Peter Tarsey

Peter David Tarsey (5 August 1937 – 29 March 2015) was a British diver who competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 1958 Commonwealth Games.

Early life

Tarsey was born on 5 August 1937 in Brentford, Greater London.[1]

Career

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, Tarsey competed in the Men's 3 metre springboard, where he finished 16th, and the Men's 10 metre platform, where he finished 14th.

Tarsey competed in two Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal at Cardiff in 1958, in the Men's 3m Springboard event.[2][3]

Personal life and death

Tarsey married Jean Biggs and they had two sons, Alexei and Sascha.[2] Tarsey and his wife were found shot dead at their villa in Xalo, near Benidorm, Spain, on 29 March 2015. They had moved to Spain 18 years earlier.[4][5] The Spanish police are treating their deaths as murder.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Tarsey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Martin (30 March 2015). "British former Olympic diver and wife found shot dead in 'each other's arms' in Spain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff 1958: Bronze medallists". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Burgen, Stephen (30 March 2015). "British couple found shot dead at their home in Spain". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Saul, Heather (30 March 2015). "Benidorm shootings: British couple Jean and Peter Tarsey shot dead in Alicante villa 'found locked in each other's arms'". The Independent. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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