Nicholas Robinson-Baker (born 24 June 1987) is an English diver.[1]
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Birth name | Nicholas Robinson-Baker | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Peckham, London, England | 24 June 1987||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | England | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Event | Men's 3 metre springboard | ||||||||||||||
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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.[citation needed] He has won gold, silver and bronze medals on the World Series tour,[3] with a gold in 2009 in 3m synchro with Ben Swain at the World Series leg in Mexico.[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he partnered with Chris Mears in the synchronised 3 metre springboard event and came fifth.[citation needed] 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.[5]
He retired from diving in 2014.[citation needed] He described languages as a life passion, and speaks Russian, Albanian, and Romanian.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Nicholas Robinson-Baker". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Diving" (PDF). Swimming.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Meet The Team – Nick Robinson-Baker". Swimming.org.
- ^ "Nick Robinso-Baker". Glasgow 2014.
- ^ Lemesre, Pascal (1 August 2014). "Interview: Commonwealth bronze medal-winning divers Nick Robinson-Baker, Freddie Woodward". Sports Mole. UK.