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Noah Williams (diver)

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Noah Williams
Williams at the 2019 European Diving Championships in Kyiv
Personal information
Full nameNoah Oliver Williams
Born (2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 24)
London, England[1]
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportDiving
Event10 m
ClubDive London Aquatics
Coached byJane Figueiredo
David Jenkins
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 10 m platform
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 10 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha 10 m synchro
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Edinburgh 10 m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 10 m mixed synchro
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 10 m individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome Team event
European Diving Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kyiv Mixed 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kyiv 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Kyiv 10 m synchro
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 10 m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 10 m mixed synchro
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 10 m synchro

Noah Oliver Williams (born 15 May 2000) is an English elite competitive diver who represents Great Britain and England and specialises in the 10 metre platform and synchro platform events. Williams took the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the third British diver to do so in that event. In the 10 metre synchronised event at the same Games, Williams won silver with partner Tom Daley.

A multiple medalist at both world and European championships level for Great Britain, Williams is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in both his synchronised events (Men's and Mixed) representing England.

Early life

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Williams is from Hoxton in Hackney, London. He was about nine when he first tried diving – while at school, he saw a leaflet from Crystal Palace Diving seeking talent and went to try out the sport, and was accepted.[2] He received support from Hackney's Youth Sports Fund and won the Hackney Sports Awards for six years. He now trains at the London Aquatics Centre.[3][4]

Career

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Williams started diving competitively in 2011 in the ASA National Skills competition, and also competed in the National Age Group Diving Championships in 2013. He won his first national title in 2015 in Group B 3 metre Springboard event, and won a bronze in the 3 metre synchro in his European debut.

In 2016, Williams won the British Junior Elite Platform, and won another bronze at the European Junior Championships in the same event. He was also part of the team that won gold in World Junior Championships.[1]

2017

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In 2017, Williams partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event in held in Gatineau, Canada, and won a gold medal.[5] He also competed in the 10 metre platform at the European Juniors in Bergen, Norway, and won a silver medal behind his diving partner Matthew Dixon. The duo also won a silver in the 10 metre synchro.[6]

At the 2017 European Diving Championships, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro.[7]

2018–2019

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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, Williams again partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform. They won the silver medal behind fellow GB divers Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow with a score of 399.99 points.[8] He finished just outside the medal positions in fourth in the 10m Platform.

In 2018, at the World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv, Williams and Dixon won the silver medal in the platform synchro.[9] The duo then won another silver at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh in the Men's 10 m synchro platform.[10]

Williams made his World Championship debut at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, he finished fourth with Robyn Birch in the mixed 10m platform synchro event, and won qualification for the 2020 Olympics GB team.[11] At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Williams won silver in the Mixed 10 m platform synchro with Eden Cheng, a bronze in Men's 3m synchro with Dixon, as well as in the team event.[12][13]

2020–2021

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In March 2020, Williams won his first individual international title at the first event of the 2020 FINA Diving World Series which was held in Montreal, Canada, winning gold in the Men's 10m Platform.[14]

In May 2021, Williams and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix won a silver medal in the 10m mixed synchro event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships.[15]

Williams qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021,[16] however, he missed out on the Men's 10 metre platform semifinal after finishing 27th.[17][18]

2022

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In February 2022, Williams won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Platform event at the British National Diving Cup with a score of 448.50.[19]

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Williams partnered with Matty Lee for the first time in an international competition and they won silver in the synchro 10 m platform event.[20]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Williams and Lee won gold in the synchro 10m platform despite Williams injuring his ankle.[21] Williams also won gold with in the mixed synchro 10m platform with Spendolini-Sirieix.[22] Williams also won a silver at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in the men's 10m platform final.[23]

2024

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With partner Tom Daley, Williams won the silver medal in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[24] Later in the Games, Williams won a bronze medal in the individual 10 metre platform.[25][26]

Diving achievements

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To date, Williams has won a total of twenty eight medals across both national and international competitions:[27]

Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Score Result
2020 Tokyo, Japan Men's 10 metre platform 309.55 27th
2024 Paris, France Men's 10 metre platform 497.35 3rd
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform[A] 463.44 2nd

World Championships

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Year Location Event Score Result
2019 Gwangju, South Korea Men's 10 metre platform 440.95 10th
Mixed synchronized 10 metre platform[B] 285.18 4th
2022 Budapest, Hungary Men's 10 metre platform 479.05 5th
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform[C] 427.71 2nd
2023 Fukuoka, Japan Men's 10 metre platform 499.10 4th
2024 Doha, Qatar Men's 10 metre platform 479.05 7th
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform[A] 422.37 2nd

World Cup

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Year Location Event Score Result
2018 Wuhan, China Men's Synchronised 10m Platform[D] 384.81 6th
Mixed Synchronised 10m Platform[B] 267.72 8th
2023 Berlin, Germany Men's 10m Platform 468.05 3rd
2024 Xi'an, China Men's 10m Platform 476.10 5th
Synchronized 10m Platform[A] 440.37 2nd

