Kyle Kothari

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Kyle Kothari
Personal information
Born (1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 26) [1]
Great Britain
Sport
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain,
Flag of England.svg England
Sport Diving
Event(s)10 m platform,
10 m synchro,
10 m mixed synchro
ClubDive London [2]
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 10 m mixed synchro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 10 m synchro
FINA Diving Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Bolzano 10 m platform
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Singapore 3 m mixed synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Singapore 10 m mixed synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Rostock 10 m synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Calgary 10 m synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur 10 m platform
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Singapore 10 m platform
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 10 m mixed synchro

Kyle Kothari (born 26 January 1998) is an English diver representing Great Britain and England in competition. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won a silver medal in the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform, and placed fourth in the 10 metre synchronised platform. He is a 2022 European champion in the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform and the 10 metre synchronised platform.

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Career

At the 2018 British National Diving Championships, held in January in Plymouth, Kothari and his partner Matty Lee won the national title and gold medal in the 10 metre synchronised platform with a score of 406.17 points. [2]

2022

Leading up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the 2022 FINA Diving Grand Prix held in June in Calgary, Canada, Kothari won the silver medal in the 10 metre synchronised platform with partner Ben Cutmore, achieving a final mark of 374.58 points. [3]

2022 Commonwealth Games

In early August, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, Kothari and his partner Ben Cutmore placed fourth in the 10 metre synchronised platform on day two of diving competition with a score of 391.35 points, finishing 21.21 points behind the bronze medalists Cassiel Rousseau and Domonic Bedggood of Australia. [4] [5] [6] [7] Three days later, he won a silver medal in the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform, scoring a total of 318.54 points with his partner Lois Toulson to finish behind the gold medal duo, also of England. [8] [9] [10] Their silver medal contributed to a record number of 15 total medals won by divers representing England at a single Commonwealth Games. [11] [12]

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Kothari entered to compete in two events at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in mid-August in Rome, Italy, the team event and the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform. [13] On the first day of diving, both he and Lois Toulson were substituted out and two other divers representing Great Britain were substituted in for the team event. [13] [14] In the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform, he and Louis Toulson won the gold medal with a score of 300.78 points, finishing over two points ahead of the team that won the silver medal from Ukraine. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] Three days later, in the 10 metre synchronised platform, he achieved another narrow gold medal-victory, this time scoring 2.46 points ahead of the silver medalists from Ukraine with a final score of 390.48 points achieved with partner Ben Cutmore. [20] [21] [22]

2023

In February 2023, at the year's British National Diving Cup, Kothari won a gold medal in the men's 10 metre synchronised platform event with Ben Cutmore, achieving a final mark of 402.99 points. [23] In May 2023, he won the 10m platform title at the British Diving Championships. [24]

International championships

Meet10 metre synchronised10 metre mixed synchronised
CG 2022 4th
(391.35)		Silver medal icon.svg
(318.54)
EC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg
(390.48)		Gold medal icon.svg
(300.78)

Personal

Kothari is of Indian descent. [25]

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