Nicholas Robinson-Baker

Nicholas Robinson-Baker
Personal information
Birth name Nicholas Robinson-Baker
Nationality British
Born (1987-06-24) 24 June 1987
Peckham, London, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country England
Sport Diving
Event(s) Men's 3 metre springboard

Nicholas Robinson-Baker (born 24 June 1987) is an English diver.[1]

Robinson-Baker became interested in diving when he attended a boxing camp near Crystal Palace and used the pool there.[2] He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he was placed 7th overall in the synchronised 3m springboard event with his diving partner Ben Swain.[3] He has won gold, silver and bronze medals on the World Series tour,[4] with a gold in 2009 in 3m synchro with Ben Swain at the World Series leg in Mexico.[5] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he partnered with Chris Mears in the synchronised 3 metre springboard event and came fifth.[6] They have also won a number of gold medals at National Cup and National Championships as well as a silver at the World Series in Mexico. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games he won bronze in the 3m springboard synchro with Freddie Woodward.[7]

He retired from diving in 2014.[8] He described languages as a life passion, and speaks Russian, Albanian, and Romanian.[2]

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