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[[File:Tom Daley London (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tom Daley]]'''Tom Daley''' (Thomas Robert Daley, born 1994) is an Olympic diver. He lives in [[Plymouth]].
 
[[File:Tom Daley London (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tom Daley]]'''Tom Daley''' (Thomas Robert Daley, born 1994) is an Olympic diver. He lives in [[Plymouth]].
  
He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9082591.stm BBC Sport - Delhi 2010: Tom Daley and Max Brick win diving gold</ref> and a bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games]].<ref name="2012_Olympics">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/diving/9469693/Tom-Daley-dives-to-bronze-as-USA-take-10m-platform-gold.html Duncan White, "Tom Daley wins Olympic diving bronze as USA's David Boudia takes 10m platform gold" ''Daily Telegraph'' 12 August 2012</ref>
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He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9082591.stm BBC Sport - Delhi 2010: Tom Daley and Max Brick win diving gold</ref> and a bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.<ref name="2012_Olympics">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/diving/9469693/Tom-Daley-dives-to-bronze-as-USA-take-10m-platform-gold.html Duncan White, "Tom Daley wins Olympic diving bronze as USA's David Boudia takes 10m platform gold" ''Daily Telegraph'' 12 August 2012</ref>
  
 
On 2 December 2013, Daley he released a YouTube video announcing that he has been in a relationship with a man since spring of that year. He said: "I still fancy girls, but at the moment I've never been happier."<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25183041 "Olympic diving star Tom Daley Daley reveals relationship with man" ''BBC News'' 2 December 2013</ref>
 
On 2 December 2013, Daley he released a YouTube video announcing that he has been in a relationship with a man since spring of that year. He said: "I still fancy girls, but at the moment I've never been happier."<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25183041 "Olympic diving star Tom Daley Daley reveals relationship with man" ''BBC News'' 2 December 2013</ref>
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In August 2014 Daley won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in [[Glasgow]].
  
 
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Revision as of 20:44, 28 August 2014

Tom Daley
Tom Daley (Thomas Robert Daley, born 1994) is an Olympic diver. He lives in Plymouth.

He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,[1] and a bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.[2]

On 2 December 2013, Daley he released a YouTube video announcing that he has been in a relationship with a man since spring of that year. He said: "I still fancy girls, but at the moment I've never been happier."[3]

In August 2014 Daley won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

References

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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9082591.stm BBC Sport - Delhi 2010: Tom Daley and Max Brick win diving gold
  2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/diving/9469693/Tom-Daley-dives-to-bronze-as-USA-take-10m-platform-gold.html Duncan White, "Tom Daley wins Olympic diving bronze as USA's David Boudia takes 10m platform gold" Daily Telegraph 12 August 2012
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25183041 "Olympic diving star Tom Daley Daley reveals relationship with man" BBC News 2 December 2013