Grace Reid

Grace Reid (born 9 May 1996) is a Scottish diver. She has won two gold medals in European Championships and a gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Grace Reid
Personal information
Born (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 Scotland
Event(s)Diving
ClubDive London
Coached byJane Figueiredo
Medal record
World Championships
2017 Budapest3 m mixed synchro
European Championships
2016 LondonMixed 3m synchro
2018 Glasgow3 m springboard
2018 GlasgowMixed 3m synchro
2016 London3 m springboard
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast1 m springboard
FINA Diving World Cup
2018 Wuhan3 m mixed synchro

Career

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 3 metre springboard. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 1 metre springboard and Women's 3 metre springboard events.

At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships she won Gold in the Mixed 3 m springboard synchro with partner Tom Daley.[1] She also won Bronze in the Women's 3 m springboard becoming the first Scot to win an individual European Championships diving medal for Great Britain since 1954.[2]

Following Daley's decision to withdraw from all 2018 diving competitions, Reid partnered with Ross Haslam and the pair won the bronze medal at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup,[3] followed by silver at the 2018 European Championships. Reid also won gold in the 1 metre springboard at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, the first Scottish female diver to win a medal at the games.[4]

Diving achievements
Competition[5] 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Olympic Games, 3m springboard 8th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, 3m springboard 4th 8th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, 3m springboard synchro 5th 5th
FINA World Aquatics Championships, Mixed 3m springboard synchro 2nd 4th
FINA World Cup, 3m springboard 17th 14th
FINA World Cup, Mixed 3m springboard synchro 3rd
European Championship, 1m springboard5th7th
European Championship, 3m springboard11th3rd 1st
European Championship, 3m springboard synchro 4th 4th
European Championship, Mixed 3 m springboard synchro1st2nd
Commonwealth Games, 1m springboard5th 1st
Commonwealth Games, 3m springboard6th9th 9th

References
  1. "Grace Reid wins diving gold medal with Tom Daley". Edinburgh Evening News. 12 May 2016.
  2. "European Aquatics Championships: GB's Grace Reid wins bronze". BBC. 14 May 2016.
  3. "Fina Diving World Cup: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam win 3m synchro World Cup bronze". BBC. 9 June 2018.
  4. "Grace Reid takes Scotland's Commonwealth Games medal tally to 40 with stunning diving gold - Sunday Post". Sunday Post. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. "Grace Reid". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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