Swim England launched its Corridor of Fame class of 2024 on the group’s year-end Nationwide Awards ceremony in Birmingham, England. Tom Daley, Alice Dearing, Mel Marshall, and Glenn Smith had been inducted as a part of the four-strong class.
Daley retired following the 2024 Paris Olympics, which had been his fifth Video games. He made his Olympic debut in Beijing at 14. A 12 months later, he received the 10m platform on the 2009 World Championships, his first of 4 World Championship titles spanning from 2009 to 2024.
Daley earned 5 Olympic medals throughout his embellished profession. After profitable two bronze medals from the 2012 and 2016 Video games, Daley stood on prime of the Olympic podium for the primary time in Tokyo, profitable gold within the 10m synchro occasion with Matty Lee. Daley closed out his skilled diving profession in Paris by profitable silver in the identical occasion with Noah Williams and was named certainly one of Workforce GB’s flag-bearers on the closing ceremony.
Alice Dearing turned the primary black feminine swimmer to signify Nice Britain on the Olympics as she competed within the 10k open water occasion, the place she completed nineteenth. It was the end result of an extended profession for Dearing, who made her senior worldwide debut on the 2015 World Championships.
Dearing additionally retired from skilled swimming in 2024. She stays concerned within the swimming world as a co-founder of the Black Swimming Affiliation, a corporation that goals to cut back drowning charges of individuals of African, Caribbean, and Asian heritage, encourage these communities’ participation within the sport, and guarantee they’ve equitable entry to aquatics.
Mel Marshall is a two-time Olympian turned coach who’s finest identified as of late for her work teaching Adam Peaty. Marshall started teaching Peaty when he was 14 years previous and helped him develop into one of many biggest dash breaststrokers in swimming historical past. All through a storied profession, he has received a number of Olympic, World, and European titles as he broke boundaries within the self-discipline.
Final summer season, Marshall introduced her plans to go away Loughborough and take a prime job at Griffith College in Australia.
Smith has additionally had a decades-long profitable profession teaching Olympic and Paralympic athletes onto the largest podiums. He labored with Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, Paralympic champions Sam and Ollie Hynd, and Paralympic silver medallist Charlotte Henshaw.
On the identical ceremony, Swim England introduced revealed the 27 winners of the Swim England Nationwide Awards for 2024. Swim England CEO Andy Salmon mentioned “the Awards are our alternative to acknowledge these individuals who give a lot to our sports activities and present such dedication. It was tough to select the winners as every nominee was deserving of an award. It was fantastic to spend a day with so many inspirational individuals gathered in a single room. Congratulations to all our winners and nominees.”
