Famous Divers

Thomas Robert Daley (born 21 May 1994) is a British diver, television personality and YouTube vlogger. He specialises in the 10-metre platform event and is a double World champion in the event; he won the 2009 FINA World Championship in the individual event at the age of 15, before regaining it in 2017. Daley was the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist in the event.

Kassidy Leigh Cook (born May 9, 1995) is an American diver. Cook was a member of the United States national diving team in 2012. She missed out on competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics by 0.4 points, but competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, placing 13th in the women's 3 metre springboard event. She earned her first Olympic medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning silver in the women's synchronized 3 metre springboard with Sarah Bacon.

Kristian Ipsen (born October 20, 1992 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American diver, who has been diving competitively since 1998. Diving alongside Troy Dumais, together they took the silver medal in the synchronized 3 meter springboard at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, and the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

Brittany Ann Viola (born April 19, 1987 in Minnesota) is an American platform diver formerly for the University of Miami. In 2008 and 2011, she won the NCAA championship in diving's ten-meter platform. She was named to the United States diving team for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Rome and Shanghai, respectively. Viola was named Captain of the U.S. Diving Team for the 2009 event.

Tania Cagnotto (born 15 May 1985) is an Italian diver. She is the first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A five-time Olympian, she won medals in both individual and synchronized springboard diving in her final appearance at the Olympics in 2016. She is also a 20-time champion at the European level.

Troy Matthew Dumais (born January 21, 1980) is an American competitive diver from California. Dumais has competed for the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and 2012 Summer Olympics, the last which he won a bronze team medal in the synchronized 3m. He attended the University of Texas at Austin.

Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985) is a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was the world champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been world champion in all three individual categories (1, 3 and 10 m platform). He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion, and nine-time junior champion. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Nicholas Montgomery McCrory (born August 9, 1991) is an American former diver and was a member of the national team from 2007 to 2014.

Annika Walter (born 5 February 1975) is a retired German diver. Walter won a silver medal in 10m platforming diving at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.