Tandi Gerrard

Tandi Gerrard

Personal information

Surname:

Tandi Jane Gerrard

Nationality:

South Africa United Kingdom

Discipline (s) :

Artistic / synchronized jumping

Society:

City of Leeds Diving Club

Birthday:

February 25, 1978

Place of birth:

Johannesburg

Size:

158 cm

Weight:

58 kg

Medals

Commonwealth Games
bronze	Melbourne 2006	Synchronous 3 m

Tandi Jane Gerrard (born February 25, 1978 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African and British diver . She started in artificial jumping from the 1-meter and 3-meter board as well as in 3-meter synchronized jumping. Gerrard took part in two Olympic Games .

She initially started for her home country South Africa. Gerrard celebrated her first success at the Pan-African Games in 1995, where she won the title from the 3-meter board. At her first World Cup in 1998 in Perth , she started from the 1-meter and 3-meter board, but was eliminated in the preliminary fight. She also took part in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and reached tenth place on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

Gerrard has been part of the British national team since 2002 and has since started for Great Britain. She joined the City of Leeds Diving Club and was trained there by Adrian Hinchliffe. Gerrad made her first assignment for her new adopted home at the European Championships in Berlin in 2002 . There she was sixth in the 3-meter synchronized jumping with Jane Smith and eleventh in the individual from the 3-meter board. At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona , she was fifth in 3-meter synchronized jumping with Smith and achieved her best result at a world championship. She was eliminated from the 3-meter board in the semifinals. Gerrard first took part in the Olympic Games in Athens . With Smith, she narrowly missed a medal in fourth. She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with her new dubbing partner Hayley Sage and won her first bronze medal for Great Britain at an international championship. At the 2007 World Championships , again in Melbourne, Gerrad and Sage took part in the 3-meter synchronized jumping and were eighth. The duo also competed together at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and again came eighth.

Gerrard won three titles at British Championships.

After the 2008 Olympics, Gerrard ended her active career. As a judge, she has remained connected to diving.

Web links

Tandi Gerrard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Results overview

Individual evidence

^ Tandi Gerrard: Headingley's own Olympic driver has no regrets. Retrieved January 30, 2012 (English).
^ Student Makes a Splash in Diving Competition. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 12, 2011 ; accessed on January 30, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Gerrard, Tandi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gerrard, Tandi Jane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British and South African water diver
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Johannesburg

[1] Tandi Gerrard: Headingley's own Olympic driver has no regrets. Retrieved January 30, 2012 (English).

[2] Student Makes a Splash in Diving Competition. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 12, 2011 ; accessed on January 30, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2