Tonia Couch
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tonia Couch |
| Nationality |
 United Kingdom |
| Born |
20 May 1989 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Student |
| Height | 158 |
| Weight | 58 |
| Sport | |
| Club | Plymouth Diving |
| Coached by | Andy Banks |
Medal record
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Tonia Couch (born 20 May 1989) is a British Olympic diver.
Biography
Tonia Couch was born in Plymouth. Tonia had been a fairly accomplished competitive gymnast and came to Plymouth diving for a “trial” in September 1999, just 4 weeks later, she won her first competition, a novice event at Crystal Palace in London.
In February 2002, she became the youngest girl ever to qualify for the lottery funded Junior Olympic Programme, when she took bronze in the Junior girls platform event at the British Championships.
It was at that point that her talent on the platform was really recognized.
There have been many ups and downs in Tonia’s career. Competition for spots on international teams in the Women's Platform event within Great Britain is fierce and Tonia has had her fair share of disappointments, however she always bounces back and becomes even stronger and without doubt, her two greatest triumphs have been on the greatest stages of all.
In 2008 and 2009, her 8th places at the Olympics and then the World Championships (the best result by a British female for 20 years), have secured her place in diving history.
She competed at the 2009 World Championships in Rome and at her second Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi.
At he 2010 Commonwealth games her 10m Synchro partnership with Sarah Barrow gained fourth place.
Couch reached the World final again in 2011, finishing ninth in the 10m Platform. In Synchro partnership with Sarah Barrow the pair finished fourth.
The duo shone in 2012, winning European gold and World Cup bronze, and a finished in fifth-place[1] in front of a home crowd at the London 2012 Olympics.
The 2013 season : "Having reclaimed the British 10m Platform title at the beginning of 2013, Couch competed at her fifth consecutive World Championships in the summer, finishing ninth in the 10m Platform and fifth with Barrow in the 10m Synchro."[2]
In the 2014 season she finished fourth at the World Cup in Shanghai, then combined with Sarah Barrow to win a silver medal at the Commonwealth games held in Glasgow, 2014.[3]
At the March 2015 World Series event in Dubai, Tonia took third place in the 10m platform event[4][5]
Diving achievements
| Competition | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympics, 10m synchro | 8th | 5th | |||||||||||
| Olympics, 10m platform | 8th | ||||||||||||
| FINA World Championship, 10m synchro | 10th | 9th | 4th | ||||||||||
| FINA World Championship, 10m platform | 25th | 25th | 9th | ||||||||||
| European Championship, 10m platform | 6th | ||||||||||||
| European Championship, 10m synchro | 1st | ||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games, 10m synchro | 7th | 4th | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games, 10m platform | 7th | 7th | |||||||||||
| European Champions Cup, 10m synchro | 4th | 3rd | |||||||||||
| FINA Diving World Series, 10m synchro | 4th | 5th | |||||||||||
| FINA Diving World Series, 10m platform | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||||
| FINA Diving Grand Prix, 10m platform | 5th | ||||||||||||
| FINA World Cup, 10m platform | 11th | ||||||||||||
| FINA World Cup, 10m synchro | 4th | 3rd | |||||||||||
| World Junior Championship, 10m platform | 19th | 15th | |||||||||||
| European Junior Championship, 10m platform | 17th | 10th | 8th | ||||||||||
| British Championship, 10m synchro | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| British Championship, 10m platform | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| British Gas National Cup, 10m synchro | 1st | ||||||||||||
| British Gas National Cup, 10m platform | 2nd | 2nd |
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/01fff774-c527-49ad-a17e-989ab9073e18 retrieved 10-04-2015
- ↑ http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/world-class-podium/tonia-couch/391/ retrieved 10th April 2015
- ↑ http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/world-class-podium/tonia-couch/391/ retrieved 10th April 2015
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/diving/32001988 retrieved 10th April 2015
- ↑ http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4184&Itemid=488 retrieved 10th April 2015
External links
- London 2012 athlete profile
- http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/world-class-podium/tonia-couch/391/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18013022