Jack Laugher New Year Honours for services to diving. Jack Laugher Jack David Laugher ( ; born 30 January 1995) is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears. The duo became Britain’s first diving Olympic champions by winning a gold medal in the men's synchronised 3m springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, a title many had expected double world 10m champion Tom Daley would achieve first. A week later, Laugher won a silver in the men's individual 3m springboard at
1997 Individual Long Track World Championship Championship. The days of a speedway world champion in both normal track and Long Track speedway were gone. The world title was won by Tommy Dunker of Germany. 1997 Individual Long Track World Championship The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system (a series of races) and also contained races on grasstrack. The new system combined with the relatively new Speedway World Championship Grand Prix which started in 1995, effectively resulted in a separation of