Eden Cheng (born 2 December 2002) is an English elite diver representing Great Britain and England. She won her first major medal in 2018 at the age of 15, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in the 10 metre platform synchro with Lois Toulson.
Early life Cheng was born in London in 2002 to Chinese immigrants. She studied at Alleyn's School in Dulwich, London. She previously went to Streatham and Clapham Junior School. She took up diving after being inspired during the 2012 London Olympics. She joined Crystal Palace Diving where she trains under Chen Lin.
In 2022, Cheng moved to California and dives with the UCLA women's diving team.
Career Cheng began competing as a junior in 2013 and became a multiple-time national champion. In 2016, she participated in the National Age Group Championships and won the 3m springboard event.
In 2017, she competed at her first British Junior Elite Championships and won gold. The same year Cheng made her debut in a European championship, representing Great Britain at the Junior European Diving Championships in Bergen, where she won a gold medal. She started competing as a senior in a number of FINA Grand Prix events in 2017, one of the youngest divers chosen for these events. She won a silver in the Mixed 10m platform event with Kyle Kothari, as well as a bronze in the 10m Synchro event with Emily Martin in Singapore.
2018–2019 In her first senior competition at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow/Edinburgh, she partnered with Lois Toulson in the women's 10 metre synchro platform, and at the age of 15 she won her first senior international gold medal.
Cheng took part in her first World Championship at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. Cheng finished in sixth in the 10 metre synchro with Toulson, as well as the team event with Ross Haslam. At the 2019 European Diving Championships held in Kyiv, Cheng won silver in the Mixed 10 m platform synchro with Noah Williams and bronze in the team event.
2021–2022 At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup held in Japan as an official test event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Cheng and Toulson won silver in synchronised 10m platform, thereby securing their qualification to the Olympics. The pair also won silver in synchronised 10m platform at the European Championships. At the 2020 Olympics held in 2021, the pair finished seventh in the synchronized 10 metre platform after a poor start.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Cheng partnered with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix on the women's 10m synchro, and they won a silver.
Career highlights Competition Event 2018 2019 2020 20212022 International, representing Olympic GamesWomen's 10m Synchro7thWorld Aquatics ChampionshipsWomen's 10m Platform26thWomen's 10m Synchro6th Team6thEuropean Aquatics ChampionshipsWomen's 10m Platform9th Women's 10m Synchro 10m Mixed Synchro TeamFINA Diving World Cup10m Synchro7thInternational, representing Commonwealth GamesWomen's 10m Platform Women's 10m Synchro10m Mixed Synchro DomesticBritish Diving ChampionshipsWomen's 10m Platform 9thWomen's 10m Synchro British National Diving CupWomen's 10m Platform
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