Luton diver Amy Rollinson has been named in the Aquatics GB World Class Programme for 2025, securing a place on the prestigious Podium Potential tier.
Rollinson, a reigning European champion, is part of an exciting group of athletes aiming to build on a record-breaking year for British diving. Her inclusion in the programme highlights her impressive progress and potential to compete at the highest level.
She joins fellow European champions Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Robbie Lee on the list, with the trio looking ahead to key international events, including the World Aquatics Diving World Cup and the European Diving Championships.
As part of the Podium Potential tier, Rollinson will benefit from UK Sport funding, world-class training camps, and access to top coaching and sports science support. With the 2025 season packed with major competitions, it’s a huge opportunity for the Luton diver to continue making her mark on the international stage.
The 2025 programme also features seven Olympic medallists from Paris, including four-time Olympian Jack Laugher and world champion Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix. Last summer, Team GB secured its best-ever Olympic diving medal haul, winning medals in all synchronised events and a dramatic final-day bronze from Noah Williams in the Men’s 10m Platform.
With a busy season ahead, Matt Ashman, Aquatics GB’s lead for diving, emphasised the importance of maintaining momentum after such a successful year.
He said: “Our Aquatics GB diving programme enjoyed immense success on the world’s biggest stages in 2024, and that gives our athletes and staff great momentum to carry on into the start of the new Olympic cycle and some valuable, top-level competition opportunities coming up, which will give them the chance to compete against the best athletes from across the globe and to test their arena skills in those environments.
“Off the back of such success in Paris, some of our top athletes have had differing lengths of break to refresh and reset, which are fully deserved and will benefit them in the long run. It means we are excited to see both how those divers come back in after those breaks, and also how the next generation of diving talent can progress and step up over the coming months. That goes for the junior divers contesting next month’s Elite Junior Diving Championships, and then those looking to make a senior mark at the Aquatics GB Diving Championships, with eyes on major senior international representation this year.
“We are also encouraged by the successful transition made in Sheffield, which is due to become an Aquatics GB Performance Centre in the coming weeks alongside our existing programme in London. There is a strong group of athletes there who have already made a huge impact over recent seasons and who we know will continue to drive each other on to the next level.”
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