Learn more about the diving nominees across the 'Athlete of the Year', 'Emerging Athlete of the Year' and 'Coach of the Year' categories at The Aquatics GB Awards 2025.
Diving Athlete of the Year, sponsored by CSE
2025 Shortlist: Jordan Houlden, Yasmin Harper & Scarlett Mew Jensen and Jack Laugher & Anthony Harding
Jordan Houlden
Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield
2025 saw Jordan Houlden deliver his best-ever performance at a world championships as he finished fourth in a Men’s 3m Springboard final of supreme quality – which followed on from him equally knocking on the door of the medal places in the Men’s 1m Springboard in Singapore. The Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield man’s superb season however did him top the podium for the first time at a World Aquatics World Cup event in Canada, before taking victory in the Men’s 3m Springboard at the Aquatics GB Diving Championships.
Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen
Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield and Aquatics GB Performance Centre London
Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen extended their world championship medal streak to three successive editions as they combined for silver in Singapore to back up previous silverware from the past two editions of the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka and Doha – and their historic Olympic bronze medal at Paris 2024. A synchro bronze together at the World Aquatics World Cup Super Final in Beijing and a British title win in Sandwell bolstering their medal haul across the 2025 campaign.
Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding
Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield
Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding returned to a world championships podium together to cap their stellar 2025 campaign with a brilliant Men’s 3m Synchro bronze in Singapore. The Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield pairing delivered consistently across the season with a bronze at the Mexico leg of the World Aquatics World Cup, which they upgraded to a silver at the Beijing Super Final before returning to home soil to maintain their hold on the British title at the Aquatics GB Diving Championships in June.
Diving Emerging Athlete of the Year
2025 Shortlist: Noah Penman, Todd Geggus and Siena-Rae Mills
Noah Penman
Aberdeen Diving Club
Noah has enjoyed a superb season on the boards, winning his first individual senior European Championships international medal in May as he took a silver home from the Men’s 3m Springboard contest in Turkey. The Aberdeen-based diver then added a bronze to his 2025 haul from the 1m Springboard in his final European Juniors appearance, following that up with his maiden senior World Aquatics Championships experience in Singapore during the summer.
Todd Geggus
Southend Diving
A multi-medallist in Athens, Todd was on the podium twice within 24 hours at the European Junior Diving Championships. Having opened his account alongside Southend Diving teammate, Connor Lano, in earning Boys 3m Synchro silver, Todd rounded out his individual list with a high quality Forward 2 ½ Somersaults 2 Twists Pike (5154B) for 78.20 points to secure his second silver.
Siena-Rae Mills
Dive London
Siena secured a brilliant pair of bronze medals at July’s European Junior Diving Championships to cap her 2025 season. Showing resilience to work her way back into the medal positions during the final round of her individual in Athens, the Dive London athlete then joined forces with Amelie Underwood to podium in the Girls 3m Synchro. Earlier in the year, Siena also dived to gold in the Girls B 3m Springboard at the 2025 International Youth Diving Meet in Dresden.
Diving Coach of the Year
2025 Shortlist: Alex Rochas, Anna Sless and Tom Owens
Alex Rochas
Aquatics GB Performance Centre London
Alex Rochas watched Scarlett Mew Jensen dive to her third consecutive world championship medal alongside Sheffield’s Yasmin Harper as the pair delivered silver in Singapore to cap another busy season for the London Performance Centre Leads Coach. Alex has been in Robbie Lee’s corner to guide his development towards a maiden world final, in addition to the forging of a new platform synchro partnership between Lee and Kyle Kothari that just narrowly missed out on a medal as the fourth placed pairing at this summer’s World Aquatics Championships.
Anna Sless
Aberdeen Diving Club
Anna Sless has guided Noah Penman throughout a blossoming junior career, with the Aberdeen Diving Club-athlete closing out that chapter with a bronze to from the 1m Springboard in his final European Juniors appearance. Under Anna’s tutelage, Penman’s standout season on the boards also saw him win senior European Championships silver in the Men’s 3m Springboard contest in Turkey, before following that up with his maiden World Aquatics Championships experience in Singapore during the summer.
Tom Owens
Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield
Tom Owens enjoyed a memorable year of coaching success with seven of his Aquatics GB Performance Centre Sheffield athlete-stable selected for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding earnt a springboard synchro bronze to open the diving medal count in Singapore, with Yasmin Harper claiming silver alongside London’s Scarlett Mew Jensen for their third consecutive Women’s 3m Synchro world championship medal – while Jordan Houlden impressed with a best-ever performance on the world stage to place fourth in a Men’s 3m Springboard final of supreme quality.
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