Tyler Downs

Tyler Downs
Personal information
Born (2003-07-19) July 19, 2003 (age 21)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Home townBallwin, Missouri
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Event(s)3 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard synchro
College teamPurdue University
ClubPurdue Diving
Coached byAdam Soldati
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago 3 m synchro

Tyler Downs (born July 19, 2003) is an American competitive Olympic diver and social media personality.

Early life and education

Tyler Downs was born on July 19, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] He is youngest of seven children born to Theresa and Donnie Downs. He attended Laurel Springs Online School, graduating in 2021.[2]

Diving career

Downs is a six time U.S. junior national diving champion.[3] Downs competed at the 2015, 2017, and 2019 U.S. Junior Pan American Games. He competed at the 2019 Sagamihara and Beijing World Series. At the 2018 World Junior Diving Championships, he was the silver medalist in 1-meter. At the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships, he won gold on the 3-meter and synchronized 3-meter and bronze on the 1-meter and platform.[4][2]

Downs qualified to represent the United States in the Men's 3 metre springboard at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after triumphing in the event at the U.S. Olympic trials and in the process defeating his hero, David Boudia.[5][6] However, in Tokyo he failed to proceed beyond the preliminary round, finishing 23rd in a field of 29 divers.[7]

Personal life

Downs lives in Ballwin, Missouri.[8] He committed to attending Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in the Fall 2021, to compete for the "Boilermakers" swimming and diving squad.[9] As of September 22, 2022, however, he was no longer a student at Purdue.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tyler Downs". Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Team USA. Tyler Downs. Archived June 14, 2021, at the Wayback Machine United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "17-year-old Tyler Downs makes Olympic diving team, while David Boudia misses out – OlympicTalk | NBC Sports". Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "USA Diving Announces 2017 Junior Pan American Championships Team". August 14, 2017. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "17-year-old American Tyler Downs becomes Olympic diver after winning Sunday's trials". Newsweek. June 13, 2021. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "St. Louis native qualifies for Tokyo Olympics with Team USA diving". ksdk.com. June 14, 2021. Archived from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "Diving – Preliminary Results". Olympics.com. August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Woods, David. "David Boudia falls short of 4th Olympics; Fishers' Tyler Downs, 17, wins 3-meter". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Incoming Purdue Diver Tyler Downs Qualifies for Olympics in 3-Meter, David Boudia Falls Short". Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Staff REPORTS (September 22, 2022). "Olympic diver Tyler Downs no longer a Purdue student". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved October 27, 2023.