British diver (born 1999)
Lois Toulson
Full name Lois Mae Toulson Born (1999-09-26 ) 26 September 1999 (age 24)
Huddersfield , England Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Weight 54 kg (119 lb) Country Great Britain England Sport
Diving
Lois Mae Toulson (born 26 September 1999) is a British
diver . A specialist in the 10 metre platform, she won the gold medal at the inaugural
European Games in 2015 , and the senior
European title in 2017 . She competed in the
women's synchronized ten metre platform event at the
2016 Summer Olympics with
Tonia Couch .
[1] She won silver in
mixed 10m platform synchro at the
2017 World Aquatics Championships with
Matty Lee , and gold in the
women's synchronized 10 metre platform at the
2018 European Aquatics Championships with
Eden Cheng .
Early life
Toulson was raised in
Huddersfield . She attended
Whitcliffe Mount School
[2] and
Elliott Hudson College .
[3]
Career
Having made her first senior international appearance at the 2015 European Championships. She also competed in the first European Games where she claimed gold; she closed her first senior season with individual gold and silver medals at FINA Grand Prix events in Singapore and Malaysia.
[4]
2017
At the
2017 European Diving Championships in Kyiv, Toulson won two golds, first in
10m platform ,
[5] and in the
mixed 10m platform synchro with diving partner
Matty Lee .
[6]
At the
2017 World Aquatics Championships , Toulson and Lee won silver in the
10m mixed synchro .
[7]
2018
At the 2018 British Diving Championships, Toulson won the women's 10m platform event, scoring 336.90 points.
[8]
At the
2018 European Championships in
Glasgow /
Edinburgh , Toulson partnered with
Eden Cheng in the
women's 10 metre synchro platform and won a gold medal.
[9] Toulson also partnered with
Matty Lee to win silver in the
mixed synchronised 10m platform .
[10]
2021
At the
2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the
2020 Tokyo Olympics , Toulson and Cheng won silver in
synchronised 10m platform , thereby securing their qualification to the Olympics.
[11] They also won silver in Synchronised 10m platform two weeks later at the
European Championships .
[12] At the 2020 Olympics, the pair finished seventh in the
synchronized 10 metre platform after a poor start.
[13]
[14]
2022
She competed at the
2022 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals in the
women's 10 metre platform event
[15] and the
mixed synchronised 10 metre platform event alongside
Kyle Kothari .
[16]
Personal life
Toulson has been in a relationship with fellow Team GB diver
Jack Laugher since 2017.
[17]
[18]
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Lois Toulson" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 11 March 2018. Full name: Lois Mae Toulson
^ Atkinson, Neil (18 June 2016).
"Rio 2016: Huddersfield teenager named in Olympic diving squad alongside Tom Daley" . Yorkshire Live . Retrieved 16 August 2022 .
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"Big Interview: Teenager lois Toulson has the world at her feet" . The Yorkshire Post . 8 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2022 .
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"Lois Toulson" . Rio2016 .
Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games .
Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016 .
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"European Diving Championships: Lois Toulson wins gold for Great Britain" . BBC Sport . 14 June 2017.
Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018 .
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"European Diving Championships: Lois Toulson and Matty Lee win Great Britain's third gold" . BBC Sport . 16 June 2017.
Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018 .
^ Hope, Nick.
"World Aquatics Championships: Lois Toulson and Matty Lee win diving silver" . BBC Sport .
Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018 .
^
"Haslam powers to 3m title | British Swimming" .
Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018 .
^ Woods, Mark (7 August 2018).
"Teenagers Cheng and Toulson win diving gold at European Championships" . The Guardian .
Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018 .
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"Result – SYNCHRONISED 10m PLATFORM MIXED – FINAL" . European Championships .
Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018 .
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"Toulson, Cheng secure Olympic qualification while Laugher, Goodfellow win gold" . Swimming.org . 2 May 2021.
^ Hope, Nick.
"European Diving Championships: Lois Toulson & Eden Cheng win 10m silver" . BBC Sport .
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"Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng bounce back from nervy opening in Olympic final" . Swimming.org . 27 July 2021.
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"Diving – TOULSON Lois – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" . Tokyo2020.org .
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Retrieved 17 September 2021 .
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"Diving – Women's 10m Platform results" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 6 November 2022 .
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"Diving – Mixed Synchronised 10m Platform results" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 6 November 2022 .
^ Bloom, Ben (13 July 2017).
"Jack Laugher and Chris Mears back on track after Olympic gold almost ended career" . The Daily Telegraph .
Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021 .
^ Hope, Nick (12 July 2019).
"Jack Laugher and Lois Toulson: Dating, diving and dining a 'recipe for success' " . BBC Sport .
Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021 .
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