Lois Toulson

Lois Toulson
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999
Huddersfield, England
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country  Great Britain
 England
Sport Diving
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
2015 Baku10m platform
World Championships
2017 BudapestMixed 10m synchro
European Championships
2018 GlasgowWomen's 10m synchro
2018 GlasgowMixed 10m synchro
European Diving Championships
2017 Kiev10m
2017 KievMixed 10m synchro
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast10m

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.

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] And Toulson partnered with Matty Lee to win silver in the Mixed Synchronised 10m platform.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lois Toulson". Rio 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "European Diving Championships: Lois Toulson wins gold for Great Britain". BBC Sport. 14 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "European Diving Championships: Lois Toulson and Matty Lee win Great Britain's third gold". BBC Sport. 16 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Hope, Nick. "World Aquatics Championships: Lois Toulson and Matty Lee win diving silver". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/haslam-powers-3m-title/
  6. ↑ Woods, Mark (7 August 2018). "Teenagers Cheng and Toulson win diving gold at European Championships". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "Result - SYNCHRONISED 10m PLATFORM MIXED - FINAL". European Championships. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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