Sir Peter Heatly, CBE DL (9 June 1924 – 17 September 2015) was a Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
[3] By the age of thirteen Heatly had become the East of Scotland Champion (1937),[1] and he held this title until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
[3] Heatly became an apprentice at Rosyth's Naval Dockyard; however, he kept up his training at the sports facilities nearby[4] and became a Scottish Freestyle Champion in 1946,[5] a title he kept until 1958.
[1] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, he won a gold medal in the platform and a silver in the springboard.
[3] Heatly had been unable to practise for most of the five-week journey by ship to Auckland, except for one training session which took place in a U.S. base in Panama.
[16] James Heatly also won a gold medal in the 10 m mixed synchronised diving at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, partnered by Grace Reid [17]