Lesley Ward (diver)

Lesley Ward (Tomlinson)
Personal information
Nickname	Wardy
Nationality	England
Born	18 July 1970 (age 54); Bedford
Education	John Bunyan Upper School
Occupation	Business woman
Years active	1981-2000
Employer	Brampton elm Heritage & Lime Co Ltd (LimeCo)
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Spouse	Peter Tomlinson 2021-Present
Sport
Sport	1m and 3m Spring board 10m Platform Diver

Lesley Dawn Ward (Tomlinson) (born 1970), is a female former diver who competed for Great Britain and England.

Diving career

Ward represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games; at the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Ward won her first National title at the age of 11 at Brighton and continued on to win no fewer than 60 British titles over a career that spanned 23 years competing over 1m 3m and synchro becoming a 10m high board specialist and former record holder.

She represented England in the 10 metres platform, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.^[3] Two more appearances ensued in the 1990 Commonwealth Games and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[4] She was a member of the Highgate Diving Club.^[1] and City of Sheffield Diving Club

References

^ ^a ^b "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "Lesley Ward". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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[SR-1] "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[2] "Lesley Ward". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[3] "1990 Athletes". Team England.

[4] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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