She has competed as a diver at the highest level for 15 years, winning an impressive haul of medals for Scotland and Great Britain.

But Edinburgh-born champion Grace Reid has now announced she is retiring as she looks to carve out a sports career ‘from a different angle’.

The two-time European champion and double Commonwealth gold medallist was paired for a time with fellow British diver Tom Daley and they won a medal within weeks of teaming up.

She took part in her third successive Olympics at Paris 2024 and won silver and bronze at European and world level.

However, despite being just 29 years old, Ms Reid has said she feels she has achieved everything she wanted in her competitive career and is looking for a new way to use her skills and the knowledge she gained from her sports science degree at Edinburgh University.

Discussing her decision with the Mail, she said: ‘Achieving my degree in sport science from Edinburgh, and 25 years of experience in elite sport is quite a powerful combination and I have every intention of using them both in this next chapter.

‘I’m keen to combine all the practical lessons I’ve learned being on the world stage as well as the incredible knowledge I’ve gained about the broader sporting landscape. 

'I know whatever I end up doing, my passion for sport is going to be there, no matter what.’

She added: ‘Everyone always said to me, “well, you’ll know when you know” and that couldn’t be more true. I know in my heart that it’s time for a new adventure and a new chapter.’

Reid, who lives in London these days, had a successful partnership with fellow British diver Daley – winning gold medals in the mixed three-metre synchro at the European Aquatics Championships in London in 2016.

The pair had only begun training together a week before competition, but they were in the podium positions throughout.

Expanding on her plans for the future, she said: ‘I love diving, I don’t think that’ll change and I really would like to stay connected with it.

‘And I like the idea of giving back to the sport I always have, but, you know, the older I’m getting, the more I’m moving into sort of, I guess, looking at elite sport from a different angle and maybe it’s not sort of being on the ground, because I’ve been in a diving pool, my whole life.

‘I think now I’m really open to opportunities that can combine, like my knowledge and experience of elite sport and diving and maybe look at that in a different way that could shape, you know, British sport for the better in the future.’