Hannah Starling

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Hannah Starling
Personal information
Full nameHannah Starling
Born (1995-06-12) 12 June 1995 (age 28)
Leeds, England
Home town Leeds, England
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of England.svg  England
Event(s)Diving
ClubCity of Leeds Diving Club

Hannah Starling (born 12 June 1995 in Leeds, England) is a British former diver. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard.

Former world champion diver Edwin Jongejans has trained her since 2004. [2]

Starling won the synchronized 3 metre event at the British Championships in 2010 (with Grace Reid) [3] and 2014 (with Rebecca Gallantree) [4] and at the British National Cup in 2012 (with Rebecca Gallantree). [5] She won the 1 metre springboard event at the British National Cup in 2011. [6]

Starling finished in second place for the British diving team (20th overall in the world) at the 18th FINA Diving World Cup held in London, England in February 2012. [7]

In 2014 Starling finished third in the 3 metre springboard event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She announced her retirement from the sport in 2015. [8]

Diving achievements

Competition20092010201120122014
Olympics, 3m springboard13th
World Championships, 1m springboard25th
Commonwealth Games, 3m springboard3rd [9]
European Championship, 1m springboard14th
European Championship, 3m synchro5th
European Championship, 3m springboard14th8th9th
FINA World Cup, 3m springboard19th19th
World Junior Championship, 1m springboard14th
World Junior Championship, 3m synchro8th
European Junior Championship, 3m springboard8th5th
European Junior Championship, 3m synchro2nd3rd
British Championship, 3m springboard4th [10] 4th [11] 3rd [12] 3rd [13] 2nd [14]
British Championship, 3m synchro4th [15] 1st [3] 1st [4]
British Championship, 1m springboard12th [16] 11th [17] 2nd [18]
British Gas National Cup, 1m springboard7th [19] 1st [6] 4th [20]
British Gas National Cup, 3m springboard6th [21] 3rd [22] 2nd [23]
British Gas National Cup, 3m synchro3rd [24] 2nd [25] 1st [5]

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