Tom Daley - Diving Superstar

Please note: the title image is not an image of Thomas Daley, and is not meant to represent Thomas Daley.
PRESENTS
Thomas Daley
More photos of Tom at
http://newlightartist.wordpress.com
& http://picasaweb.google.com/petercrawford1946/Tom
Thomas Robert Daley
Thomas Robert Daley - (born 21 May 1994, Plymouth, England,

United Kingdom is an English diver, who specialises in the 10
metre platform event and is currently the FINA World Champion.
He started diving at the age of seven, and is a member of
Plymouth Diving Club.
He has made an impact in national and international competition
at an early age. He represented Great Britain at the 2008
Summer Olympics, where he was Britain's youngest competitor,
the youngest competitor of any nationality outside the sport of swimming, and the youngest to
participate in a final.
In the first post-Rome 2009 World Championships edition of the FINA World Diving Rankings for the
ten-metre platform, he reached a new career best ranking of number one.
He resides at home in Plymouth with father Robert, mother Debbie and two brothers, William and Ben.
More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com &
http://picasaweb.google.com/petercrawford1946/Tom
DIVING CAREER
In June 2004, the month after his tenth birthday, he won the platform competition in the National Junior
(under 18) group, making him the youngest winner of that event.
In 2005 he competed as a guest competitor in the Australian Elite Junior Nationals, and placed first in
platform and second in 3 m springboard in the 14-15 age group event. He also competed in the 14-15
category at the 2005 Aachen Junior International, placing second in platform and third in 3 m
springboard. 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 the
under-18 British
champion in platform
and 3m springboard,
and he placed second
in the 10 m platform
at the 2007 senior
British
Championships,
which were held in
December 2006.[6]
[edit]International success
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. Competing with a persistent
thumb injury, Daley won the silver medal with
synchro-partner Callum Johnstone in the 10-metre
synchronised-diving final.
Later in 2007, he won the senior platform title at the
Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National
Championships, the national championship for
English divers. In 2007 he also began to compete on
FINA's international diving circuit of Grand Prix and
World Series events, twice finishing fourth in
individual competition 2008
More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com &

http://picasaweb.google.com/petercrawford1946/Tom
More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com
2008
In January 2008 he won the 10 m platform event at the British

Championships to become the youngest winner of the senior
British 10 m title.
He also won the 10 m platform synchro title with new partner
Blake Aldridge.
Two weeks later he won his first medals on the FINA circuit,
winning a bronze in the individual platform competition and a
silver in synchro at the Madrid Grand Prix.
Daley and Aldridge won bronze in synchro at the 2008 FINA

Diving World Cup. Their score was a British record, and Daley
became the youngest-ever male medallist in a world diving event.
Daley came seventh 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 previous youngest winner was the Scottish swimmer Ian
Black, who won a European gold in 1958 at the age of 17.
Daley qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual 10 metre dive competition and,
following the retirement of 2004 silver medallist Leon Taylor, in the 10 metre platform synchro
competition.
It was initially claimed by the British media that in competing he would become the youngest-ever male
British Olympian, until it was ascertained that Ken Lester, cox to the rowing pair at the 1960 Olympic
Games, had been 13 years and 144 days old at the time.
In the Olympic synchronised 10 metre platform competition, they placed 8th, while in the individual 10
metre platform competition he finished 7th.
A month after
his appearance
at the
Olympics,
Daley
participated in
the FINA Junior
World
Championships
for the first time
(being too
young to enter
before).
He finished
second in the
category "B"
platform
competition (for
14- and 15-
year-old boys)
with 549.60
points, between
China's Qiu Bo
(551.85 points)
and Wu Dongliang (474.00 points).
He came in second in the 3-metre springboard competition in the same category as well, with 485.25
points, sandwiched between the two Chinese divers, Wu Dongliang (510.25 points) and Wang Peng
(470.40 points).

Daley won the 2007 BBC Sports
Personality of the Year Young
Personality award.
He is considered a medal prospect
for the 2012 Olympic Games in
London, and is one of the British
Olympians being tracked through the
years leading up to London 2012 by
the BBC television series Olympic
Dreams. By April 2008 he was on
British Diving's list of funded divers.

2009
In February 2009 he retained his individual

British 10 m championship, setting a
competition personal best score of 517.55
points, 133.45 points ahead of the second-
placed diver.
He was unable to defend his 10 m
synchronised title, as his dive partner Blake
Aldridge had been injured in a brawl at a
nightclub several days before the
championships and was unable to dive.
In March 2009 he improved his personal best
to 540.70 in coming third at a Diving World
Series event in China, and the following
month he improved it to 540.85 while finishing
second at the World Series event in Sheffield.
During the Olympics Daley had a row with
diving partner Blake Aldridge when the latter
phoned his mother between rounds. When
Aldridge missed the British Championships
because of the injury sustained in the
nightclub incident, Daley's father said he'd
like his son to have a different diving partner.
In April 2009 he started to dive with Max
Brick, who is two years his senior, compared
with the twelve year gap with Aldridge.
The pair achieved a silver medal in the 10m
synchronised event at Fort Lauderdale on 8
May 2009. Daley won the individual event in
a new personal best of 554.90, scoring a
perfect set of seven 10s for one of his dives.
In the 2009 FINA Wold Championships, held
in Rome, Daley unexpectedly won the
individual platform title despite his lower tariff,
with a score of 539.85 points, when his
opponents had poor final dives - Qiu Bo
finished on 532.20 points, Zhou Luxin on
530.55.
In the 10 m platform synchronised event at
the World Championships, Daley and Brick
finished in 9th place following an inconsistent
series of dives by the new pairing.
2010
In the February 2010 British Championships

