{{short description|British diver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = Sir | name = Peter Heatly | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE|DL|size=100%}} | image = Peter Heatly 1950.jpg | caption = Heatly at the 1950 British Empire Games | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|6|9|df=yes}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/peter-heatly-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035748/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/peter-heatly-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Heatly Bio, Stats, and Results |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|17|1924|6|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | education = University of Edinburgh | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{Marriage|Jean Hermiston|1948|1979|end=died}} * {{Marriage|Mae Calder Cochrane|1984|2003|end=died}} }} | sport = Diving | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1954 Turin | 10 m platform }} {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition | British Empire Games }} {{MedalGold | 1950 Auckland | 10 m platform }} {{MedalGold | 1954 Vancouver | 3 m springboard }} {{MedalGold | 1958 Cardiff | 10 m platform }} {{MedalSilver | 1950 Auckland | 3 m springboard }} {{MedalBronze | 1954 Vancouver | 10 m platform }} }}
'''Sir Peter Heatly''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE|DL|size=100%}} (9 June 1924{{spaced ndash}}17 September 2015) was a Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/obituary-sir-peter-heatly-91-1-3894354 |title=Obituary: Sir Peter Heatly, 91 |access-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193108/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/obituary-sir-peter-heatly-91-1-3894354 |archive-date=22 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 British Empire Games, and at the 1954 European Championships. He won five British Empire Games medals and one European medal, while his best Olympic result was fifth place in 1948. Heatly was knighted in 1990, before being inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2016.
== Early life == Born in Leith on Coburg Street,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13770789.Sir_Peter_Heatly/ |title=Sir Peter Heatly |work=Herald Scotland |date=19 September 2015 |author=Stephen Naysmith}}</ref> Heatly was educated at Leith Academy and began his diving career with Portobello Amateur Swimming Club (PASC).<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-peter-heatly-diver-who-won-olympic-and-commonwealth-medals-before-becoming-an-admired-sports-a6692886.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-peter-heatly-diver-who-won-olympic-and-commonwealth-medals-before-becoming-an-admired-sports-a6692886.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sir Peter Heatly: Diver who won Commonwealth medals |work=The Independent |date=13 October 2015 |author=Tam Dalyell}}</ref> He was inspired to become a diver after watching Pete Desjardins dive at Port Seton. Heatly was eleven years old, and Desjardins asked to see him dive and gave him tips.<ref name=":1" />
By the age of thirteen Heatly had become the East of Scotland Champion (1937),<ref name=":3" /> and he held this title until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.<ref name=":2" /> The outbreak of war put things on hold; however, Heatly became a record holder in the 440-yards and 880-yards during this time.<ref name=":1" /> Heatly studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh<ref name=":2" /> and continued to train with PASC.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/sir-peter-heatly-honoured-edinburgh/ |title=Sir Peter Heatly honoured in Edinburgh |website=British Swimming |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
Heatly wanted to enlist; however, as he was doing well with his studies at University, he was advised to join the Officers' Training Corps instead.<ref name=":1" /> When he graduated from University, he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, but before he could be posted, the war ended.<ref name=":1" /> Heatly became an apprentice at Rosyth's Naval Dockyard; however, he kept up his training at the sports facilities nearby<ref name=":2" /> and became a Scottish Freestyle Champion in 1946,<ref name=":4" /> a title he kept until 1958.<ref name=":1" />
Heatly married Jean Hermiston in 1948;<ref name=":2" /> he ran the family business of heating and ventilation, and a building and construction company while competing internationally and raising his four children.<ref name=":1" />
== International competitions == At the 1948 Olympics, Heatly placed fifth in the platform and 13th in the springboard.<ref name=":3" /> At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, he won a gold medal in the platform and a silver in the springboard.<ref name=":1" /> Heatly had been unable to practise for most of the five-week journey by ship to Auckland, except for one training session which took place in a U.S. base in Panama.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/sir-peter-heatly-5cbxr5wwf83 |title=Sir Peter Heatly |date=1 October 2015 |work=The Times |access-date=22 June 2018 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
At the 1952 Olympics, Heatly placed 12th in the platform and 16th in the springboard.<ref name=":3" /> At the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, he won a gold in the springboard and a bronze in the platform.<ref name=":4" /> The same year he won a bronze in the platform at the European championships.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2016/09/diver-peter-heatly-honoured-at-the-royal-commonwealth-pool/ |title=Diver Peter Heatly honoured at the Royal Commonwealth Pool |date=19 September 2016 |work=The Edinburgh Reporter |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
