Grace Reid
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| Born | 9 May 1996 Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dive London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jane Figueiredo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Elizabeth Reid (born 9 May 1996) is a Scottish diver representing Scotland and Great Britain, and specialising in 1 metre and 3 metre springboard disciplines. She is a world championship silver medallist in the 1 metre springboard, twice a world medallist in the 3 metre mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard discipline, a double gold medallist at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games (once each in individual and springboard events in both cases) as well as a multiple minor medallist in both those events, the European Games and the FINA Diving World Cup. Domestically, Reid is a three-time national champion.
Career
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, representing Scotland she competed in the Women's 3 metre springboard, aged only 14. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 1 metre springboard and Women's 3 metre springboard events. At her third Games, the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Reid won gold in the 1 metre springboard the first Scottish female diver to win a medal at the games.[1] Four years later in Birmingham, paired with James Heatly she won her second Commonwealth title in the mixed 3 metre synchronised springboard event,[2] came 4th in the women's 1 metre springboard event and 8th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.[3]
Reid made her debut for Great Britain at the 2015 European Diving Championships. At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships she won Gold in the Mixed 3 m springboard synchro with partner Tom Daley.[4] 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.[5]
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,[6] followed by silver at the 2018 European Championships.
Diving achievements
| Competition[7] | Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| International representing Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 3m Springboard | 8th | 19th | 10th | ||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| FINA World Aquatics Championships | 1m Springboard | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| 3m Springboard | 4th | 8th | 8th | 8th | ||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | 5th | 5th | ||||||||||||||
| 3m Mixed Synchro | 4th | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| FINA Diving World Cup | 3m Springboard | 17th | 14th | 12th | ||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| 3m Mixed Synchro | ||||||||||||||||
| Mixed 3m & 10m Team | ||||||||||||||||
| European Aquatics Championships / European Diving Championships | 1m Springboard | 5th | 7th | |||||||||||||
| 3m Springboard | 11th | 8th | 5th | |||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | 4th | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| 3m Mixed Synchro | ||||||||||||||||
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| International representing Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games | 1m Springboard | 5th | 4th | |||||||||||||
| 3m Springboard | 6th | 9th | 9th | 8th | ||||||||||||
| 3m Mixed Synchro | ||||||||||||||||
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| British Championships | 1m Springboard | 4th | ||||||||||||||
| 3m Springboard | 4th | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | [8] | |||||||||||||||
| British National Diving Cup | 1m Springboard | |||||||||||||||
| 3m Springboard | 5th | 5th | 4th | 8th | ||||||||||||
| 3m Synchro | ||||||||||||||||
| 3m Mixed Sunchro | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Grace Reid takes Scotland's Commonwealth Games medal tally to 40 with stunning diving gold - Sunday Post". Sunday Post. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Delaney, James (8 August 2022). "Heatly and Reid seal gold for Scotland's 50th medal of Games". STV News. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Grace Elizabeth REID". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Grace Reid wins diving gold medal with Tom Daley". Edinburgh Evening News. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "European Aquatics Championships: GB's Grace Reid wins bronze". BBC. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Fina Diving World Cup: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam win 3m synchro World Cup bronze". BBC. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Grace Reid". British Swimming. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ With Hannah Starling
External links
- Grace Reid at World Aquatics
- Grace Reid at IAT Database Diving (in German)
- Grace Reid at Olympics.com
- Grace Reid at Team GB
- Grace Reid at Olympedia
- Grace Reid at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Grace Reid at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)