Leon Taylor

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Leon Taylor (left) and Peter Waterfield prepare to dive in the 2002 Arena Diving Champions Cup, where they took Silver.
Leon Taylor (left) and Peter Waterfield prepare to dive in the 2002 Arena Diving Champions Cup, where they took Silver.
Olympic medal record
Men's Diving
Silver 2004 Athens 10m Synchronised

Leon Taylor (born 2 November 1977) is a British athlete, who competes in diving.

He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and only took up competitive diving when he was eight. By the age of 11 he was a national champion.

In the diving events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he won the Silver medal in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform, with partner Peter Waterfield It was Britain's first Olympic diving medal since Brian Phelps in 1960. He had come fourth in the same competition in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Other achievements include silver in the men's 10m platform at the 2002 Commonwealth Games (he had won Bronze in 1998), and bronze in the 10m synchro at the 1999 European LC Championships. He trains in the Ponds Forge swimming complex in Sheffield.

In May 2008 he announced his retirement from competition, following a number of injuries.[1]

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  1. ^ Cheese, Caroline (29 May 2008). Diver Taylor announces retirement. BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.

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