At the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, Heatley was appointed as captain and flagbearer for the Scotland Team.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/2015/sir-peter-heatly-cbe-dl-1924-2015/ |title=Sir Peter Heatly CBE DL 1924–2015 – Team Scotland |date=17 September 2015 |work=Team Scotland |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43730113 |title=Commonwealth Games: James Heatly family affair swells Scottish success |date=11 April 2018 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the platform,<ref name=":0" /> and retired from competitions after that.<ref name="scottishswimming.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/halloffame/sir-peter-heatly.aspx |title=Sir Peter Heatly {{!}} Scottish Swimming|website=www.scottishswimming.com|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>
== Later life == Heatly became the Chairman of Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland (now Commonwealth Games Scotland), in 1967–1971,<ref name=":4" /> Chairman of the Scottish Sports Council, (now sportscotland), in 1975–87, and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation, in 1982–90.<ref name=":5" /> Heatly has a unique connection with the Commonwealth Games as he has consecutively attended seventeen games, from 1950 to 2014, in an official capacity as a competitor, organiser, Chairman of the Federation, as the Life Vice President of the Federation,<ref name=":5" /> team manager and Chef de Mission.<ref name=":6" />
Heatly was also the President of Scottish Swimming on two separate occasions, Chairman of the British Swimming Federation, was a Councillor for the City of Edinburgh and was an integral part of the planning of the Royal Commonwealth Pool.<ref name=":5" /> He also served in many roles on both the European (LEN) and World (FINA) Technical Diving Committees from 1966 to 1988.<ref name=":5" /><ref name="ishof">{{cite web |url=https://www.ishof.org/sir-peter-heatly.html |title=Sir Peter Heatly (GBR) 2016 Honor Contributor |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075436/https://www.ishof.org/sir-peter-heatly.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Honours == Heatly was awarded a CBE in 1971<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=45262 |date=31 December 1970 |pages=8 |supp=y}}</ref> and was knighted in 1990,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52173 |date=15 June 1990 |pages=2 }}</ref> before being inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010<ref name=":0" /> and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2016.<ref name="ishof" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/2016/sir-peter-heatly-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/ |title=Sir Peter Heatly Inducted into Hall of Fame – Team Scotland |date=11 November 2016 |work=Team Scotland |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> He was made Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh in 1984, and held honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh (1992) and St Margaret's College (1994).<ref name=":1" /><ref name="scottishswimming.com"/>
== Personal life == Heatly had four children by his first wife Jean, who was also known as Bertha; she died in 1979.<ref name=":1" /> He remarried Mae Cochrane; she was also a widower with four children of her own.<ref>[http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/lady-mae-heatly-1-646672 Obituary – Lady (Mae) Heatly] The Scotsman, 5 May 2003; retrieved 17 February 2013.</ref> Together Peter and Mae had twenty grandchildren; Mae died in 2003.<ref name=":2" />
Heatly was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the 1980s but lived with the disease for nearly thirty years before he died.<ref name=":1" /> His grandson James Heatly won a bronze medal in the 1 m springboard at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/more-in-sport/commonwealth-games-james-heatly-wins-first-scottish-diving-medal-in-60-years-1-4721997 |title=Commonwealth Games: James Heatly wins first Scottish diving medal in 60 years |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> James Heatly also won a gold medal in the 10 m mixed synchronised diving at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, partnered by Grace Reid <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/other-sport/diving-duo-grace-reid-and-james-heatly-secure-historic-gold-for-scotland-on-final-day-of-commonwealth-games-3797444 |title=Commonwealth Games: Diving duo Grace Reid and James Heatly secure historic gold for Scotland on final day of Commonwealth Games |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Peter Heatly}} * {{Team GB}} * [http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1343.html Peter Heatly biography] at the Gazetteer for Scotland * {{Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|sir-peter-heatly-cbe}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150925064539/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-peter-heatly-cbe-diver-1-3891906 Peter Heatly's obituary at scotsman.com] * [https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/archives/cgs Peter Heatly Collection is a part of the Commonwealth Games Scotland Collection at the University of Stirling Archives] * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team Scotland|peter-heatly}} * {{Commonwealth Games Federation}}
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