individual 10 m competition, Daley unveiled
his 5255B dive (back two-and-a-half
somersault, two-and-a-half twists) in
competition for the first time, giving him a 3.6
tariff dive (reduced from 3.8 in FINAs' September 2009 DD tables). In this competition Daley finished in
2nd place, 40.05 points behind Peter Waterfield.
In the March 2010 FINA Diving World Series event in Qingdao individual 10 m competition, Daley
showcased his two new dives and finished in 4th place, 520.35 points (his best score of the year).

& http://picasaweb.google.com/petercrawford1946/To
In the first April 2010 FINA Diving World Series event held in Veracruz, Mexico, Daley failed to qualify
for the final round of the individual 10 m competition, but in the second event held in the same venue
three days later (to replace the Sheffield DWS event which was cancelled because of the eruption of
the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull), Daley finished in 4th place, with a score of 519.70 points - his
second highest score of the season (just 0.8 points away from bronze).
In August 2010 Daley attended the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, intending to
defend his individual 10m title.

However, an injury to his triceps muscle in the 10m synchro competition forced his withdrawal from
both the synchro and individual 10m competitions, and placed his participation in the inaugural Youth
Olympic Games in Singapore in the following two weeks in doubt.
It was later announced that Daley would dive in the 3m springboard but not in the 10m platform.
Daley took part in the 3m springboard diving competition and finished in 9th place.

TOM & MAX BRICK - UNDERWATER
TOM & MAX BRICK
NEWS UPDATE:
Tom received the results of his GCSE’s; two A*’s and one A.
He also achieved 100% in his Photography GCSE.
These results are an addition to the four A*’s achieved last year; Tom had to sit a number of exams
early to ensure they didn’t conflict with his training schedule.
Tom received his results via email whilst in Singapore, where he was competing in the Youth
Olympic Games.
Tom said, “I am so happy with my grades; this year was all about my GCSE’s, learning new dives
and the Commonwealth Games.
It’s a relief that the exams are out of the way now so that I can focus on preparing for Delhi”.
Tom’s parents were also pleased to hear the news.
“We’re absolutely over the moon - I just can’t believe he’s got straight A’s!
I always worry for him as he has very limited hours to revise as his training schedule takes up so
much of his spare time; it never ceases to amaze me how he does it! ” said Debbie Daley, Tom’s
mother.
Tom was in Budapest, for the European Championships, and Singapore for the Youth Olympic
Games, but he was unable to compete in his event on the 10m platform due to a tricep injury.
“I really hope I recover in time for the Junior World Championships; it’s not been easy sitting on the
sidelines and watching the events that I’ve spent month’s training for.
It’s important that I can get back to training as soon as possible to prepare for the Commonwealth
Games”.
Tom achieved four A*’s in 2009 in Maths, English Language and Double Award Science.
In August 2010 Tom achieved an A* in Spanish, Photography and an A in English Literature.
He has already commenced work for his three A-Levels, Spanish, Maths and Photography.
His A-level curriculum has been fast-tracked so that all exams are completed within 18 months, by
January 2012, so that in final six months of training, his focus can be solely on the 2012 Olympics.
Tom’s next competition is the 18th FINA World Junior Diving Championship 2010 in Tucson, Arizona
on September 1st – 6th.
Source http://www.profsports.com/
TOM DALEY – BBC JUNIOR SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2010
More Photos of Tom will be added to this publication in the next few weeks
Flickr – run by Yahoo have, without explanation, deleted the appropriate web pages
featuring Tom Daley.
New Photos of Tom Daley will be subsequently posted at

please be patient, as it will take some time to get the blog up and rumnning
Published by Light Artist 2010

Tom Daley - Diving Superstar

Hochgeladen von

Dokumentinformationen

Copyright

Verfügbare Formate

Dieses Dokument teilen

Dokument teilen oder einbetten

Freigabeoptionen

Stufen Sie dieses Dokument als nützlich ein?

Sind diese Inhalte unangemessen?

Copyright:

Verfügbare Formate

Tom Daley - Diving Superstar

Hochgeladen von

Copyright:

Verfügbare Formate

Please note: the title image is not an image of Thomas Daley, and is not meant to represent Thomas Daley.

Thomas Robert Daley

Thomas Robert Daley - (born 21 May 1994, Plymouth, England,

In January 2007, at the age of twelve, Daley was

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com &

In January 2008 he won the 10 m platform event at the British

Daley and Aldridge won bronze in synchro at the 2008 FINA

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com

In February 2009 he retained his individual

In the February 2010 British Championships

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com

defend his individual 10m title.

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com

New Photos of Tom Daley will be subsequently posted at

More photos of Tom at http://newlightartist.wordpress.com

Published by Light Artist 2010

Das könnte Ihnen auch gefallen