Simon Latimer
Simon Latimer | |||
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| Born | November 4, 1981 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||
| Citizenship | New Zealand | ||
Simon James Latimer was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on November 4 1981. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Simon represented New Zealand in springboard and platform diving between 1995 and 2002, attending two FINA World Junior Diving Championships Events as a junior competitor. Simon also represented New Zealand as a senior competitor including at FINA Grand Prix Events. Simon retired from diving in 2002 due to ongoing back injuries.[1]
In 2008 Simon returned to international diving as a FINA judge. He went on to judge at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] He was also a judge at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.
In 2017, Simon was appointed to FINA's Technical Diving Committee.[3] As part of this Committee he was a referee at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] Simon is a specialist in the psychology of judging diving and has given several international presentations on this topic, including a webinar on FINA's Learning Platform.[4]
Simon is a Life Member of Diving New Zealand and the Head Selector of the New Zealand Diving Team.[5]
Simon is also a high diving judge on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series circuit.[6]
Simon has a First Class Honours Degree in Social Geography from the University of Otago. The topic of his thesis was risk assessment in relation to nuclear power.[7]
References
- ↑ McMurran, Alistair (July 18, 2012). "Diving: Selection on judges' panel pinnacle of career". Otago Daily Times Online News.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Olympedia – Simon Latimer". www.olympedia.org.
- ↑ "Diving Technical Committee". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
- ↑ "Live session – Replay – Simon Latimer (NZL) | FINA Learning Platform".
- ↑ "STRUCTURE". DIVING NEW ZEALAND.
- ↑ "Red Bull Cliff Diving: format and scoring". Red Bull.
- ↑ Latimer, Simon (April 3, 2003). "Risk Communication of Nuclear Power in New Zealand" – via ourarchive.otago.ac.nz.
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