Jack Laugher
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| Full name | Jack David Laugher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 January 1995 Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64.86 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City Of Leeds Diving Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jack Laugher /lɔː/ (born 30 January 1995) is a British diver.
A specialist on springboard, he became the first British diver to win two medals in the same World Championships in 2015.[1]
A double Commonwealth Games champion for England at the 2014 Games in Glasgow, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears.[2]
In 2015, Laugher won the overall title in the FINA Diving World Series for 3 metre springboard.[3]
Diving career
Laugher won the one-metre and three-metre springboard titles at the 2010 European Junior Championships and the 2010 World Junior Championships.[4] He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[5] He was selected for the Great Britain 2012 London Olympics team. On 6 August 2012, he competed in the Men's 3 metre springboard,[4] but he failed to make it to the semi-final stage. In 2012 Laugher also became the Junior World champion in both the 3m springboard and 3m Synchro competition with Tom Daley. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won the Gold medal in the 1 metre springboard.
Greg Louganis has been reported as being impressed with Laugher's diving.[6] Laugher has stated that his name is pronounced 'Law'[7] as it is commonly mistaken.
In October 2013 he took on the role of Ambassador for the sport of VX.[8]
Personal life
In October 2013 Laugher was interviewed and did a photoshoot for Gay Times, December 2013 edition.[9] Although himself heterosexual, Laugher called for greater tolerance of gay athletes and revealed that he would be comfortable as an openly gay diver, saying: "Yeah definitely! Any sport you should be able to be openly gay in. I have quite a few gay friends, just from school and people I’ve met through diving and my journey. Everyone should feel comfortable to be gay and be who they are."[10]
In July 2014 that he announced that he was planning to share a flat with diving partner Chris Mears.[11]
Diving achievements
| Competition | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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| Olympics, 3m springboard | 27th | |||||||
| World Championships, 1m springboard | 33rd | |||||||
| World Championships, 3m springboard | 8th | |||||||
| European Championship, 3m springboard | 6th | |||||||
| Commonwealth Games, 1m springboard | 1st | |||||||
| Commonwealth Games, 3m springboard | 11th | 2nd | ||||||
| Commonwealth Games, 3m synchro | 7th | 1st | ||||||
| FINA World Cup, 3m springboard | 31st | 8th | ||||||
| World Junior Championship, 1m springboard | 1st | |||||||
| World Junior Championship, 3m springboard | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| World Junior Championship, 3m synchro | 10th | 1st | ||||||
| European Junior Championship, 1m springboard | 1st | |||||||
| European Junior Championship, 3m springboard | 1st | |||||||
| European Junior Championship, 3m synchro | 4th | |||||||
| European Junior Championship, 10m platform | 6th | |||||||
| British Championship, 3m springboard | 14th | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||
| British Championship, 3m synchro | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
| British Championship, 1m springboard | 3rd | |||||||
| British Championship, 10m platform | 8th | 2nd | ||||||
| British Gas National Cup, 1m springboard | 11th | 1st | 1st | |||||
| British Gas National Cup, 3m springboard | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||||
| British Gas National Cup, 3m synchro | 3rd |
References
- ↑ Laugher takes second bronze.
- ↑ Bronze for Laugher and Mears.
- ↑ 2015 Overall Rankings - 3m Springboard
- 1 2 "Olympic selection joy for teenage diver Jack Laugher". BBC. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ↑ Gilmour, Rod (11 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games 2010: Jack Laugher proves he has potential to hit diving heights". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ "Greg Louganis hails emergence of British diving's Jack Laugher and Tom Daley". The Telegraph. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ "Twitter / Jack Laugher". Twitter. 26 Nov 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ↑ "Jack plans to make waves in new role as VX Ambassasdor". Ripon Gazette. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
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