Leon Taylor
Leon Taylor is a fun, highly motivated and confident speaker who has achieved success at the highest level in his chosen sport of diving. His commitment and dedication to his sport meant this very popular athlete moving in 1997 from his home town of Cheltenham to Sheffield where he trains under the guidance of one of the world's best coaches.
Leon was a hyperactive child and on the recommendation of the family doctor his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was initially a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and did not take up diving as just another sport until he was eight. By the time he was 11 Leon was under 12 national champion.
Following shoulder surgery in 2001 Leon has had the world at his feet achieving silver medal status at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fulfilling a life time ambition with a podium finish and a 2004 Olympic medal in Athens.
With a genuine passion for everything he gets involved in, Leon is now enjoying the challenges of inspirational speaking alongside his full time training.
An Olympic and World championship silver medallist and winner of the silver in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games only eight months after serious shoulder surgery, Leon has a truly inspirational message. Leon has also appeared in three episodes of the channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, where he played a diver 'Neil', who was coming back from injury!
Leon competes in two events, the 10m individual and the 10m Synchronised platform. In the 10m Synchronised platform two people perform the same dive simultaneously off the same platform and marks are given for execution and synchronization. Leon's partner in this event is Southampton based diver Peter Waterfield. They have been synchro diving partners since 1995, when the event was first established. As a pair, they have won medals at all the major championships including the most coveted and prestigious to date the Olympic silver medal.
Leon's passion and commitment makes him an excellent choice as a keynote or conference speaker.
Leon Taylor is a fun, highly motivated and confident speaker who has achieved success at the highest level in his chosen sport of diving. His commitment and dedication to his sport meant this very popular athlete moving in 1997 from his home town of Cheltenham to Sheffield where he trains under the guidance of one of the world's best coaches.
Leon was a hyperactive child and on the recommendation of the family doctor his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was initially a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and did not take up diving as just another sport until he was eight. By the time he was 11 Leon was under 12 national champion.
Following shoulder surgery in 2001 Leon has had the world at his feet achieving silver medal status at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fulfilling a life time ambition with a podium finish and a 2004 Olympic medal in Athens.
With a genuine passion for everything he gets involved in, Leon is now enjoying the challenges of inspirational speaking alongside his full time training.
An Olympic and World championship silver medallist and winner of the silver in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games only eight months after serious shoulder surgery, Leon has a truly inspirational message. Leon has also appeared in three episodes of the channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, where he played a diver 'Neil', who was coming back from injury!
Leon competes in two events, the 10m individual and the 10m Synchronised platform. In the 10m Synchronised platform two people perform the same dive simultaneously off the same platform and marks are given for execution and synchronization. Leon's partner in this event is Southampton based diver Peter Waterfield. They have been synchro diving partners since 1995, when the event was first established. As a pair, they have won medals at all the major championships including the most coveted and prestigious to date the Olympic silver medal.
Leon's passion and commitment makes him an excellent choice as a keynote or conference speaker.
