Peter Waterfield
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| Full name | Peter Graham Waterfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1981 Waltham Forest, London, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Southampton, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10 m, 10 m synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southampton Diving Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Tom Daley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Graham Waterfield (born 12 March 1981) is a British diver and Olympic silver medalist.[1]
Diving career[edit]
Waterfield's specialism is the 10-metre platform event, both as solo competitor and in the synchronised event with his former partner Leon Taylor. Despite their noticeable height difference (Peter is only 5 ft 6 in or 1.68 m, Leon is almost 5 ft 11 in or 1.80 m) in a discipline normally requiring as much uniformity as possible, they turned in strong synchronised performances. Waterfield and Taylor came in fourth at the men's synchronised 10-metre platform in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the diving events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, they won the silver medal in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform – Britain's first Olympic diving medal since Brian Phelps in 1960.
In the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, Waterfield's best solo showing to date came when he won the 10-metre gold medal. In the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won a silver medal.
For the 2011 season, Waterfield was paired in the synchronised competitions with teenager Tom Daley; Daley had finished 7th in the individual competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was also a British and European champion. During the 2012 London Olympics, Waterfield and Daley achieved an agonising 4th-placed finish in the 10 m synchro diving competition after dropping their 4th dive.
Personal life[edit]
Born in London, he lives in Southampton with his wife Tania and their two sons, Lewis (born 2001) and Marshall (born 2008). Waterfield is a member of the diving club and is coached by Lindsey Fraser. In January 2013, it was announced that Waterfield, who had been losing hair since his early 20s, had undergone a hair transplantation operation in order to look "more appealing to TV companies and big brands seeking sponsors."[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Peter Waterfield". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Hair Transplant – Olympic Diving hero splashes out on a hair transplant – Crown Clinic". crownclinic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- English male divers
- Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Sportspeople from Southampton
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving