Kyle Kothari ( ; born 26 January 1998) is an English diver representing Great Britain and England in competition. At the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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in the 10 metre platform.
Career
At the 2018 British National Diving Championships, held in January in
Plymouth
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, Kothari and his partner
Matty Lee
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won the national title and gold medal in the 10 metre synchronised platform with a score of 406.17 points."Lee and Kothari step up for 10m Synchro gold" ''
Swim England
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''. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
2022
Leading up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the 2022 FINA Diving Grand Prix held in June in
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,
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, Kothari won the silver medal in the 10 metre synchronised platform with partner Ben Cutmore, achieving a final mark of 374.58 points."FINA Diving Grand Prix 2022: Results Men 10m Synchronised" ''
FINA
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''. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
2022 Commonwealth Games
In early August, at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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held in
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, Kothari and his partner Ben Cutmore placed fourth in the 10 metre synchronised platform on day two of diving competition with a score of 391.35 points, finishing 21.21 points behind the bronze medalists
Cassiel Rousseau
Cassiel Emmanuel Rousseau (born 4 February 2001) is an Australian diver. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform and men's synchronised 10 metre platfo ...
and
Domonic Bedggood
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of
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''. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Stunning synchro successes light up Sandwell" ''
Swim England
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''. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Ben Cutmore ready to step up after Commonwealth disappointment" ''
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''. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Three days later, he won a silver medal in the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform, scoring a total of 318.54 points with his partner
Lois Toulson
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to finish behind the gold medal duo, also of
England
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Swim England
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''. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022."England goes 1-2 in Mixed 10m, Scotland takes first gold in Mixed 3m , Diving at Commonwealth Games" ''
FINA
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''. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Their silver medal contributed to a record number of 15 total medals won by divers representing England at a single
Commonwealth Games
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''. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Divers secure record haul with magnificent one-two" ''TeamEngland.org''. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
2022 European Aquatics Championships
Kothari entered to compete in two events at the
2022 European Aquatics Championships
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, held in mid-August in
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,
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, the team event and the 10 metre mixed synchronised platform.
LEN
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(7 August 2022) "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Diving Entry List" ''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. On the first day of diving, both he and Lois Toulson were substituted out and two other divers representing Great Britain were substituted in for the team event.
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.
LEN
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''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Toulson and Kothari form golden partnership" ''
British Swimming
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Nemzeti Sport
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History and profile
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Between the World War I and Worl ...
''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Kothari s Toulsonovou vyhrali miešané synchronizované skoky" (in Slovak). '' TASR''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Three days later, in the 10 metre synchronised platform, he achieved another narrow gold medal-victory, this time scoring 2.46 points ahead of the silver medalists from Ukraine with a final score of 390.48 points achieved with partner Ben Cutmore.
LEN
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Nemzeti Sport
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History and profile
''Nemzeti Sport'' was founded in 1903. It is frequently cited by quality English-language media The paper is published in broadsheet format.
Between the World War I and Worl ...
''. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022."Cutmore and Kothari become European Champions in first season together" ''
Swim England
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''. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2023
In February 2023, at the year's British National Diving Cup, Kothari won a gold medal in the men's 10 metre synchronised platform event with Ben Cutmore, achieving a final mark of 402.99 points."Synchro pairings shine on first night of National Diving Cup" ''
British Swimming
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2024
Kyle competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 10m platform on 10 August 2024 and came 11th.
International championships
Personal life
Kyle was born in Harrow, north London, into a family of Gujarati heritage.
Kyle graduated from
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Education
* London School of Economics, a public research university within the University of London
* Lahore School of Economics, a private university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
* Lincoln Southeast High School, a public gove ...
with a degree in BSc Geography with Economics in 2019. He worked at JP Morgan as an analyst for seven months.