James Denny
James Denny 
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 United Kingdom
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| Discipline (s) : | Tower / synchronized jumping | |||||||||
| Society: | City of Leeds Diving Club | |||||||||
| Birthday: | 20th September 1993 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Leeds | |||||||||
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James Denny (born September 20, 1993 in Leeds ) is a British water diver . He competes for the City of Leeds Diving Club in art, tower and 10 m synchronized diving .
Career
Denny started diving in his hometown of Leeds in 2005. In 2011 he took part in an international competition for the first time. At the European Youth Championships in Belgrade , he took 6th place in the 10-meter tower diving and 4th place in the 1-meter jumping technique. Since 2010 he has also participated in the British Championships, where he won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. His biggest national success so far was winning the British 3-meter jumping championship in 2014 in Sheffield . Since 2014 he has been the dubbing partner of Tom Daley , with whom he celebrated his greatest success at the Commonwealth Games after only 7 days of joint training and won a silver medal. At the European Championships they reached 4th place.
Results
European championships
- 9th place in Rostock 2013 from the 10 m tower
- 4th place in Berlin 2014 from the 10 m tower in synchronized jumping with Tom Daley
- 12th place in Berlin 2014 from the 10 m tower
Commonwealth Games
- 6th place in Glasgow 2014 from the 10m tower
- 6th place in Glasgow 2014 from the 3-meter board
- Silver in Glasgow 2014 from the 10m tower with Tom Daley
European Youth Championships
- 6th place in Belgrade 2011 from the 10 m tower
- 4th place in Belgrade 2011 from the 1-meter board
British Championships
- 4th place in Sheffield 2010 from the 10-meter tower
- 19th place in Sheffield 2010 from the 3-meter board
- 11th place in Sheffield 2010 on the 1-meter board
- 5th place in Leeds 2011 from the 10m tower
- 13th place in Leeds 2011 from the 3-meter board
- 4th place in Leeds 2011 on the 1-meter board
- Bronze in Sheffield 2012 from the 10m tower
- 4th place in Sheffield 2012 from the 3-meter board with Oliver Dingley
- Bronze in Sheffield 2012 from the 10m tower with Joe Meszaros
- Silver in Plymouth 2013 from the 10m tower
- Silver in Sheffield 2014 from the 3-meter board with Oliver Dingley
- Gold in Sheffield 2014 from the 3-meter board
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Daley and James Denny win silver in Commonwealth Games men's synchronized 10m diving. Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Tom Daley and James Denny miss out on European diving medal. Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Results Men Synchronized Platform. Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
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| SURNAME | Denny, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds |