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Aidan Heslop (born 18 April 2002) is a British diver and high diver who competes internationally representing Wales and Great Britain. At the
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he competed representing Wales, finishing 6th in the 10 metre platform and 12th in the 3 metre springboard. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 27 metre high dive at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival representing Great Britain, performing the highest difficulty dive, a 6.2 degree of difficulty, in history. He placed sixth in the inaugural men's high dive at the
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Background

Heslop was born 18 April 2002 in
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."Aidan Heslop: Results"
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"Diving , Athlete Profile: Aidan Heslop"
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He started competitive cliff diving when he was 12 years old.Law, James (27 July 2017)
"Aidan Heslop: Cliff diving champion, 15, targets Commonwealth Games spot"
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He is eligible to compete representing
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as his mother is from there. For his pool training, Heslop trains in
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."Meet 15-year-old Aidan Heslop, Wales' Commonwealth Games cliff diver"
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''. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
Heslop has listed
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and
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as two of his alternate sports had he not chosen to pursue high diving.Koos, Torin (3 February 2022)
"What your favorite swimmers and divers have been up to this offseason"
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He and his diving partner, Ruby Thorne, made their debut as partners in international championships competition at the
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with both representing Team Wales, after competing together at the British National Diving Cup on 11 February 2022.


Career


2017

At the 2017 FINA Diving Grand Prix stop in
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, Heslop won the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform with a score of 391.15 points."FINA Diving Grand Prix 2017 - Leg 4: Results Men 10m Platform"
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''. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


2018 Commonwealth Games

When he was 15 years old, Heslop became the first diver to represent Wales at a
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in 20 years at the
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in
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in April, with the previous diver being Robert Morgan at the
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. In the preliminary round of the 3 metre springboard on 12 April, Heslop qualified for the final ranking 11th with a score of 352.80.
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(12 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018: Diving Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary Results"
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For the final later in the day, he scored a 285.15 and placed 12th overall.
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(12 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018: Diving Men's 3m Springboard Final Results"
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On 14 April, Heslop scored 385.10 points in the preliminary round of the 10 metre platform and advanced to the final ranked fifth.
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(14 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018: Diving Men's 10m Platform Preliminary Results"
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In the final later the same day, Heslop placed sixth with a score of 395.95 points.
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(14 April 2018)
"Gold Coast 2018: Diving Men's 10m Platform Final Results"
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2018 Grand Prix and World Series

Heslop won the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform event behind Xiaohu Tai and Bowen Huang, both of
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at the 2018 FINA Diving Grand Prix stop in Madrid, Spain in July with a score of 390.60 points."FINA Diving Grand Prix 2018 - Leg 4: Results Men 10m Platform"
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''. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
In September 2018, Heslop became the youngest diver to compete in a
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when he was 16 years old and competed at the World Series stop in
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.Magill, Chris (11 September 2021)
"The cliff diving prodigy is taking on the world's best in Ireland"
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2019 Cliff Diving World Series

At the
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stop in
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, Spain in September, Heslop became the youngest diver to win a medal of any kind at a Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, winning the bronze medal with a score of 384.60 points."Aidan Heslop becomes youngest ever diver on the podium at a Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event"
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''. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


2020–2021

During the
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, and before returning to competitions, Heslop's training pool was closed for a few months due to the pandemic, and for repairs, and he underwent wrist surgery."Aidan Heslop wins first FINA high diving title to secure World Championships spot"
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As part of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series stop in
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, Heslop earned two 10 scores from judges for his final round dive.Heaney, Steven (12 September 2021)
"Multiple new records set at cliff diving World Series in Mayo"
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Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival

Heslop won the gold medal in the 27 metre high dive event with a score of 436.90 points at the FINA High Diving Qualifier held as part of the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival in
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in December, earning first-place less than five points ahead of silver medalist
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and bronze medalist
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, both of
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"FINA High Diving Qualifier 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's High Dive Round 4 Detailed Results"
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His final dive was a 6.2 degree of difficulty, which was the highest difficulty dive executed in history and earned him a qualification for the
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."Aidan Heslop claims title at the FINA High Diving Qualifier 2021 in Abu Dhabi"
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"High Diver Heslop Strikes Gold For World Champs Qualification"
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The gold medal was the first of his high diving career and confirmed Heslop as a permanent diver for the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, which was his first time receiving permanent diver status for a World Series.Magill, Chris (21 December 2021)
"Confirmed: the cliff divers who made the cut for 2022"
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His execution of the 6.2 difficulty dive earned him the number four top moment from the 2021 World Short Course Swimming Championships and the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival by
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2022

