam at 333,72. In an individual 10m championship, Daley reclaimed the title for the first time since 2009 with a score of 547.60, ahead of Peter Waterfield at 452.80 and James Denny at 390.20.

Olympics

In the UK, Daley has long been considered one of the "poster boys" of the 2012 Summer Olympics, (literally - an 80-foot banner depicting himself adorning John Lewis's department store in Cardiff, while a 40-foot banner) woman, Jessica Ennis the heptathlete, is in a branch of the Sheffield shop.)

It is hoped that the men's 10m aligned event, on the first Monday of the Olympics, will provide Daley and Waterfield with a chance to provide Tim GB's first medal at the Olympics. However, while the pair led the competition after three dives, backing 3 1/2 bad downslope with tuck in the fourth round kept them out of disagreement and they ended the competition in fourth place with 454.65 points, behind Chinese pair Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan at 486.78 points, Mexican pair IvÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¡n GarcÃƒÆ'a and GermÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¡n SÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¡nchez at 468.90 points, and US pair David Boudia and Nicholas McCrory at 463.47 points. After this disappointment, there was controversy when Daley was the subject of some rough Twitter messages, which resulted in police arresting a 17-year-old boy in Weymouth, Dorset and a 28-year-old professional footballer for publishing offensive messages.

Back at Aquatics Center on the last Friday of the Olympics for the men's 10m event, Daley initially gave his fans worries about a poor performance in the preliminary round where he was ranked 15th of 18 qualifying divers for the semi-final with 448.45 points (David Boudia, 18). A much better performance in the semifinals the following morning left Daley in fourth with 521.10 points, behind Qiu Bo at 563.55, Lin Yue at 541.80, and Boudia at 531.15. The final round begins in dramatic form when Daley's star status almost causes its destruction - a large number of cameras flicker when he dives distract him and he scores only 75 points; protests to the referee resulted in him being allowed to retake the dives, when he scored 91.80. At the start of the final round of diving in an enticing contest, Daley led more than Qiu Bo and David Boudia by 0.15 points, but Daley's final dives had a difficulty of only 3.3 while his rivals both scored 3.6 times, and Daley won a bronze medal with 556.95 points while Boudia won gold with 568.65 points and Qiu Bo won silver with 566.85 points.

Junior Diving World Championships

At the 16th FINA World Diving Championships, held in October 2012 in Adelaide, Australia, Daley leads a strong British team and unexpectedly wins a 3m "Semimonton" surfing competition aligned with Jack Laugher, who has winning individual 3m competitions, they have a little practice together. Daley and Laugher scored 338.85 points, more than 30 points above Ilia Kuzmin and Maxim Popkov.

In the 10m individual platform event, Daley won the competition with a score of 663.95, ahead of Yang Jian at 611.95 and Chen Aisen at 597.20, scoring five 10 and two 9.5 on his fifth dive.

2013

In January 2013, Daley was involved in the celebrity dive show ITV Splash! , where he is an expert advisor to celebrity contestants. Although the show received a very negative critical response, it still got the biggest ratings on each of Saturday's five broadcast seasons, and was updated for the second season in 2014. Daley was warned by British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes who took part in the series at risk damaging his chances of winning an Olympic gold medal in the future.

At the British Gas Diving Championships held at his Plymouth pool on February 8-10, Daley competed in a 10-meter individual event, which he won with 501.00 points, ahead of James Denny at 374.90 points and Daniel Goodfellow at 340, 25 points. Daley does not compete in the 10m synchro platform event, as his colleague Peter Waterfield loses funds after the Olympics, and his front sync partners have not been determined yet.

Daley's participation in competitive dives in 2013 was severely curtailed by injuries in May. In April he won the 10m competition at Edinburgh's feet from the World Series of Diving, but while later training for the Dive Grand Prix event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Daley injured his elbow and was forced to withdraw from the Fort Lauderdale competition and the next DWS Event in Mexico. In training for the 2013 World Championships, in Barcelona, â€‹â€‹Daley suffered triceps torn for the third time, and only competed in intensive medical examinations and pain relief injections; he completed the individual 10m competition in 6th place.

2014

In early 2014, Daley moved his training base from Life Center in Plymouth to the London Aquatics Center in Olympic Park in east London, with new coach Jane Figueiredo.

In January 2014, Daley was involved in the second series of Splash! . Ratings are not as good as the first season, and the show is canceled.

In FINA Diving World Series, Daley was third in the 10m platform competition in Beijing, scoring 525.05 points behind China's Cao Yuan at 579.45 and Qiu Bo at 534.05 points.

In 2014 Daley organized a series of six-part travel for ITV2 called Tom Daley Goes Global .

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Daley won a silver medal in the men's 10m synchronized platform with diving partner James Denny and gold on the men's 10m platform, with 516.55 points, defending his title from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.

In August 2014 at the European Championships in Berlin, the Daley/Denny partnership finished fourth in a 10m platform synchronization competition, only in their second competition, while Daley won a silver medal in the 10m platform competition, with 535.45 points behind Russia's Viktor Minibaev has 586.10 points.

2015

For the 2015 season, Daley dropped a "demon dive" (backward 2.5 somersaults with 2.5 bends, piked) who had been having trouble with for a few years, and replaced it with a 3.5-headed overhand with one turn, which he called "fireworks "diving and being shown for the first time at the British championships in Plymouth in February.

