Robyn Birch (born 10 January 1994) is a British diver.[1] She has won a silver in synchronized 10 metre platform at the European Diving Championships.

Robyn Birch
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
Ashford, Surrey, England
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportDiving
ClubDive London Aquatics
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Diving Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Rostok 10 m synchro
Representing  England
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 10 m synchro

Career

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Birch initially competed as a gymnast, and has competed in European and World Gymnastic Championships, but in 2011 she switched to diving.[2]

She partnered with Georgia Ward in the 10m synchro event at the 2015 European Diving Championships held in Rostok, and won a silver.[3] They also won a bronze in 10m synchro at the third FINA Diving Grand Prix event held in Gatineau, Canada that year.[4]

Birch competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[5] She finished fourth with Noah Williams in the mixed 10m platform synchro event.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Robyn Birch". British Swimming. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "European Championships in 2009 and World Championships in 2010". Swimming.org.
  3. ^ "Plymouth's Robyn Birch wins European synchro silver with Georgia Ward". Plymouth Sports Gazette. 11 June 2015.
  4. ^ "FINA Diving Grand Prix 2015 #3 April 9 - 12, 2015". FINA.
  5. ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 10m Platform start list" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ Hope, Nick (19 July 2019). "World Aquatics Championships: Tom Daley and Noah Williams secure Olympic spots for Team GB". BBC Sport.
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