WATSON Tanya

Ireland

Diving

Date of Birth: 24 Dec 2001

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: SOUTHAMPTON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : SOUTHAMPTON

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Diving	Women's 10m Platform	15

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 10m Platform Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 10m Platform Semifinal	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	10m Platform
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	5th (362.45)

World Championships

Year	Location	10m Platform
2019	Gwangju, KOR	29th (237.00)

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Platform
2020	Budapest, HUN	10th (275.10)
2019	Kiev, UKR	10th (247.65)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	7th (276.85)

World Cup

Year	Location	10m Platform
2021	Tokyo, JPN	14th (295.50)

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Platform
2020	2 x 7th
2019	1 x 8th, 1 x 10th

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2020	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Rostock, GER	279.50
7	2020	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Madrid, ESP	263.45
8	2019	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Calgary, AB, CAN	261.85
10	2019	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Rostock, GER	234.45

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	10m Platform
2018	Kiev, UKR	12th (339.35)

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Damian Ball [national]; Lindsey Fraser

Debut:

2018 for Ireland, European Championship in Edinburgh, Great Britain (independent.ie, 12 Aug 2017)

Reason:

"When I was a kid, I used to do gymnastics and someone from my club in Southampton [England] came to my school to see if someone wanted to try diving. As I was pretty flexible from gymnastics, they invited me for a test and I liked it a lot. Also, I was not enjoying gymnastics the way I should, so diving came in a right moment for me." (fina.org, 05 May 2021)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (irishexaminer.com, 04 May 2021)

General Interest

General
TRAINING SWITCH
In early 2020 she had to switch her training facility from the Southampton Diving Academy in England, to the National Aquatic Centre [NAC] in Dublin, Ireland, as her regular training pool became unavailable during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will become the first Irish female diver to compete at the Olympic Games after she booked a place in the 10m platform event at the 2021 World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. "It has been a really emotional time for me and I just got it together at the right time. After this last year, from everything being postponed, and living away from home for so long, I am very grateful that I was able to qualify Ireland a spot for the Olympic Games in Tokyo." (irishexaminer.com, 04 May 2021)

REPRESENTING IRELAND
Born in Southampton, England, she qualifies to represent Ireland as her grandmother was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. (hampshirechronicle.co.uk, 10 May 2021; rte.ie, 04 May 2021; independent.ie, 12 Aug 2017)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/divertanya/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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