European Championships

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Year Location Event Score Result
2017 Kyiv, Ukraine Men's synchronized 10 metre platform[D] 388.05 3rd
2018 Edinburgh, Scotland Men's 10 m synchro platform[D] 399.90 2nd
2019 Kyiv, Ukraine Mixed 10 m platform synchro[E] 303.60 2nd
Team event[F] 392.00 3rd
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform[D] 412.56 3rd
Men's 10 metre platform 423.90 4th
2020 Budapest, Hungary Team[G] 383.40 4th
Men's 10 m platform 480.65 5th
Mixed 10 m platform synchro[H] 307.32 2nd
2022 Rome, Italy Men's 10 m platform 459.00 2nd
Team[I] 384.70 3rd

Commonwealth Games

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Year Location Event Score Result
2018 Gold Coast, Australia Men's 10 metre platform 405.85 4th
Men's synchronised 10 metre platform[D] 399.99 2nd
2022 Birmingham, England Men's 10 metre platform 408.90 7th
Mixed synchronised 10 metre platform[H] 333.06 1st
Men's synchronised 10 metre platform[C] 429.78 1st

Diving World Series

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Year Location Event Score Result
2019 London, England Mixed 10m synchronised[J] 311.76 4th
2020 Montreal, Canada Men's 10m synchronised[C] 374.79 5th
Men's 10m platform 493.35 1st

Diving Grand Prix

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Year Location Event Score Result
2017 Gold Coast, Australia Men's 10m platform 364.85 5th
Men's 10m platform[D] 406.32 2nd
2018 Calgary, Canada Men's 10m Platform 337.35 12th
Men's 10m synchronised[D] 397.98 2nd
2019 Men's 10m platform 340.95 15th
California, USA 392.75 4th
Madrid, Spain 398.80 2nd

Notes
^ A. with Tom Daley
^ B. with Robyn Birch
^ C. with Matty Lee
^ D. with Matthew Dixon
^ E. with Eden Cheng
^ F. with Eden Cheng, Anthony Harding, and Katherine Torrance
^ G. with Eden Cheng, Yasmin Harper, and Ross Haslam
^ H. with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
^ I. with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Grace Reid, and James Heatly
^ J. with Lois Toulson

References

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  1. ^ a b "Noah Williams". Swimming.org. April 2018.
  2. ^ Worsley, Harriet (14 May 2018). "Hackney people". Hackney Today: 9.
  3. ^ Gelder, Sam (9 July 2018). "Hackney Council's young athlete fund helps diver win Commonwealth medal". Hackney Gazette.
  4. ^ "Dive in for free swim sessions". Hackney Council. 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Dixon and Williams Land Gatineau Gold". 10 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Dixon and Williams land gold and silver to close 2017 European Juniors". Swimming.org. 2 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Williams and Dixon win European 10m Synchro bronze". Swimming.org. 15 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth gold for daley and goodfellow". Swimming.org. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Dixon and Williams claim world silver medal for Great Britain in Kiev". Plymouth Sports Gazette. 28 July 2018.
  10. ^ "European Championships 2018: Jack Laugher wins second diving gold in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ Hope, Nick (19 July 2019). "World Aquatics Championships: Tom Daley and Noah Williams secure Olympic spots for Team GB". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Russian double, Kuznetsov performs first 100-pointer of the meet". LEN European Aquatics.
  13. ^ "Matthew Dixon and Noah Willams land ;unexpected' bronze for Great Britain". Swimming.org. 9 August 2019.
  14. ^ Hope, Nick (3 March 2020). "Diving World Series: Britain's Noah Williams wins gold in Montreal". BBC Sport.
  15. ^ "williams and spendolini-sirieix score synchro silver". British Swimming. 10 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Noah Williams heading to Tokyo with momentum after strong start to 2021". Swimming.org. 22 July 2021.
  17. ^ Wilkes, Neil (7 August 2021). "Tokyo 2020 - Tom Daley through to 10m semi as Noah Williams misses out". Sports Mole.
  18. ^ "Diving - WILLIAMS Noah - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Select Diver".
  20. ^ "Lee, Williams and Laugher land GB World Championships silver and bronze". Swimming.org. 28 June 2022.
  21. ^ Ostlere, Laurence (5 August 2022). "Matty Lee and injured Noah Williams win Commonwealth gold in synchro 10m platform". The Independent.
  22. ^ Majendie, Matt (8 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix wins third medal of Birmingham 2022". Evening Standard.
  23. ^ "European Aquatics Championships: Noah Williams and Ben Cutmore win". BBC. 21 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Noah WILLIAMS | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Noah Williams saves the best to last to snatch 10m platform bronze". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Williams takes bronze for second medal of Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Noah Williams Diving Profile". British Swimming. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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