Ruby Thorne
Diving
Hometown:
Southend
Date of Birth:
19/08/2005
Event: Synchronised 10m Platform, Mixed Synchronised 10m Platform
Ruby was 5 years old when she went to her local pool with her dad and sister and wanted to dive off the 5m platform. Mark the diving coach asked if she would like to give it a go and she started diving once a week at Havering Cormorants diving club. She later went for trial at the London Aquatics centre when she was 8 and was selected to join Dive London aquatics club. Ruby completes the largest diving team to represent Wales at a Commonwealth Games. The 16-year-old from the Dive London club recently teamed up with Aidan Heslop at the British National Diving Cup where the Welsh duo finished in third place.
Achievements
2022 – Commonwealth Games selection