Biography
Thomas Robert Daley (born 21 May 1994) is a British diver and television personality. Specialising in multiple events, he is an Olympic gold medallist 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, making him the first British diver to win four Olympic medals. Daley also competes in team events, winning the inaugural mixed team World title in 2015. He is a one-time Olympic champion, 3-time World Champion, a 2-time junior World Champion, a 5-time European champion and 4-time Commonwealth champion.
Daley started diving at the age of seven 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.
Filmography
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self 18
TV Shows 11
Movies 7
Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois (2022)
Mama's Boy (2022)
Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me (2022)
Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me (2022)
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony (2022)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (2022)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018)
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
Splash! (2013)
First (2012)
Tom Daley: Diving for Britain (2012)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Tom Daley: The Diver and His Dad (2010)
Celebrity Juice (2008)
Superstars (2008)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Loose Women (1999)
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GenderMale
Birthday1994-05-21 (29 years old)
Birth NameThomas Robert Daley
Birth PlacePlymouth, United Kingdom
Height178-centimeter
SpouseDustin Lance Black
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsThomas Daley
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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