Lois Toulson

Lois 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 meter platform event at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tonia Couch. 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.

Lois Toulson
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999
Huddersfield, England
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportDiving

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.[1]

2017

At the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev, Toulson won two golds, first in 10m platform,[2] and in the mixed 10m platform synchro with diving partner Matty Lee.[3]

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Toulson and Lee won silver in the 10m mixed synchro.[4]

2018

At the 2018 British Diving Championships, Toulson won the women's 10m platform event, scoring 336.90 points.[5]

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.[6] Toulson also partnered with Matty Lee to win silver in the mixed synchronised 10m platform.[7]

References

  1. "Lois Toulson". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. 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.
  7. "Result - SYNCHRONISED 10m PLATFORM MIXED - FINAL". European Championships. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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