At the British championships held at his former Plymouth home pool, Daley won the individual 10m platform title for the fifth time, with 493.70 points, above Matthew Dixon who was 14 at 427.15, and Matty Lee at 413.20.

In the opening opening season of the FINA Diving World Series, in Beijing, Daley admitted that new dives still needed "work to be done" on it, as he failed to qualify for the final round. Overall, throughout the year 'DWS met, in the 10m platform competition Daley won silver medals in Dubai, Windsor, Ontario, and MÃƒÆ'Ã… Â© rida, Mexican feet, and gold in London, while with Alicia Blagg she won bronze in a synchronized mix 3m leap in Windsor and at MÃƒ Â© Ã… Â© rida.

At the World Championships held in Kazan, Russia, Daley won a gold medal with Rebecca Gallantree in the inaugural event competition (Daley dived twice from the 10m platform and once from the 3m jumping board, Gallantree dived once from the platform and twice from stepping stones). In an individual 10m platform event he then won a bronze medal with 537.95 points, behind Qiu Bo at 587.00 and David Boudia at 560.20, having recovered from being in ninth place after the second round.

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For the 2016 season, Daley paired up with Daniel Goodfellow for the 10m men's platform synchronization competition, with a view to competing in the Rio Olympics in this discipline.

In the British National Cup of Salvation, the British Championships, held in January, Daley won gold in an individual 10m platform competition with 545.80 points, ahead of Matty Lee at 461.00 and Dan Goodfellow at 419.35 points. In a synced 10m platform competition, Daley and Goodfellow won the competition, but they were the only entrants in the competition after Lee and James Denny resigned after a power outage at the venue.

Daley and Goodfellow got bronze at FINA Diving World Cup 2016, giving them a place in the 10m sync competition at the Olympics. In FINA Diving World Series 2016, which consists of four competitions, Daley won six medals. In the sync event, he and Goodfellow meditated on each of the four competitions, earning two silver medals and two bronze medals. In an individual event, Daley won a silver and bronze medal.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Daley and Goodfellow won bronze medals in a synced 10m platform. In an individual 10m platform, Daley placed first in the preliminary round (with an Olympic record score of 571.85 points, which was later broken off by Chen Aisen in the final). However, he had trouble the next day, placing 18th in the semis and failing to qualify for the finals.

2017

In the 2017 FINA World Series, Daley has brought home 1 bronze medal in Beijing (Platform 10 m), 3 bronze medals in Kazan (10 m Platform, 10 m Sync, and 3 M Mix), and one silver medal in Guangzhou (10 m Platform). On July 22, 2017, he won a gold medal in the 10m platform at the FINA World Championships held in Budapest.

2018

In 2018 the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, Daley and Goodfellow won gold on a synchronized 10-meter men platform.

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Competitive history

British champions at all events (1m, 3m, platform) in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in the relevant age group.

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Daley's current dives are:

307C: Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tucked (3.4 Tariff)
407C: Inward 3 1/2 Somersault Tucked (3.2 Tariff)
5172B: Forward 3 1/2 Backwards with 1 Play Piked (3.6 Tariff)
626B: Armstand Back Triple Somersault Piked (3.5 Tariff)
109C: Forward 4 1/2 Somersault Tucked (3.7 Tariff)
207B: Return 3 1/2 Jungkir Piked (3.6 Tariff)

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Personal life

On December 2, 2013, Daley released a YouTube video announcing that he has had a relationship with a man since the beginning of the year. He said: "I have never been happier." Daley said that it was a difficult decision to talk about his personal life. He said: "I have never felt the feeling of love, it happened so fast, I was completely overwhelmed with it until I could not get it out of my head all the time." His partner is an American film screenwriter, director and producer Dustin Lance Black. They live together in London.

Daley has made several contradictory statements about his sexual orientation. After the appearance of his YouTube video he stated, "I am a gay man now". But then, when asked by The Guardian, in an interview in July 2015, if she was bisexual, Daley said: "I do not put certain labels on all of them because now I'm in a relationship with a man, but I still has sexual feelings toward women. "When asked about his coming to terms with same-sex attraction and his relationship with Black, he said:" I have been in touch with girls where I have sexual feelings, but that becomes much more intense when I meet Lance. "

Daley announces his engagement to Black on October 1, 2015. Daley and Black are married at Bovey Castle in Devon on May 6, 2017.

On February 14, 2018, Daley announced on Instagram that she and her husband were expecting their first child through surrogacy.

Views

In August 2014, Daley was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to The Guardian against Scottish independence ahead of a September referendum on the issue.

In a statement made on the eve of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Daley called on Commonwealth countries to repeal their anti-gay laws. In response, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat that he would increase gay rights with leaders of countries where homosexuality is illegal. There are repeated calls from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the government to protect the rights of their vulnerable LGBT minorities. British Prime Minister Theresa May said he "deeply regrets" the British historical heritage of anti-gay laws throughout the British Commonwealth.

Media events

Daley is very active through social media, including making videos for his YouTube channel for several years. In particular, he uses this platform to come out as gay and connect with American screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. He then posted a number of other videos with Black, as well as regular vlogs and fitness videos on YouTube. Other social media platforms Daley is active including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

In October 2017, Daley will host the Virgin Holidays Attitude Award for the first time.

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