Person

Tom Daley

b. 1994

British diver

Born
21 May 1994 · Plymouth

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 37 years
  1. 21 May 1994BornBorn in Plymouth
  2. 2022AwardOfficer of the Order of the British Empire

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1994 – today).

  1. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  3. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  4. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  5. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  6. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  7. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  8. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  9. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  10. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  11. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  12. 20112011 Norway attacks
  13. 2011Libyan civil war
  14. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  15. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  16. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  17. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  18. 2015Paris Agreement
  19. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  21. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  22. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  23. 2023Gaza war
  24. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  25. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Thomas Robert Daley (born 21 May 1994) is an English retired diver, YouTuber and television personality. He is an Olympic champion in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform event at the 2020 Olympics and double world champion in the FINA 10-metre platform event, winning in 2009 at the age of fifteen, and again in 2017. He is an Olympic bronze medallist in the 2012 platform event, the 2016 synchronised event, and the 2020 platform event. He won the silver medal in the men's synchronised 10-metre at the 2024 Olympics, making him the first British diver to win 5 Olympic medals. Daley also competed in team events, winning the inaugural mixed team World title in 2015, and repeating the win in 2024, his fourth World title in all. He is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, a two-time junior World Champion, a five-time European champion and four-time Commonwealth champion.

Daley started diving at the age of eight and is a member of Plymouth Diving Club, where his talent was identified early, and made an impact in national and international competitions from age nine. He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he was Britain's youngest competitor, age fourteen, and the youngest from any nation to participate in a final. In 2009, Daley reached a career-best ranking of number one in the FINA World Aquatics Championships Diving Rankings for the 10 m platform. He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the 10 m synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10 m Individual Platform competition.

After the 2012 Summer Olympics and a summer of increased sporting interest amongst the UK public, television network ITV approached Daley to have a role in their new celebrity diving reality TV show Splash! Daley made his debut in the show's premiere on 5 January 2013 as a mentor to the celebrity competitors taking part. In 2023 Daley became an assistant diving coach at UCLA. In August 2024, a day after the 2024 Summer Olympics concluded, Daley announced his retirement from professional diving.

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