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Olympic Silver Medallist |
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Leon Taylor won Silver at the Olympic Games in Athens with Peter Waterfield in the 10 metre synchronised platform and was 6th in the individual event. |
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Fact File |
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| Date of Birth |
2nd November 1977 |
| Place of Birth |
Cheltenham |
| Event |
10 metre individual and 10 metre synchronised platform diving |
| Achievements |
Silver medal at the Olympic Games in Athens with Peter Waterfield in the 10 metre synchronised platform and 6th in the individual event. Bronze medal in the synchronised competition at the 2005 World Championships and 6th in the individual event
A full list of Leon’s achievements can be found at www.leontaylor.co.uk |
| Aim |
To win a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games at Beijing. This will be Leon’s 4th Olympic Games. |
| Height |
1 metre 78 centimetres |
| Weight |
76 Kilos |
| Club |
City of Sheffield Diving Club |
| Coach |
Adam Sotheran |
| Interests |
Travelling, stand up comedy and the cinema. Seeing places while competing in sport is difficult due to the competition schedules. Leon has recently been to Australia and Bali and in 2003 had four weeks backpacking in South Africa. His favourite comedian at the moment is Russell Brand and his favourite film in 2007 so far was Transformers as he remembers playing with the toys. |
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About Leon Taylor |
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Leon is currently studying part time at Sheffield Hallam University. This allows him to train full time at the Ponds Forge Leisure Centre for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. He aims to go one better than his silver medal in Athens 2004. So find out what he has been up to.
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