James Heatly
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| Full name | James Philip Heatly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1997 Winchester, Hampshire, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1 metre, 3 metres & 10 metres synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Philip Heatly OLY (born 20 May 1997) is a British diver.
Career
[edit]In 2015, at the inaugural European Games held in Baku where the diving events are for juniors only, he won a gold in the 3 metre springboard, a bronze in the 1 metre springboard, as well as a silver in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard with Ross Haslam.[2][3]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he won bronze in the 1m springboard event, becoming only the second Scottish diver to win a diving medal after his grandfather Sir Peter Heatly won gold in 1958.[4]
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Heatly won a bronze in the men's 1 metre springboard.[5]
At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Heatly won bronze in the Men's 3m springboard.[6]
At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Heatly won silver in the Men's 3m springboard event.[7]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Heatly won his first World Championship medals, a bronze in the Mixed 3m & 10m team event with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, followed on the same day by a bronze in the mixed 3 metre synchro event with Grace Reid[8]
He represented Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold medal in the Mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard event alongside Grace Reid.[9] and came 4th in the Men's 1 metre springboard[10] and Men's 3 metre springboard events.[11]
In May 2023, he won his third 3m synchro title at the British Diving Championships.[12]
Media
[edit]James Heatly appeared in a short film "The Bath House" in 2009.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Heatly is the grandson of fellow international diver Peter Heatly.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "James Heatly". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- ^ Wilkes, Neil (19 June 2015). "Interview: GB silver diving medallists James Heatly, Ross Haslam". Sports Mole.
- ^ "GB's Heatly wins diving gold in Baku". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Jack Laugher wins 1m springboard gold, James Heatly takes bronze". BBC News. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Sharland, Pete (7 August 2018). "Jack Laugher takes 1m Springboard gold". Eurosport.
- ^ "Russian double, Kuznetsov performs first 100-pointer of the meet". LEN European Aquatics. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Hope, Nick (6 May 2021). "Fina Diving World Cup: GB's James Heatly claims silver to help Olympic hopes". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Competition Results | FINA Official".
- ^ Delaney, James (8 August 2022). "Heatly and Reid seal gold for Scotland's 50th medal of Games". STV News. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Men's 1m Springboard - Final". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Men's 3m Springboard - Final". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "live updates from the british diving championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Henna-Riikka Halonen".
- ^ Gillon, Doug (26 June 2015). "Teenager James Heatly making a big splash - just like his grandfather". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ English, Tom (11 April 2018). "Heatly family affair swells Scottish success". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- James Heatly at British Swimming
- James Heatly at World Aquatics
- James Heatly at Team GB
- James Heatly at Olympics.com
- James Heatly at Olympedia
- James Heatly at Team Scotland
- James Heatly at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- James Heatly at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- James Heatly at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- James Philip Heatly at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1997 births
- Living people
- British male divers
- Scottish male divers
- Olympic divers for Great Britain
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- European Games medalists in diving
- European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- European Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Divers at the 2015 European Games
- Divers at the 2023 European Games
- Sportspeople from Winchester
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen