Tony Ally

Antonio ("Tony") Pietro Ally (born Ali, 17 August 1973) is a British diver.

Tony Ally
Personal information
Born (1973-08-17) 17 August 1973
Luton, England
Medal record
Men's Diving
Commonwealth Games
Representing  England
2002 Manchester 1m Springboard
2002 Manchester 3m Springboard
2006 Melbourne Springboard Synchro
1998 Kuala Lumpur 3m Springboard
European Championships
Representing  Great Britain
1999 Istanbul3m Springboard

Diving career

Olympic Games

In his first Olympic Games he competed in the 1996 men's 3 metre springboard at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atalanta, United States. Four years later he competed in the 2000 men's 3 metre springboard and qualified for the final, finishing in 12th place. He also competed in the synchronized event with Mark Shipman and came seventh.[1] At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta he publicised the plight of British divers and the lack of funded support by publicly selling his British Olympic Team kit to pay off loans.[2]

Commonwealth Games

Ally competed in five Commonwealth Games winning four medals. He represented England in the springboard and platform events, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] This was the first of his five Commonwealth Games appearances. In 1998 he was a bronze medalist in the 3 metres springboard, at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He followed this success up by winning double silver in the 2002 Commonwealth Games before going on to be the flag bearer for the English contingent at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he won another silver medal in the synchronized three metre springboard.[4][5]

European Championships

He won gold in the European Championships for the three metre event in 1999, and won silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.[6]

His club is the City of Sheffield.

Other news

He appeared on The Million Pound Drop Live on the 8 October 2011, and lost. On the 11 August 2012, he appeared on BBC News Live programme,[7] as part of a panel discussion about Tom Daley's diving progression. It was announced Ally now works as a strength and conditioning coach.

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References
  1. "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/diving-first-night-tony-ali-plunge-to-the-heights-1120512.html
  3. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics: Day 15 evening session". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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