Alicia Blagg
_2012.jpg) Alicia Blagg in 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alicia Jane Blagg[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1996 Wakefield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Leeds club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Edwin Jongejans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alicia Jane Blagg (born 21 October 1996) is a British former diver.
In 2010 Blagg became the England's youngest ever double national champion when she won both the 1 metre springboard and 3 metre synchronised titles in the British championships.[2][3] In 2012 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics in the Women's synchronised 3 metre springboard event.[4][5] In 2016 she competed in 3m springboard synchronized diving representing GB in 2016 Rio Olympics alongside Rebecca Gallantree, and they finished in the 5th place.[6][5]
According to her instagram profile she is based in Leeds and Miami as of 2017, having moved to America for university.
In July 2020 Alicia announced her retirement from professional diving due to a shoulder injury. She is planning to study for a master's degree in forensic psychology with criminology.[7]
References
- ^ FINA/NVC Diving World Series 2015 #1 Beijing (CHN) – Women Synchronised 3m
- ^ "Alicia". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Alicia Blagg". www.swimming.org. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Alicia Blagg". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alicia Blagg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: British diving duo Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree miss out on a medal as China take gold". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Alicia Blagg: British Olympic diver retires at 23 after 'heartbreaking' shoulder injury". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
External links
- Alicia Jane Blagg at World Aquatics
- Alicia Blagg at British Swimming (archived)
- Alicia Blagg at Olympedia
- Alicia Blagg at Olympics.com
- Alicia Blagg at Olympic.org (archived)
- Alicia Blagg at Team GB
- Alicia Blagg at Team England
- Alicia Blagg at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alicia Blagg at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Alicia Blagg at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- Living people
- English female divers
- British criminologists
- British women criminologists
- Forensic psychologists
- British women psychologists
- Olympic divers for Great Britain
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Wakefield
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games