Tanya Watson

Diving

BIOGRAPHY

Tanya, whose maternal grandmother hails from Derry, first competed for Ireland in 2018 when she was fifth at the Youth Olympics and seventh in the platform in her European Senior Championship debut. In 2020 she had two top 10 finishes in FINA Grand Prix and two sixth places in 2020. In 2021 she made the European senior final and only missed making the final of the Diving World Cup in Tokyo by two points where her score in qualifying made her the first Irish female diver to qualify for an Olympic Games.

Gender

Female

Discipline

10m Platform

Date Of Birth

December 24, 2001

Hometown

Southampton, UK

Games

Tokyo 2020

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