James Heatly

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James Heatly
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Heatly in 2019
Personal information
Full nameJames Philip Heatly
Born (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27)
Winchester, Hampshire, England [1]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
SportDiving
Event(s)1 metre, 3 metres & 10 metres synchro
ClubEdinburgh Diving

James Philip Heatly OLY (born 20 May 1997) is a British diver.

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Career

In 2015, at the inaugural European Games held in Baku where the diving events are for juniors only, he won a gold in the 3 metre springboard, a bronze in the 1 metre springboard, as well as a silver in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard with Ross Haslam. [2] [3]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he won bronze in the 1m springboard event, becoming only the second Scottish diver to win a diving medal after his grandfather Sir Peter Heatly won gold in 1958. [4]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Heatly won a bronze in the men's 1 metre springboard. [5]

At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Heatly won bronze in the Men's 3m springboard. [6]

At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Heatly won silver in the Men's 3m springboard event. [7]

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Heatly won his first World Championship medals, a bronze in the Mixed 3m & 10m team event with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, followed on the same day by a bronze in the mixed 3 metre synchro event with Grace Reid [8]

He represented Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold medal in the Mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Grace Reid. [9] and came 4th in the Men's 1 metre springboard [10] and Men's 3 metre springboard events. [11]

In May 2023, he won his third 3m synchro title at the British Diving Championships. [12]

Media

James Heatly appeared in a short film "The Bath House" in 2009. [13]

Personal life

Heatly is the grandson of fellow international diver Peter Heatly. [14] [15]

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References

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  3. "GB's Heatly wins diving gold in Baku". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015.
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  5. Sharland, Pete (7 August 2018). "Jack Laugher takes 1m Springboard gold". Eurosport.
  6. "Russian double, Kuznetsov performs first 100-pointer of the meet". LEN European Aquatics. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  7. Hope, Nick (6 May 2021). "Fina Diving World Cup: GB's James Heatly claims silver to help Olympic hopes". BBC Sport.
  8. "Competition Results | FINA Official".
  9. Delaney, James (8 August 2022). "Heatly and Reid seal gold for Scotland's 50th medal of Games". STV News. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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