10 most successful LGBT athletes of all time

#8 Tom Daley

Daley is one of the youngest British divers at the Olympics

British diver Tom Daley was first spotted at the age of 7, and put into diving training soon after. He first took part in the National Championships in 2003, winning in the boys' 8-9 years category, and from then on began participating in and winning a series of bigger events that saw him noticed on the world stage.At only 12 years of age in 2006, Daley met the standards for qualification for that year's Commonwealth Games, held in Melbourne, Australia, but was unable to participate as a member of the English team due to his age.2007 saw Daley participate at the 2007 Australian Olympic Youth Festival despite the minimum age for that event being fifteen, with the young Briton only twelve at the time. He would go on to win the silver medal in the synchronised diving event.The following year, only 13, he won the senior title at the 10m platform diving at the British Championships - becoming the youngest ever athlete to do so. He qualified for that year's Beijing Olympics, and participated in both the individual and synchronised 10m platform events.One of Britain's youngest ever Olympians, Daley had top-10 finishes in each event - and following this was first permitted to appear in the FINA Junior Championships, having finally now met the age threshold for the event.His first significant international win came at the World Championships in Rome in 2009, where he won gold at the 10m individual platform event, a year after winning the same medal at the European Championships in Eindhoven, Germany.Daley represented England at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi the following year, and took double gold - the second with teammate Max Brick. He found himself a local favourite for the 2012 London Olympics, and although he put in an initially strong performance in the team event that year, dropped behind in subsequent attempts to finish fourth.He eventually managed bronze in the individual event.Daley has since had immense success at the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games, adding to a growing list of gold medals.At 19 years old, Daley came out publicly in a YouTube video in 2013, and has since become engaged to his partner, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.