Athlete Bio#
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Age
34
Hometown
Chapel Hill, NC
Education
Duke University
Sport: Diving
Discipline: 10-meter individual, 10m synchro
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C.
College: Duke University
- 2012 Olympic Games - bronze medal in 10-meter synchro, ninth individually
National
- Six-time national champion
- Won 10-meter at 2011 AT&T National Diving Championships
- Won 10-meter at 2008 Kaiser Permanente National Championships
International
- Bronze medalist in synchronized 10-meter at 2012 Olympic Games (9th individually on 10-meter)
- Sixth individually on 10-meter at 2011 World Championships
- Gold medalist in synchronized 10-meter at 2012 FINA World Series meet in Mexico (also won World Series silver in Russia that same year)
- Won silver on 3-meter at 2006 Junior World Championships
Other
- Won NCAA titles on platform all four years he competed for Duke (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
- Earned 11 All-America honors for Duke
- 10-time ACC champion
- Four-time ACC Male Diver of the Year
- ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Freshman of the Year
- Three-time North Carolina high school state champion
Fun Facts: His uncle, Gordon Downie, won a bronze medal in swimming at the 1976 Olympics for Great Britain (800-meter free relay) ... Nick would like to become a doctor, just like his father ... He’s active in the Little People of America with his younger brother Lucas, and describes himself as arachnophobic, ambitious and level-headed ... He likes to eat sushi, Chinese food and original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
Event Schedule#
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Coach MembersEric Best (Head Coach), John Appleman, Mark Bradshaw, Ted Hautau, Patrick Jeffrey, Matt Scoggin, Justin Sochor, John Wingfield...
2025 USA Diving National Championships
All events streaming on USA Diving's YouTube Channel Schedule (Updated 4.23.2025)Detailed TimelineQualification Criteria and Competition Format Qualifying Meet CriteriaBook Hotels Meet Information Packet International Team Selection Teams that will rep...
