Scots diving sensation, 18, wins medal in FIRST senior major championships – just weeks after finishing school
He was up against some top opposition
NEW HEIGHTS Scots diving sensation, 18, wins medal in FIRST senior major championships – just weeks after finishing school
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A YOUNG Scots diving sensation has claimed a silver medal on his FIRST ever appearance at a senior major championships.
And he was agonisingly close to gold!
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Noah Penman poses with his silver medal
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Noah Penman, 18, from Aberdeen, produced a stunning performance in the final of the 3m springboard at the European Diving Championships in Antalya, Turkey to win the silver medal.
He finished with a score of score of 429.70 and missed out on gold by just 1.55 points to Andrzej Rzeszutek of Poland - a man 15 years his senior.
Rzeszutek won a gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade last year in the 1m springboard.
Moritz Wesemann of Germany came in third to take bronze with a score of 426.85.
Penman - who only finished high school a few weeks ago - had a first dive that scored 70.5, three points higher than Rzeszutek's opening effort.
But the Pole steadily increased the difficulty levels and held onto top spot from the fourth dives until the sixth and final dive to claim victory.
Penman trains out of Aberdeen Diving Club and had an extremely successful junior career, across both springboard and platform disciplines.
The youngster won silver in the A/B Boys platform synchro at the 2023 European Juniors, before winning his first individual international medal a year later in the same competition in the Boys A 1m springboard.
Penman is the latest Scots diver to medal at an international event following Scotland's resurgence in the sport in recent years.
Grace Reid and James Heatly have won medals at World, European and Commonwealth level.
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They partnered one another to a bronze in the mixed 3m synchro gold at the 2022 World Championships and later that year they would be crowned champions in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Reid became the first Scottish female diver to win a medal at the games when she won the 1m springboard event.
Reid also partnered Tom Daley before his retirement, winning gold at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in the 3m synchro.
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