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Full name | Noah Oliver Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | London, England [1] | 15 May 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 10 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dive London Aquatics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jane Figueiredo David Jenkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Noah Oliver Williams (born 15 May 2000) is an English elite competitive diver who represents Great Britain and England and specialises in the 10 metre platform and synchro platform events. Williams took the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the third British diver to do so in that event. In the 10 metre synchronised event at the same Games, Williams won silver with partner Tom Daley.
A multiple medalist at both world and European championships level for Great Britain, Williams is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion in both his synchronised events (Men's and Mixed) representing England.
Williams is from Hoxton in Hackney, London. He was about nine when he first tried diving – while at school, he saw a leaflet from Crystal Palace Diving seeking talent and went to try out the sport, and was accepted. [2] He received support from Hackney's Youth Sports Fund and won the Hackney Sports Awards for six years. He now trains at the London Aquatics Centre. [3] [4]
Williams started diving competitively in 2011 in the ASA National Skills competition, and also competed in the National Age Group Diving Championships in 2013. He won his first national title in 2015 in Group B 3 metre Springboard event, and won a bronze in the 3 metre synchro in his European debut.
In 2016, Williams won the British Junior Elite Platform, and won another bronze at the European Junior Championships in the same event. He was also part of the team that won gold in World Junior Championships. [1]
In 2017, Williams partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event in held in Gatineau, Canada, and won a gold medal. [5] He also competed in the 10 metre platform at the European Juniors in Bergen, Norway, and won a silver medal behind his diving partner Matthew Dixon. The duo also won a silver in the 10 metre synchro. [6]
At the 2017 European Diving Championships, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro. [7]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, Williams again partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform. They won the silver medal behind fellow GB divers Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow with a score of 399.99 points. [8] He finished just outside the medal positions in fourth in the 10m Platform.
In 2018, at the World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv, Williams and Dixon won the silver medal in the platform synchro. [9] The duo then won another silver at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh in the Men's 10 m synchro platform. [10]
Williams made his World Championship debut at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, he finished fourth with Robyn Birch in the mixed 10m platform synchro event, and won qualification for the 2020 Olympics GB team. [11] At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Williams won silver in the Mixed 10 m platform synchro with Eden Cheng, a bronze in Men's 3m synchro with Dixon, as well as in the team event. [12] [13]
In March 2020, Williams won his first individual international title at the first event of the 2020 FINA Diving World Series which was held in Montreal, Canada, winning gold in the Men's 10m Platform. [14]
In May 2021, Williams and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix won a silver medal in the 10m mixed synchro event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships. [15]
Williams qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021, [16] however, he missed out on the Men's 10 metre platform semifinal after finishing 27th. [17] [18]
In February 2022, Williams won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Platform event at the British National Diving Cup with a score of 448.50. [19]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Williams partnered with Matty Lee for the first time in an international competition and they won silver in the synchro 10 m platform event. [20]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Williams and Lee won gold in the synchro 10m platform despite Williams injuring his ankle. [21] Williams also won gold with in the mixed synchro 10m platform with Spendolini-Sirieix. [22] Williams also won a silver at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in the men's 10m platform final. [23]
With partner Tom Daley, Williams won the silver medal in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [24] Later in the Games, Williams won a bronze medal in the individual 10 metre platform. [25] [26]
To date, Williams has won a total of twenty eight medals across both national and international competitions: [27]
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2020 | Tokyo, Japan | Men's 10 metre platform | 309.55 | 27th |
2024 | Paris, France | Men's 10 metre platform | 497.35 | 3rd |
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform [A] | 463.44 | 2nd |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2019 | Gwangju, South Korea | Men's 10 metre platform | 440.95 | 10th |
Mixed synchronized 10 metre platform [B] | 285.18 | 4th | ||
2022 | Budapest, Hungary | Men's 10 metre platform | 479.05 | 5th |
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform [C] | 427.71 | 2nd | ||
2023 | Fukuoka, Japan | Men's 10 metre platform | 499.10 | 4th |
2024 | Doha, Qatar | Men's 10 metre platform | 479.05 | 7th |
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform [A] | 422.37 | 2nd |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2018 | Wuhan, China | Men's Synchronised 10m Platform [D] | 384.81 | 6th |
Mixed Synchronised 10m Platform [B] | 267.72 | 8th | ||
2023 | Berlin, Germany | Men's 10m Platform | 468.05 | 3rd |
2024 | Xi'an, China | Men's 10m Platform | 476.10 | 5th |
Synchronized 10m Platform [A] | 440.37 | 2nd |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2017 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Men's synchronized 10 metre platform [D] | 388.05 | 3rd |
2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Men's 10 m synchro platform [D] | 399.90 | 2nd |
2019 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Mixed 10 m platform synchro [E] | 303.60 | 2nd |
Team event [F] | 392.00 | 3rd | ||
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform [D] | 412.56 | 3rd | ||
Men's 10 metre platform | 423.90 | 4th | ||
2020 | Budapest, Hungary | Team [G] | 383.40 | 4th |
Men's 10 m platform | 480.65 | 5th | ||
Mixed 10 m platform synchro [H] | 307.32 | 2nd | ||
2022 | Rome, Italy | Men's 10 m platform | 459.00 | 2nd |
Team [I] | 384.70 | 3rd |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | Men's 10 metre platform | 405.85 | 4th |
Men's synchronised 10 metre platform [D] | 399.99 | 2nd | ||
2022 | Birmingham, England | Men's 10 metre platform | 408.90 | 7th |
Mixed synchronised 10 metre platform [H] | 333.06 | 1st | ||
Men's synchronised 10 metre platform [C] | 429.78 | 1st |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2019 | London, England | Mixed 10m synchronised [J] | 311.76 | 4th |
2020 | Montreal, Canada | Men's 10m synchronised [C] | 374.79 | 5th |
Men's 10m platform | 493.35 | 1st |
Year | Location | Event | Score | Result |
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2017 | Gold Coast, Australia | Men's 10m platform | 364.85 | 5th |
Men's 10m platform [D] | 406.32 | 2nd | ||
2018 | Calgary, Canada | Men's 10m Platform | 337.35 | 12th |
Men's 10m synchronised [D] | 397.98 | 2nd | ||
2019 | Men's 10m platform | 340.95 | 15th | |
California, USA | 392.75 | 4th | ||
Madrid, Spain | 398.80 | 2nd |
Notes
^ A. with Tom Daley
^ B. with Robyn Birch
^ C. with Matty Lee
^ D. with Matthew Dixon
^ E. with Eden Cheng
^ F. with Eden Cheng, Anthony Harding, and Katherine Torrance
^ G. with Eden Cheng, Yasmin Harper, and Ross Haslam
^ H. with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
^ I. with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Grace Reid, and James Heatly
^ J. with Lois Toulson
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