Jordan Houlden
 Houlden at the 2019 European Diving Championships in Kyiv | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Jordan Christopher Houlden |
| Born | 25 July 1998 Sheffield, England[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Diving |
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Medal record | |
Jordan Christopher Houlden (born 25 July 1998) is an English diver from the City Of Sheffield Diving Club.[2] He is a silver medalist of the 2022 European Diving Championships.
Career
Houlden won at the ASA National Age Group Championships in 2010, silver in the Group C 1m Springboard. He made progress through the junior rankings, including winning Group B 1m gold with the ASA England Programmes team at the 2013 Trofeo Niccolò Campo in Rome.
After making his European Junior debut in 2014, Houlden was one of the standout English junior divers in 2015, winning Group A 1m gold at the British Elite Junior Championships. In June 2015 he competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, finishing fourth in the 3m Springboard despite not diving five months prior due to breaking his thumbs. He became 2015 ASA England Programmes Athlete of the Year for diving.[3] In May 2016 he was part of the British team at the 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships.
He competed for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal in the men's 3 m springboard event, a bronze medal in the men's 1 m springboard event and came 8th in the mixed 3 m springboard event.[4]
In May 2023, he won the
References
- ^ "Jordan Houlden". Team England. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Jordan Houlden profile | England Diving". 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Jordan Houlden and Tom Owens win ASA Aquatics Awards 2015". 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Jordan Houlden". British Swimming. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "live updates from the british diving championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
External links
- Jordan Christopher Houlden at World Aquatics
- Jordan Houlden at British Swimming
- Jordan Houlden at Team GB (archived)
- Jordan Houlden at Team England
- Jordan Houlden at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
