The real Tom Daley: From scissors thrown at him to Olympics icon

Tom Daley has won five gold medals at the Olympics in diving.

Daley is one of the three GOATs in men's diving history.

Diving coach Jane Figueiredo says he now stands with the American Greg Louganis and the Italian Klaus Dibiasi among the GOATS in men’s diving.

Team GB diver Tom Daley will partner Noah Williams in Monday 's 10 m synchronised platform.

Daley 's dad was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2006 ; simply telling his three sons that he was shaving his head for charity.

But a second tumour grew even more aggressively in 2011 and Daley was telephoned while competing in Fort Lauderdale and told to come home urgently.

Rob opened his eyes for the first time in 24 hours when Tom walked through the door before dying shortly after his son’s 17th birthday.

Daley has won a world silver behind the Chinese favourites Junjie Lian and Hao Yang .

He teamed up with Williams and a largely remote routine began, with Daley now attaching heat straps to his back and knees each morning to help keep his creaking body supple.