Peter Tarsey

Peter David Tarsey (5 August 1937 – 29 March 2015) was a British diver who competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

Peter Tarsey

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	5 August 1937 Brentford, England
Died	29 March 2015 (aged 77) Xalo, Spain
Medal record Diving Representing  England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff 3m Springboard

Early life

Tarsey was born on 5 August 1937 in Brentford, Greater London, England.^[1]

Career

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Tarsey competed in the Men's 3 metre springboard, where he finished 16th, and the Men's 10 metre platform, where he finished 14th.

Tarsey competed in two Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal at Cardiff in 1958, in the Men's 3m Springboard event.^[2][3]

Personal life

Tarsey married Jean Biggs in February 1960. They had two sons, Alexei and Sascha. They lived in Spain for 18 years.^[2]

At the time of their deaths the Tarseys were trying to sell their house in order to move near their son Sascha and grandchildren in Majorca.

Murder

The couple were found shot dead "in each other's arms" at their villa in Xalo, near Benidorm, Spain, on 29 March 2015, by friends who had come to Sunday dinner. They had been killed three days earlier.^[4][5]

In July 2016 Driss Drizi, 63, a Moroccan immigrant painter, was jailed for 31 years after confessing to the double murder and striking a plea bargain with prosecutors. Drizi was sentenced to 15 years for each murder, an additional year for illegal possession of a weapon, and ordered to pay 150,000 euros to each of the Tarsey's two sons. Drizi shot the couple following an unspecified row with David Tarsey.^[6][7]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Tarsey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018.
2. Evans, Martin (30 March 2015). "British former Olympic diver and wife found shot dead in 'each other's arms' in Spain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
3. "Cardiff 1958: Bronze medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. Burgen, Stephen (30 March 2015). "British couple found shot dead at their home in Spain". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
5. Saul, Heather (30 March 2015). "Benidorm shootings: British couple Jean and Peter Tarsey shot dead in Alicante villa 'found locked in each other's arms'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
6. Madrid, Graham Keeley (4 July 2016). "Painter jailed for killing villa couple". Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
7. INFORMACION. "Condenan a 31 aos de crcel al asesino de un exdeportista olmpico y su esposa en Xal". www.diarioinformacion.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.