Ross Haslam
{{Short description|British diver (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Ross Haslam
| full_name = Ross Steven Haslam
| image = Ross Haslam.jpg
| country = Great Britain
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|2}}
| birth_place = Sheffield, England
| height = 175 cm{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/ross-haslam |title=Ross Haslam |work=Commonwealth Games England}}
| weight = 75 kg
| sport = Diving
| event = Springboard, synchro
| club = Sheffield Diving
| coach = Tom Owens
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Doha|1 m springboard}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|1 m springboard}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Baku|3 m synchro}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Glasgow|Diving at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 3 m springboard synchro}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Diving Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Rzeszów|1 m springboard}}
{{MedalCompetition|FINA Diving World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Wuhan|3 m mixed synchro}}
}}
Ross Haslam (born 2 October 1997) is a professional competitive British diver, representing Great Britain at numerous international events. He is the 2023 European Games gold medalist and 2023 European Diving champion on the 1 metre springboard, and silver medalist in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard at the same event. In 2024, he won the bronze medal in the 1 metre springboard at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Background
Haslam was born in Sheffield on 2 October 1997. He first started diving when he was 6. He has a brother Jack who is also a diver.{{cite web |url=http://www.fqmagazine.co.uk/lifestyle/sport/item/21494-diving-together-brief-natter-haslam-brothers.html |title=Diving together: a brief natter with the Haslam brothers |work=FQ Magazine |first=Steven |last=White}}{{cite web |url=http://icrowdnewswire.com/2016/07/01/ross-haslam-representing-city-sheffield-diving-club-great-britain-2016-bolzano-diving-grand-prix/ |title=2016 Bolzano Diving Grand Prix |work=iCrowdNewswire |date=1 July 2016 |first=Ross |last=Haslam}}
Career
Haslam first won an individual senior national medal with a bronze in the 10 metre platform at the 2012 British National Cup. The same year he started representing Great Britain in the European Junior Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimming.org/diving/ross-haslam/ |title=Ross Haslam |work=Swimming.org}}
In 2015, at the inaugural European Games held in Baku where the diving events are for juniors only, he won a silver in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard with James Heatly.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/diving/team-gb/baku-2015-european-games/interview/interview-gb-silver-diving-medallists-james-heatly-ross-haslam_229096.html |title=Interview: GB silver diving medallists James Heatly, Ross Haslam |first=Neil |last=Wilkes |work=Sports Mole |date=19 June 2015}}
In 2018, at the FINA World Cup in Wuhan, China, he won a bronze in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard with Grace Reid.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/diving/44426087 |title=Fina Diving World Cup: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam win 3m synchro World Cup bronze |date=9 June 2018 |work=BBC Sport}}
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, Haslam partnered with Grace Reid for the second time as her partner in this event Tom Daley had taken paternity leave for the rest of year. They won a silver in the mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard.{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/more-sport/sheffield-diver-haslam-wins-euro-silver-1-9291572 |title=Sheffield diver Haslam wins Euro silver |first=Pete |last=Charlie Talbot-Smith |work=Yorkshire Post |date=8 August 2018}}
In May 2023, he won the 1m springboard title and 3m synchro title, at the British Diving Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/live-updates-british-diving-champs-2023/ |title=live updates from the british diving championships 2023 |website=British Swimming |access-date=18 July 2023}} One month later, during the 2023 European Diving Championships which were held as part of the 2023 European Games in Rzeszów, Poland he won a gold medal on the 1 metre springboard. He also performed in the 3 metre springboard event where he finished fourth. On the synchronised 3 metre springboard he partnered again with James Heatly where they became fourth, finishing less than two points behind the bronze medalists.{{cite web |title=Golden European Double for Britain's Divers |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/golden-european-double-britains-divers |website=British Swimming |access-date=30 June 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{British Swimming diver|ross-haslam}}
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Team GB|ross-haslam|archive=20130207041107}}
- {{Team England|ross-haslam}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|diving/athlete-profile-n6037092-ross-haslam}}
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Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:European Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Category:European Games silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:European Games medalists in diving
Category:Divers at the 2015 European Games
Category:Divers at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving