Lois Toulson

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Lois Toulson
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Toulson in 2024
Personal information
Full nameLois Mae Toulson
Born (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25)
Huddersfield, England
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
England
Sport Diving
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 10 m synchro
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Budapest 10 m mixed synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 10 m synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Doha 10 m synchro
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Baku 10 m platform
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow 10 m synchro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 10 m mixed synchro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Rome 10 m synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Glasgow 10 m mixed synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Budapest 10 m synchro
European Diving Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kyiv 10 m platform
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Kyiv 10 m mixed synchro
FINA Diving World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tokyo 10 m synchro
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 10 m platform
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Birmingham 10 m mixed synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 10 m platform

Lois Mae Toulson (born 26 September 1999) is a British diver. A specialist in the 10 metre platform, she won the gold medal at the inaugural European Games in 2015, and the senior European title in 2017. She competed in the women's synchronized ten metre platform event at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tonia Couch and she won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in same category with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix. [1] She won silver in mixed 10m platform synchro at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships with Matty Lee, and gold in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships with Eden Cheng. [2]

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Early life

Toulson was raised in Cleckheaton. She attended Whitcliffe Mount School [3] and Elliott Hudson College. [4]

Career

Having made her first senior international appearance at the 2015 European Championships. She also competed in the first European Games where she claimed gold; she closed her first senior season with individual gold and silver medals at FINA Grand Prix events in Singapore and Malaysia. [5]

2017

At the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kyiv, Toulson won two golds, first in 10m platform, [6] and in the mixed 10m platform synchro with diving partner Matty Lee. [7]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Toulson and Lee won silver in the 10m mixed synchro. [8]

2018

At the 2018 British Diving Championships, Toulson won the women's 10m platform event, scoring 336.90 points. [9]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Toulson partnered with Eden Cheng in the women's 10 metre synchro platform and won a gold medal. [10] Toulson also partnered with Matty Lee to win silver in the mixed synchronised 10m platform. [11]

2021

At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Toulson and Cheng won silver in synchronised 10m platform, thereby securing their qualification to the Olympics. [12] They also won silver in Synchronised 10m platform two weeks later at the European Championships. [13] At the 2020 Olympics, the pair finished seventh in the synchronized 10 metre platform after a poor start. [14] [15]

2022

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals in the women's 10 metre platform event [16] and the mixed synchronised 10 metre platform event alongside Kyle Kothari. [17]

2024

Alongside Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Toulson won a bronze medal in the synchronised 10 metre platform event at the Paris Olympics [18] [19] but failed to make the individual 10 metre platform final. [20] [21]

Personal life

Toulson has been in a relationship with fellow Team GB diver Jack Laugher since 2017. [22] [23]

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