He liked swimming with his dad which progressed to diving which he does today.
Tom is a member of Plymouth Diving Club, his first and only club. They dive at Central Park Pool, Plymouth, a swimming and diving pool, which is to be replaced by the new 'Plymouth Life Centre', which should be completed by November 2011.
Tom has been Swimming since he was a small child. He competes in Diving competitions though.
At the age of 7 Tom was inspired by the high divers at his swimming club in Plymouth.
tom Daley done diving
Watching athletes diving from the 10 meter platform at his swimming pool when he was 7-years-old.
Tom went to his local swimming pool with his family where he learnt to swim while very young. Whilst he was swimming he watched the people diving from the platforms and wanted to have a go. The rest is history.
Plymouth Diving Club
Whilst swimming at his local pool in Plymouth with his dad aged 7-years-old. He saw people diving and wanted to have a go. The rest is history !
Thomas Daley does competitive diving in the Olympics
Diving
Tom was the youngest ever Olympic competitor outside of Swimming when he competed in the diving contests at age 14 in Beijing 2008.