Noah Oliver Williams (born 15 May 2000) is an English diver who represents Great Britain and specialises in the 10 metre platform event. He has won silver medals in the 10 metre synchro platform with Matthew Dixon at the

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and the

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Early life

Williams is from

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. He was about nine when he first tried diving – while at school, he saw a leaflet from Crystal Palace Diving seeking talent and went to try out the sport, and was accepted. He received support from Hackney's Youth Sports Fund and won the Hackney Sports Awards for six years. He now trains at the

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Career

Williams started diving competitively in 2011 in the ASA National Skills competition, and also competed in the National Age Group Diving Championships in 2013. He won his first national title in 2015 in Group B 3 metre Springboard event, and won a bronze in the 3 metre synchro in his European debut. In 2016, he won the British Junior Elite Platform, and won another bronze at the European Junior Championships in the same event. He was also part of the team that won gold in World Junior Championships.

2017

In 2017, he partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform in the FINA Grand Prix event in held in

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, Canada, and won a gold medal. He also competed in the 10 metre platform at the European Juniors in

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, Norway, and won a silver medal behind his diving partner Matthew Dixon. The duo also won a silver in the 10 metre synchro. At the

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, Williams and Dixon won their first senior international title, gaining a bronze in the 10 metre platform synchro.

2018–2019

At the

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held in the Gold Coast, Australia, Williams again partnered with Matthew Dixon in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform. They won the silver medal behind fellow GB divers

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and

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with a score of 399.99 points. He finished just outside the medal positions in fourth in the 10m Platform. In 2018, at the World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv, Williams and Dixon won the silver medal in the platform synchro. The duo then won another silver at the

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in the Men's 10 m synchro platform. Williams made his World Championship debut at the

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held in

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, South Korea, he finished fourth with Robyn Birch in the mixed 10m platform synchro event, and won qualification for the

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GB team. At the

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held in

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, Williams won silver in the Mixed 10 m platform synchro with Eden Cheng, a bronze in Men's 3m synchro with Dixon, as well as in the team event.

2020–2021

In March 2020, Williams won his first individual international title at the first event of the 2020

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which was held in

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, winning gold in the Men's 10m Platform. In May 2021, Williams and

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won a silver medal in the 10m mixed synchro event at the

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. Williams qualified for the

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in Tokyo 2021, however, he missed out on the Men's 10 metre platform semifinal after finishing 27th.

2022

In February 2022, Williams won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Platform event at the British National Diving Cup with a score of 448.50. At the

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held in Budapest, Williams partnered with

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for the first time in an international competition and they won silver in the synchro 10 m platform event. At the

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, Williams and Lee won gold in the synchro 10m platform despite Williams injuring his ankle. Williams also won gold with in the mixed synchro 10m platform with Spendolini-Sirieix. Williams also won a silver at the

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in the men's 10m platform final.

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