Tom Daley

Jun 29, 2025
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BETA MALE
Hurrah, budgie smugglers are back! I wear mine supertight

‘I’m sufficiently serious about hydrodynamics to not want to thrash up and down the lido in baggy board shorts’

The Times
May 25, 2025
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Tom Daley: ‘I’ve always had horrible body image issues’

Now he’s retired from diving (probably), what’s next for the five-times Olympic medallist? He tells Megan Agnew about life in LA, being a dad, the death of his own father and the day he came out

The Sunday Times
Feb 8, 2025
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Tom Daley cheers widow with surprise message on 5,000-mile walk

The diving legend Tom Daley praised Tracey Howe’s trek around Britain’s coast in memory of her late wife

The Times
Oct 9, 2024
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WHAT I’VE LEARNT
Tom Daley: At 30, I’m asked if I’m my synchro partner’s dad

As he heads towards retirement, the Olympic diver talks body image, coming out and the therapeutic power of knitting

The Times
Aug 14, 2024
Daley announced his retirement from diving on Monday, after competing at five Olympic Games
MATTHEW SYED
I’d love Daley to refuse knighthood – he could bring this toxic edifice down

Olympic diver is a national treasure, but like all elite sportspeople his career has been about self-interest, not service. He should start trend of stars saying no to honours

The Times
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Aug 13, 2024
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EXCLUSIVE
Sir Tom Daley? Five-times Olympic medal-winner set for knighthood

Five-times Olympic medal-winner and champion from Tokyo is the leading contender among British athletes for top honour in new year’s list

The Times
Aug 12, 2024
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ALYSON RUDD
Farewell, Tom Daley: the trailblazer who made us care about his sport

The newly retired 30-year-old faced so many obstacles – bullying, homophobia, the death of his dad – but combined bravery with such supple beauty to win five Olympic medals

The Times
Jul 29, 2024
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PARIS 2024 | OWEN SLOT
Silver completes set for the man who transformed and transcends diving

The 30-year-old wins his fifth Olympic medal, alongside Noah Williams in the men’s 10m synchro, having come out of retirement only last year

The Times
Jul 27, 2024
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PARIS 2024 | ALYSON RUDD
‘Daddy, I want to watch you dive’ – how son convinced Daley to go again

Former child star will compete as a 30-year-old father in the Paris Olympics 2024 having been persuaded to come out of semi-retirement

The Times
Nov 9, 2023
Tom Daley’s husband, Dustin Lance Black, cleared of assault charges
COURTS
Watch: the row that led to assault charge for Tom Daley’s husband

Dustin Lance Black, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, was cleared of attacking Love Island winner Amber Gill’s ex

The Times

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Jun 29, 2025
BETA MALE
Hurrah, budgie smugglers are back! I wear mine supertight

‘I’m sufficiently serious about hydrodynamics to not want to thrash up and down the lido in baggy board shorts’

The Times
May 25, 2025
Tom Daley: ‘I’ve always had horrible body image issues’

Now he’s retired from diving (probably), what’s next for the five-times Olympic medallist? He tells Megan Agnew about life in LA, being a dad, the death of his own father and the day he came out

The Sunday Times
Feb 8, 2025
Tom Daley cheers widow with surprise message on 5,000-mile walk

The diving legend Tom Daley praised Tracey Howe’s trek around Britain’s coast in memory of her late wife

The Times
Oct 9, 2024
WHAT I’VE LEARNT
Tom Daley: At 30, I’m asked if I’m my synchro partner’s dad

As he heads towards retirement, the Olympic diver talks body image, coming out and the therapeutic power of knitting

The Times
Aug 14, 2024
MATTHEW SYED
I’d love Daley to refuse knighthood – he could bring this toxic edifice down

Olympic diver is a national treasure, but like all elite sportspeople his career has been about self-interest, not service. He should start trend of stars saying no to honours

The Times
ADVERTISEMENT
Aug 13, 2024
EXCLUSIVE
Sir Tom Daley? Five-times Olympic medal-winner set for knighthood

Five-times Olympic medal-winner and champion from Tokyo is the leading contender among British athletes for top honour in new year’s list

The Times
Aug 12, 2024
ALYSON RUDD
Farewell, Tom Daley: the trailblazer who made us care about his sport

The newly retired 30-year-old faced so many obstacles – bullying, homophobia, the death of his dad – but combined bravery with such supple beauty to win five Olympic medals

The Times
Jul 29, 2024
PARIS 2024 | OWEN SLOT
Silver completes set for the man who transformed and transcends diving

The 30-year-old wins his fifth Olympic medal, alongside Noah Williams in the men’s 10m synchro, having come out of retirement only last year

The Times
Jul 27, 2024
PARIS 2024 | ALYSON RUDD
‘Daddy, I want to watch you dive’ – how son convinced Daley to go again

Former child star will compete as a 30-year-old father in the Paris Olympics 2024 having been persuaded to come out of semi-retirement

The Times
Nov 9, 2023
COURTS
Watch: the row that led to assault charge for Tom Daley’s husband

Dustin Lance Black, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, was cleared of attacking Love Island winner Amber Gill’s ex

The Times

Tom Daley is a British former Olympic diver who has won gold, silver and bronze medals for Team GB. He is the first British diver to win five Olympic medals: gold for the men’s synchronised 10-metre platform event at the 2020 Olympics, silver and bronze for the same event in 2024 and 2016 and bronze in 2012 and 2020 for the 10-metre platform diving event. At age 14 he was Britain’s youngest Olympian at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.