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Ross Haslam
Personal information
Born (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 26)
Sheffield, England
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportDiving
Event(s)Springboard, synchro
ClubSheffield Diving
Coached byTom Owens
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 3 m mixed synchro
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 3 m synchro
FINA Diving World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan 3 m mixed synchro

Ross Haslam (born 2 October 1997) is British diver. He represented Great Britain in the European Championships and won a silver in mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard.

Background

Ross Haslam was born in Sheffield on 2 October 1997. He first started diving when he was 6. He has a brother Jack who is also a diver.[2][3]

Career

Haslam first won an individual senior national medal with a bronze in the 10 metre platform at the 2012 British National Cup. The same year he started representing Great Britain in the European Junior Championships.[4]

In 2015, at the inaugural European Games held in Baku where the diving events are for juniors only, he won a silver in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard with James Heatly.[5]

In 2018, at the FINA World Cup in Wuhan, China, he won a bronze in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard with Grace Reid.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Haslam partnered with Grace Reid for the second time as her partner in this event Tom Daley had taken paternity leave for the rest of year. They won a silver in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Ross Haslam". Commonwealth Games England.
  2. ^ White, Steven. "Diving together: a brief natter with the Haslam brothers". FQ Magazine.
  3. ^ Haslam, Ross (1 July 2016). "2016 Bolzano Diving Grand Prix". iCrowdNewswire.
  4. ^ "Ross Haslam". Swimming.org.
  5. ^ Wilkes, Neil (19 June 2015). "Interview: GB silver diving medallists James Heatly, Ross Haslam". Sports Mole.
  6. ^ "Fina Diving World Cup: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam win 3m synchro World Cup bronze". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018.
  7. ^ Charlie Talbot-Smith, Pete (8 August 2018). "Sheffield diver Haslam wins Euro silver". Yorkshire Post.