Tom Daley “Britain’s most successful diver” has announced his retirement from diving after winning his fifth Olympic medal in Paris.

But Britain’s most successful diver has now confirmed he is hanging up his trunks, 16 years after making his Olympic debut as a 14-year-old in Beijing.

‘It was emotional at the end, up there on the platform, knowing it was going to be my last competitive dive,’ Daley told Vogue. ‘But I have to make the decision at some point, and it feels like the right time to call it a day.

The 30-year-old claimed a silver in the synchronised 10-metre platform with Noah Williams to complete his set of medals, following a gold in Tokyo and three other bronzes.

Daley had left open the possibility of competing at a sixth Games in Los Angeles – where he lives – in 2028.