Mark Shipman (born 3 January 1973, in

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) is a male retired

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diver. Mark attended Guiseley School. He is divorced with 2 teenage girls. Aeryn Anna Shipman and Anaïs Kirsten Shipman. Mark currently lives in South Africa and travels to the UK frequently.

Swimming career

Shipman has competed at European, World and Olympic levels on the 3 metre springboard. With Tony Ally he came 7th in the

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. He competed at four consecutive

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, which culminated in winning a

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in the 3 metres springboard synchronised event, at the

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for

. His club is City of Sheffield although he started diving with Bradford Esprit under the tutelage of Tom Daley's coach Andy Banks.

References

* 1973 births Living people English divers Olympic divers for Great Britain Divers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sheffield Commonwealth Games silver medallists in diving Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Sportspeople from Leeds {{UK-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub