Ross Haslam
Personal information
Full nameRoss Steven Haslam
Born (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997
Sheffield, England
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportDiving
Event(s)Springboard, synchro
ClubSheffield Diving
Coached byTom Owens
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-Małopolska1 m springboard
Silver medal – second place2015 Baku3 m synchro
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Glasgow3 m mixed synchro
European Diving Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Rzeszów1 m springboard
FINA Diving World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 Wuhan3 m mixed synchro

Ross Haslam (born 2 October 1997) is a British diver. He has represented Great Britain at numerous international events, winning European gold medal on the 1 metre springboard and silver in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard, and a bronze medal in the same event at the World Cup.

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]

In May 2023, he won the 1m springboard title and 3m synchro title, at the British Diving Championships.[8] One month later, during the 2023 European Diving Championships which were held as part of the 2023 European Games in Rzeszów, Poland he won a gold medal on the 1 metre springboard. He also performed in the 3 metre springboard event where he finished fourth. On the synchronised 3 metre springboard he partnered again with James Heatly where they became fourth, finishing less than two points behind the bronze medalists.[9]

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.
  8. ↑ "live updates from the british diving championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Golden European Double for Britain's Divers". British Swimming. Retrieved 30 June 2023.


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