Anthony Harding (born 30 June 2000) is an English diver. He won a bronze medal in the synchronised three metre springboard at the 2024 Summer Olympics having won silver in the same event at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93022.jpg) Harding in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 June 2000 Ashton-under-Lyne, England[1] |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Diving |
| Event(s) | 3 m, 3 m synchro |
Medal record | |
Early life
editHarding grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. He joined the City of Leeds diving club at age 10, and relocated to Leeds without his family at age 16. He studied at Elliott Hudson College, before starting a course in electronic engineering at Leeds City College.[2]
Career
editHarding participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, where he won the silver medal behind Daniel Restrepo in the boy's 3m springboard event.[3]
After the 2020 Summer Olympics in August 2021 Harding started training together with Jack Laugher. They won the silver medal in the synchronized 3m springboard event at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[4]
Alongside Jack Laugher, he won a bronze medal in the synchronised three metre springboard at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Anthony Harding". Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Leeds Diving Club ace Anthony Harding has Tokyo 2020 in his sights". Yorkshire Evening Post. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – Anthony Harding". olympedia.org. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Laugher and Harding make a splash with World Championship silver". teamgb.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "GB's Laugher & Harding win synchro 3m bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Jack Laugher 'relief' as he and Anthony Harding secure bronze with final dive". The Independent. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
External links
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- Anthony Harding at World Aquatics
- Anthony Harding at British Swimming
- Anthony Harding at Team England
- Anthony Harding at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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