Training in early 2022, Heslop focused his efforts on the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, 2022 World Aquatics Championships, and representing Wales at the
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."Heslop produces world's hardest dive to claim stunning victory in Abu Dhabi"
''Plymouth Sports Gazette''. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
In January,
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announced the World Aquatics Championships were delayed until 2023."FINA postpones Fukuoka-hosted 2022 World Championships because of COVID-19"
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The next month, February, FINA announced a new 2022 World Aquatics Championships that would not include high diving.
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"Budapest awarded with extraordinary FINA World Championships!"
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The following week, on the first day of the 2022 British National Diving Cup, he placed third with diving partner Ruby Thorne in the 10 metre synchronized platform event with a score of 244.83 points."Live Updates From The British National Diving Cup 2022"
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In April, Heslop was officially announced as one of 16 permanent divers for the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.Magill, Chris (8 April 2022)
"Meet the Red Bull Cliff Diving athletes going for glory in 2022"
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Later in the same month, he topped platform scoring over the first two days of the British Elite Junior Diving Championships."Brilliant Diving On Show At Elite Juniors"
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At the first stop of the 2022
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, held on 4 June in
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, Heslop won the title across all rounds of competition with a score of 462.50 points, which was over 30 points ahead of the next-highest scoring competitor, and marked his first time winning a gold medal at a Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event.Thompson, Alexander (4 June 2022)
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2022 Commonwealth Games

Heslop was named to the
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roster for the
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alongside his partner, Ruby Thorne, in the mixed 10 metre synchronized event as well as individually in the 10 metre platform event.James, Ben (8 June 2022)
"The full list of every Welsh athlete competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham"
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Day four of diving competition, he ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the 10 metre platform, qualifying for the final with a score of 341.55 points."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 10m Platform Preliminary Results"
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In the final, he improved his score to 408.00 points and placed eighth."Commonwealth Games: Diving - Men's 10m Platform results"
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In the final of the mixed 10 metre synchronized platform the following day, he and his partner Ruby Thorne made their debut at an international championships, placing eighth with a score of 284.28 points."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed Synchronised 10m Platform Final Results"
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2022 European Aquatics Championships

For the
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, held in August in
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, Heslop entered to compete in the 27 metre high diving event.
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"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: High Diving Entry List"
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For the first dive of the competition, he tied
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for sixth-rank with a score of 72.80 points for a 2.8 degree of difficulty dive.
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"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results After Dive 1 Men's High Diving"
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"Tuffi grandi altezze, Europei 2022: Andrea Barnaba e Alessandro De Rose terzi dopo il primo obbligatorio"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
The following day, after the second of four total dives, he ranked second with a score of 213.20 points.Tiseo, Giandomenico (19 August 2022)
"LIVE Tuffi grandi altezze, Europei 2022 in DIRETTA: Elisa Cosetti di BRONZO! Sesto Alessandro De Rose dopo due rotazioni"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
He culminated with a score of 392.90 points for the four dives, finishing 62.80 points behind gold medalist Constantin Popovici of Romania to place sixth.
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"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Men's High Diving Final"
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"LIVE Tuffi grandi altezze, Europei 2022 in DIRETTA: rimonta di bronzo per Alessandro De Rose! Trionfa Popovici"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
At the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series stop held the following month in
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, Heslop won the gold medal and moved up in the overall 2022 World Series rankings to second."Así se consigue una grabación perfecta en la locura de saltar desde acantilados"
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At the next stop, in
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, Italy, on 18 September, he retained his overall second rank and won the silver medal for the stop with a score of 435.80 points."Il Mare Increspato E Le Raffiche Di Vento Non Fermano Lo Spettacolo Pugliese Della Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series"
(in Italian). ''Il Nautilus''. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
He won the silver medal again approximately one month later at the stop held in
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."Diver Iffland soars to success over Sydney"
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International championships


Adventures

In December 2021, Heslop went skydiving over
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See also

*
Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Wales competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It is Wales's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. ...
* Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heslop, Aidan 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Chelmsford Male high divers British male divers Welsh divers Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales