Jack Laugher

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.

Chris Mears and Jack Laugher at the 2016 Olympics in Rio