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Jack Laugher

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Personal Data

Date Of Birth: 30th January 1995

Born: Harrogate

Team/Club: City of Leeds

Coach: Adrian Hinchliffe

Jack Laugher has rapidly progressed from promising junior to become one of Great Britain's strongest divers.

In 2010, he became Great Britain's first world junior champion as he scooped the 1m and 3m double in Tuscon, Arizona, repeating his result from the European Junior Championships earlier that year.

In 2011, he made the step up to senior competition, impressing on his World Series debut in Sheffield before reaching the final and finishing eighth in the 3m on his World Championship debut in Shanghai.

International Competitions

Competition Event Year Score Medal/Position
Olympic Games 3m Springboard 2012 330.00 27th
World Championships 1m Springboard 2011 279.55 33rd
  3m Springboard   453.50 8th
European Championships 3m Springboard 2012 475.75 6th
Commonwealth Games 3m Springboard 2010 370.20 11th
  3m Synchro   349.20 7th
FINA World Cup 3m Springboard 2012 463.70 8th
  3m Springboard 2010 322.60 31st
World Junior Championships 1m Springboard (Group A) 2012 541.55 SILVER
  3m Springboard (Group A)   635.45 GOLD
  3m Synchro   338.85 GOLD
  1m Springboard (Group B) 2010 440.00 GOLD
  3m Springboard (Group B)   483.60 GOLD
  3m Synchro   265.89 10th
European Junior Championships 1m Springboard (Group B) 2010 410.25 GOLD
  3m Springboard (Group B)   509.45 GOLD
  3m Synchro   301.50 4th
  10m Platform (Group B)   417.50 6th

Domestic Events

Competition Event Year Score Medal/Position
British Gas Diving Championships 1m Springboard 2013 374.75 SILVER
  3m Springboard   448.10 GOLD
  3m Springboard 2012 469.60 GOLD
  3m Springboard 2011 453.65 GOLD
  3m Synchro   363.21 SILVER
  1m Springboard 2010 351.70 BRONZE
  3m Springboard   383.80 BRONZE
  3m Synchro   338.28 SILVER
  3m Springboard 2009 274.20 8th
  10m Platform   384.10 SILVER
  3m Springboard 2008 312.85 6th
  10m Platform   314.95 8th
  3m Springboard 2007 186.90 14th
British Gas National Cup 1m Springboard 2012 384.60 GOLD
  3m Springboard   460.35 GOLD
  1m Springboard 2011 380.15 GOLD
  3m Springboard   458.20 GOLD
  1m Springboard 2010 265.20 11th
  3m Springboard   372.65 4th
  3m Synchro   342.12 BRONZE

In the Pool

Favourite event: Mens 3m individual

Finest ever performance: Senior Nationals 2012 (pb 480)

Role models: Chinese diver He Chong

My aspirations are: To win a world medal

Out of the Pool

If I wasn’t a diver I would be: A gymnast

Tip for the top: Never give up!

Life after diving: Hopefully I will have been to univeristy and I will have a job

Would most like to meet: Barack Obama

Most prized possession: My phone!

Biggest influence on career: Mother

Favourites

Sports: Diving, Gymnastics, NFL

Band/music: Eminem, and house music, dubstep and drum and bass too                                                          

Food: Curry, pizza, chinese food and roast dinners!                               

Hobbies: School, playstation and going out with friends.

 

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