Chris Mears sealed his first silver medal with an impressive performance in the boys 1m Springboard and became the first ever British diver to win a medal on every board at a European Junior Championships.

Southampton Diving's Mears put in a consistent performance to win his medal with a total score of 403.45. He was beaten to the gold by Belarus’ Andrey Pawluk who scored 417.65.

The bronze medal went to Russia’s Sergey Zhdanov with a score of 402.70.

The junior divers competing in Minsk exceeded medal predictions with their impressive performances to win five medals and finished third in the medal table. This performance has meant they are the most successful European Junior diving squad ever.

All athletes have worked through the British Diving Junior Talent or Olympic programmes (youth programmes) and overall 72% of divers made it into the top eight in their event.

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The European Junior Diving Championships take place in Minsk, Belarus at the Water Sport Palace from 25 – 29 June.

The EJC Diving squad is as follows
Max Brick (Southampton Diving)
Charles Calvert (City of Leeds)
Callum Johnstone (City of Leeds)
Chris Mears (Southampton Diving)
James Milton (City of Sheffield)
Saffron Sutcliffe (City of Leeds)
Megan Sylvester (City of Sheffield)

For further details contact British Swimming Media Officer Gemma Field on 01509 632262, 07917 726431 or email gemma.field@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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