Tyler Downs

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

Tyler Downs

Personal information
Born	(2003-07-19) July 19, 2003 (age 21) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Home town	Ballwin, Missouri
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	3 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard synchro
College team	Purdue University
Club	Purdue Diving
Coached by	Adam Soldati
Medal record Men's diving Representing  United States Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 3 m synchro

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]

Personal life

Downs lives in Ballwin, Missouri.^[8] He committed to attending Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in the Fall 2021, to compete for the "Boilermakers" swimming and diving squad.^[9] As of September 22, 2022, however, he was no longer a student at Purdue.^[10]