Scottish diver (born 1996)
Grace Reid
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| Born | (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27)
Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
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| Country | Great Britain
Scotland |
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| Event | Diving |
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| Club | Dive London |
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| Coached by | Jane Figueiredo |
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Grace Elizabeth Reid (born 9 May 1996) is a Scottish diver representing Scotland and Great Britain, and specialising in 1 metre and 3 metre springboard disciplines. She is a world championship silver medalist in the 1 metre springboard, twice a world medalist in the 3 metre mixed synchronised 3 metre springboard discipline, a double gold medalist at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games (once each in individual and springboard events in both cases) as well as a multiple minor medalist in both those events, the European Games and the FINA Diving World Cup. Domestically, Reid is a three-time national champion.
Career
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, representing Scotland she competed in the Women's 3 metre springboard, aged only 14. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's 1 metre springboard and Women's 3 metre springboard events. At her third Games, the 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Reid won gold in the 1 metre springboard the first Scottish female diver to win a medal at the games.[1] Four years later in Birmingham, paired with James Heatly she won her second Commonwealth title in the mixed 3 metre synchronised springboard event,[2] came 4th in the women's 1 metre springboard event and 8th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.[3]
Reid made her debut for Great Britain at the 2015 European Diving Championships. At the 2016 European Aquatics Championships she won Gold in the Mixed 3 m springboard synchro with partner Tom Daley.[4] She also won Bronze in the Women's 3 m springboard becoming the first Scot to win an individual European Championships diving medal for Great Britain since 1954.[5]
Following Daley's decision to withdraw from all 2018 diving competitions, Reid partnered with Ross Haslam and the pair won the bronze medal at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup,[6] followed by silver at the 2018 European Championships.
