Jack David Laugher (/lɔː/ LOR; born 30 January 1995) is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England.
[13] In September 2010, he competed at the World Junior Championships in Tucson, Arizona and won gold at both the 1m and 3m springboard events.
[23] At the 2015 World Championship in Kazan, Russia, Laugher and Mears won bronze in the 3m springboard synchro, thus qualifying for the Rio Olympics.
[24] Laugher then won a second bronze in the individual 3m springboard, making him the first Briton to win two medals in a World Championships.
[27] At the 2016 Olympics, Laugher and Mears became the first ever diving gold medal winners for Great Britain in the men's synchronised 3-metre springboard.
They scored 454.32, beating the American Sam Dorman and Michael Hixon (450.21) in silver medal position and the Chinese pair Qin Kai and Cao Yuan in bronze (443.70).
[33] Earlier in the year, Mears and Laugher also won a silver in 3-metre synchro springboard at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup held in Wuhan.
[38] He won a total of 5 international titles in 2018, for which he was honoured with European male diver of the year a second time by Ligue Europeenne de Natation (LEN).
[43] At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Laugher and Goodfellow won gold in synchronised 3m springboard.
[47] At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Laugher partnered with Anthony Harding for the first time in an international competition, and won silver in the synchro 3m springboard event.
[51] Alongside Anthony Harding, he won bronze in the synchronised three metre springboard to claim his fourth Olympic medal.
[39] Laugher, along with Mears, was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to diving.