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I set a copy of Tom's book " My Story" first edition from 2012 ( Charity shop find for £1) off to the Olympc diver way back in August 2013, even before he came out the closet, to an address in Plymouth. Shortly after this Tom moved his training base from Plymouth to the London Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park in east London. I 've waited and waited and waited until today when the book returned signed by the Olympic 2012 Bronze medalist. He has not signed the title page of the book but the page after, double page shot of himself diving, And very nice too. Really pleased with this one after almost 15 months. Cracking sig in the book.
Thomas Robert "Tom" Daley (born 21 May 1994) is an English diver and television personality. Daley specialises in the 10 metre platform event and was the 2009 FINA World Champion in the individual event at the age of 15. He started diving at the age of seven and is a member of Plymouth Diving Club. He has made an impact in national and international competitions from age 9. He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he was Britain's youngest competitor, the youngest competitor of any nationality outside the sport of swimming, and the youngest to participate in a final. In 2009, Daley reached a career best ranking of number one in the FINA World Diving Rankings for the ten-metre platform.
He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the 10 metre synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10 m Individual Platform competition, and won the bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
After his success at the 2012 Olympic Games and a summer of great sporting interest amongst the public in the UK, television network ITV approached Daley to have a role in their new celebrity diving reality TV show Splash!. Daley made his debut in the show's premiere on 5 January 2013 as a mentor to the celebrity competitors taking part.
