Grace Reid

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Grace Reid
Personal information
Born (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 25)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 Scotland
Event(s)Diving
ClubDive London
Coached byJane Figueiredo
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 3 m mixed synchro
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 London Mixed 3m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Mixed 3m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 3 m springboard
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 1 m springboard
FINA Diving World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan 3 m mixed synchro

Grace Reid (born 9 May 1996) is a Scottish diver. She has won two gold medals in European Championships and a gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Career[]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 3 metre springboard. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 1 metre springboard and Women's 3 metre springboard events.

At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships she won Gold in the Mixed 3 m springboard synchro with partner Tom Daley.[1] She also won Bronze in the Women's 3 m springboard becoming the first Scot to win an individual European Championships diving medal for Great Britain since 1954.[2]

Following Daley's decision to withdraw from all 2018 diving competitions, Reid partnered with Ross Haslam and the pair won the bronze medal at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup,[3] followed by silver at the 2018 European Championships. Reid also won gold in the 1 metre springboard at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, the first Scottish female diver to win a medal at the games.[4]

Diving achievements[]

Competition[5] 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Olympic Games, 3m springboard 8th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, 3m springboard 4th 8th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, 3m springboard synchro 5th 5th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, Mixed 3m springboard synchro 2nd 4th
FINA World Cup, 3m springboard 17th 14th
FINA World Cup, Mixed 3m springboard synchro 3rd
European Championship, 1m springboard 5th 7th
European Championship, 3m springboard 11th 3rd 1st
European Championship, 3m springboard synchro 4th 4th
European Championship, Mixed 3 m springboard synchro 1st 2nd
Commonwealth Games, 1m springboard 5th 1st
Commonwealth Games, 3m springboard 6th 9th 9th

References[]

  1. ^ "Grace Reid wins diving gold medal with Tom Daley". Edinburgh Evening News. 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ "European Aquatics Championships: GB's Grace Reid wins bronze". BBC. 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Fina Diving World Cup: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam win 3m synchro World Cup bronze". BBC. 9 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Grace Reid takes Scotland's Commonwealth Games medal tally to 40 with stunning diving gold - Sunday Post". Sunday Post. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Grace Reid". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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