A group of British divers who will be vying for a place on the Olympic squad in June will be competing at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.
The group of seven takes to the boards from 8-11 May with 2004 Olympic silver medallist Peter Waterfield (Southampton Diving Academy) leading the squad.
He is joined by Gareth Jones (Southampton Diving Academy) Nick Robinson-Baker (City of Sheffield), Jodie McGroarty Baker (City of Sheffield), Louise Van Hoof (Southampton Diving Academy), Stacie Powell (Southampton Diving Academy), and Tonia Couch (Plymouth Diving).
The FINA Diving Grand Prix is a high profile, annual competition series that gives elite divers from around the world an opportunity to compete against each other more often.
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For further details contact Steph West, British Swimming Media Assistant, on 01509 632 236, 07917 876 459 or email stephanie.west@swimming.org
British Swimming is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain. It is responsible internationally for the high performance representation of the sport. The members of British Swimming are the three Home Countries national governing bodies of England (Amateur Swimming Association), Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association) and Wales (Welsh Amateur Swimming Association). British Swimming seeks to enable its athletes to achieve gold medal success at the Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
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