Jack Laugher News – Swim England Diving Sport Hub https://www.swimming.org/diving The English home of platform and springboard diving. Sat, 27 Jul 2024 16:22:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Jack Laugher hopes pool named after him will inspire others to ‘chase their dreams’ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-pool-named-honour/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-pool-named-honour/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:36:49 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=5800 Olympic champion Jack Laugher hopes a new swimming pool named in his honour will encourage youngsters to ‘chase their dreams’. The Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre in Ripon has been officially opened by the three-time Olympic medallist. Laugher, who was born in Harrogate and was educated at Ripon Grammar School, admitted he never thought … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-pool-named-honour/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2022/03/jack_laugher_swimming_pool_honour.jpg Laugher and Heatly ease through to 3m Springboard semi-finals in Tokyo https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-mens-springboard-prelim/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-mens-springboard-prelim/#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:30:58 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=5446 Both British divers Jack Laugher and James Heatly ease through to the semi-finals of the Men’s 3m Springboard. The preliminary round saw 29 divers compete for 18 semi-final places at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. After six rounds of action, Laugher, the Rio 2016 silver medallist in this event, qualified in sixth place with a total … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-mens-springboard-prelim/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2021/08/Jack-James-Diving.jpg Olympic champion Jack Laugher looking to ‘be the best me’ at Tokyo Games https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-jack-laugher/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-jack-laugher/#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:53:29 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=5351 As the countdown to the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games edges ever closer, we focus on the English athletes who will be travelling to Japan. Olympic gold medal winning diver Jack Laugher says he’s ‘trying to replicate what I did in 2016’ as he looks ahead to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Laugher finished on top … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-jack-laugher/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/04/Jack-Laugher-web-size.jpg Jack Laugher: ‘Joining a club was one of the best decisions of my entire life’ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-first-club/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-first-club/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:57:45 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=5008 Team GB’s most successful diver Jack Laugher says joining a club was one of the best decisions of his life. The 26-year-old reflected on his earliest diving memory, his first coach and how he got into the sport as he discussed his journey from grassroots to becoming Olympic and Commonwealth champion. After learning to swim at three … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-first-club/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/04/AW1_3122.jpg Jack Laugher has sights set on competing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-targets-paris-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-targets-paris-2024/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:50:32 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=4802 Jack Laugher should have been in Tokyo this week for what potentially could have been his Olympics swansong – but now he has his sights set on competing at the Paris 2024 Games. Laugher, who won gold at the 2016 Rio Games in the 3m Springboard Synchro with Chris Mears and silver in the individual … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-targets-paris-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/08/jack_laugher_olympics.jpg Jack Laugher hopes golden experience will inspire Swim England divers https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-team-z/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-team-z/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:02:15 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=4314 Jack Laugher hopes to have inspired the next generation of Olympic British divers after giving Swim England’s Team Z youngsters the chance to hold the gold medal he won at the 2016 Rio Games. A total of 22 athletes on the Swim England Talent pathway – and three guests from Scottish Swimming – attended a … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher-team-z/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/01/Team-Z-group-photo-with-Jack-and-Tony.jpg Team Z divers get chance to train alongside Olympic champion Jack Laugher https://www.swimming.org/diving/team-z-camp-jack-laugher/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/team-z-camp-jack-laugher/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:01:13 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=4302 Members of the Swim England Team Z diving programme are to train alongside Olympic gold medallist Jack Laugher at a special three-day camp. Laugher, who won gold at the Rio 2016 Games in the Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard alongside Chris Mears, will be joined by fellow British diving athletes as the Team Z youngsters join … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/team-z-camp-jack-laugher/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2020/01/jack_laugher.jpg Jack Laugher https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:15:33 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=455 Jack Laugher is the only British diver to have won multiple medals at an Olympic Games, having won 3m Synchro gold and 3m Springboard silver at Rio 2016. Date of Birth: 30/01/1995 Born: Harrogate Team/Club: City of Leeds Diving Club Coach: Adam Smallwood About Jack Laugher Since he made his Olympic debut as a 17-year old … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/jack-laugher/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2015/12/jack_laugher_ready_to_dive_rio_2016.jpg Jack Laugher named European diver of the year for 2018 https://www.swimming.org/diving/laugher-wins-len-title/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/laugher-wins-len-title/#respond Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:26:09 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=3248 Jack Laugher has been named LEN European male diver of the year for the second time. The City of Leeds diver enjoyed a memorable 2018 as he won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast . And he then followed that up with two golds at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/diving/laugher-wins-len-title/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2018/08/jack-laugher-preparing-to-dive-at-2018-european-championships.jpg Laugher and Goodfellow get off to the perfect start https://www.swimming.org/diving/laugher-goodfellow-perfect-start/ https://www.swimming.org/diving/laugher-goodfellow-perfect-start/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:10:05 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/diving/?p=3210 Jack Laugher and Dan Goodfellow got their synchro diving partnership off to the perfect start as they struck gold on the opening day of the British National Diving Cup. The City of Leeds duo triumphed in the Men’s 3m Synchro competition after scoring 387.99 to comfortably beat brothers Jack and Ross Haslam (364.44) into second … […]

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