Doug Tomalin
{{short description|British diver}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Doug Tomalin
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| full_name = Charles Douglas Tomalin
| nationality = English
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|08|20}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12|19|1914|08|20|df=yes}}
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's Diving}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1938 Sydney | high diving}}
{{MedalSilver| 1934 London | 3 m springboard}}
{{MedalSilver| 1934 London | high diving}}
{{MedalSilver| 1938 Sydney | 3 m springboard}}
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Charles Douglas Tomalin, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CBE|DFC|AFC}} (20 August 1914 – 19 December 1998){{Olympedia|47423}} was an English diver who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1936 he finished ninth in the 10 metre platform event. At the 1934 Empire Games he won the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard event and in the high diving competition. Four years later at the Sydney Games he won the gold medal in the high diving contest and the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard event. Subsequently, he became a senior and decorated officer in the Royal Air Force, rising to the rank of air commodore.
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External links
- {{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/doug-tomalin-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/doug-tomalin-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-04-18 |title=Doug Tomalin Bio, Stats, and Results Sports-Reference.com |work=Sports-Reference.com}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Tomalin.htm |title=Air Commodore C. D. Tomalin |first=M. B. |last=Barrass |work=Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation}}
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Category:Olympic divers for Great Britain
Category:Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Divers at the 1930 British Empire Games
Category:Divers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Divers at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in diving
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in diving
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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