Tom Daley

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Tom Daley
Tom Daley (Thomas Robert Daley, born 1994) is an Olympic diver. He grew up 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] In August 2014 Daley won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Daley went on to compete in the 2016, 2021 and 2024 Olympic Games. He won a silver in synchronised pair diving in 2024 in France (his last Olympic Games).


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]. Daley and Dustin Black married at Bovey Castle in Devon on 6 May 2017. Their first child, a son, was born through surrogacy in June 2018. The couple's second son was born in March 2023.



References

  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