Ones to watch
There are a host of international medallist competing for Olympic spots at the British Gas Diving Championships 2012.
Select the diver from the drop-down menu below to find out a little more about them.
Name: Tom Daley
Date of bith: 21st May 1994
Club: Plymouth
Major honours: World Champs '09 10m gold, Commonwealth
Games '10 10m gold, 10mS gold, European Champs '08 10m gold,
Olympic Games '08 10m 7th, 10mS 8th.
- Tom is one of the most recognised faces in British sport, having become Team GB's youngest competitor as a 14-year old at the 2008 Olympic Games then winning the World Championship title the following year.
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Name: Peter Waterfield
Date of bith: 12th March 1981
Club: Southampton Academy
Major honours: Olympic Games '04 10mS silver, Commonwealth
Games '02 10m gold, '06 10m silver, World Champs '05 10mS
bronze, '99 10mS bronze.
- Peter was Great Britain's last Olympic diving medallist, winning 10m Synchro silver with partner Leon Taylor at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Name: Max Brick
Date of bith: 5th July 1992
Club: Southampton Academy
Major honours: Commonwealth Games '10 10mS gold, 10m 8th
World Champs '09 10mS 9th, World Cup '10 10mS 6th, European
Champs '11 10m 8th.
- Max combined with Tom Daley to win Commonwealth gold at the 2010 Games in Delhi. He is also a European and Commonwealth finalist in the individual Platform event.
Name: Rebecca Gallantree
Date of bith: 19th August 1984
Club: City of Leeds
Major honours: Commonwealth Games '10 1m 6th, 3m 5th, 3mS 4th,
10mS 7th, World Champs '09 1m 7th, 3m 15th, European Champs
'10 3mS 5th, World Cup '10 3mS 8th, 10mS 4th.
- Rebecca has been one of the leading ladies of British springboard diving for the past five years and was the most active member of the English Commonwealth Games team, reaching the final in all four events.
Name: Alicia Blagg
Date of bith: 21st October 1996
Club: City of Leeds
Major honours: Commonwealth Games '10 1m 8th, 3mS 4th,
World Cup '10 3mS 8th, European Champs '10 5th
- Teenager Alicia has formed a promising partnership with clubmate Rebecca Gallantree, winning medals at Grand Prix level and reaching the 3m Synchro final at both the World Cup, Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 2010.
Name: Hannah Starling
Date of bith: 12th June 1995
Club: City of Leeds
Major honours: European Champs '11 3m 8th, 3mS 5th, World
Junior Champs '10 3mS 8th, European Junior Champs '09 3mS
silver, '10 3mS bronze.
- Having won medals at successive European Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010, Hannah is steadily making the transition to senior international diving and has competed individually at the World Cup, World Championships and European Championships in the past two years.
Name: Chris Mears
Date of bith: 7th February 1993
Club: Southampton Academy
Major honours: World Champs '11 3mS 7th, Commonwealth
Games '10 3mS 4th, European Champs 3mS 5th
- Chris is another promising young British diver looking to breakthrough into the senior international scene and has shown promising signs already this season with two silver medals at the British Gas National Cup in January.
Name: Jack Laugher
Date of bith: 30th January 1995
Club: City of Leeds
Major honours: World Champs '11 3m 8th, Commonwealth
Games '10 3m 11th, 3mS 7th, World Junior Champs '10 1m gold, 3m
gold, European Junior Champs '10 1m gold, 3m gold
- After winning double gold at the World and European Junior Championships in 2010, Jack burst into reckoning at senior level at the 2011 World Championships, finishing eighth on his debut in the 3m Springboard.
Name: Nick Robinson Baker
Date of bith: 24th June 1987
Club: City of Sheffield
Major honours: Olympic Games '08 3mS 7th, World Champs '11
3mS 7th, '09 3mS 7th, World Cup '08 3mS 4th, Commonwealth
Games '10 1m 6th, 3m 5th, 3mS 4th, European Champs '10 3mS 5th
- Nick is one of the most experienced members of the current British Gas GBR Diving Team, having made finals at the Olympics, World Championships, World Cup, Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
Name: Tonia Couch
Date of bith: 20th May 1989
Club: Plymouth
Major competitions: Olympic Games '08 10m 8th, 10mS 8th, World
Champs '11 10m 9th, 10mS 4th, Commonwealth Games '10 10m
8th, 10mS 4th, '06 10m 7th, 10mS 7th
- Tonia has been a finalist at the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games and enjoyed her best result to date to finish fourth in the 10m Synchro at the 2011 World Championships with Sarah Barrow.
Name: Sarah Barrow
Date of bith: 22nd October 1988
Club: City of Leeds
Major competitions: World Champs '11 10mS 4th, World Cup '08
10mS 7th, European Champs '08 10mS 4th, '06 10mS 6th,
Commonwealth Games '10 10mS 4th, '06 10mS 5th
- Sarah is one of the top women's platform divers in Great Britain and has finished fourth in the 10m Synchro at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games.
Name: Stacie Powell
Date of bith: 18th December 1985
Club: Southampton Academy
Major competitions: Olympic Games '08 10m 10th, 10mS 8th, World
Cup '10 10mS 4th, World Champs '07 10mS 9th, Commonwealth
Games '10 10mS 7th, '06 10m 8th, 10mS 4th
- Stacie has struggled to shake off injuries since representing Great Britain at the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympic Games but has started the 2012 season with a bang, winning 10m gold at the British Gas National Cup in January.
Name: Monique Gladding
Date of bith: 17th June 1981
Club: City of Sheffield
Major competitions: World Champs '09 10mS 6th, European
Champs '10 10m 7th, 10mS bronze, '08 10mS 4th, '06 10mS 6th,
Commonwealth Games '10 10m 6th, '06 10m 9th
- A former international gymnast, Monique is another of Great Britain's world class women platform divers who won 10m Synchro bronze at the 2010 European Championships with partner Megan Sylvester.
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