Tyler Downs

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

Tyler Downs
Personal information
Born (2003-07-19) July 19, 2003
St. Louis, Missouri[1]
Home townBallwin, Missouri
Height177.8 cm (5 ft 10.0 in)
Sport
Country United States
Event(s)3 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard synchro
College teamPurdue University
ClubPurdue Diving

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]

TikTok personality

Downs has a large presence on TikTok with over 931,000 followers.[8]

Personal life

Downs lives in Ballwin, Missouri.[9] He committed to attending Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in the Fall 2021, to compete for the "Boilermakers" swimming and diving squad.[10]

References
  1. "Tyler Downs". Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. Team USA. Tyler Downs. Archived 2021-06-14 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 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. "USA Diving Announces 2017 Junior Pan American Championships Team". 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 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". www.ksdk.com. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. "Diving – Preliminary Results". Olympics.com. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  8. "Did Underage TikTok Star Tyler Downs Hook up With British Diver Tom Daley?". Distractify. 23 April 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. Woods, David. "David Boudia falls short of 4th Olympics; Fishers' Tyler Downs, 17, wins 3-meter". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  10. "Incoming Purdue Diver Tyler Downs Qualifies for Olympics in 3-Meter, David Boudia Falls Short". Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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