Andreas Wels

Andreas Wels
Personal information
Born1 January 1975 (1975-01) (age 50)
Schönebeck, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2004 Athens3 m synchro
World Championships
2005 Montreal3 m synchro
2003 Barcelona3 m synchro
2007 Melbourne3 m synchro
European Championships
1997 Seville1 m springboard
2000 Helsinki3 m synchro
2004 Madrid3 m springboard
2006 Budapest3 m synchro
1997 Seville3 m springboard
1999 Istanbul1 m springboard
2002 Berlin3 m springboard
2002 Berlin3 m synchro
2008 Eindhoven3 m synchro

Andreas Wels (born 1 January 1975) is a German competitive and synchronized diver. He has competed at three Olympic Games.

In 1997 he won his first international title, European Champion in competitive diving on the 1 m springboard. In 1999 he became vice world cup champion in competitive diving on the 3 m springboard, and in 2000 European Champion in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard together with his partner Tobias Schellenberg.

In 2002 he became vice European Champion in competitive diving and synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona he won bronze in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. In 2004 he became European Champion in competitive diving on the 3 m springboard.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Andreas Wels and Tobias Schellenberg won the silver medal in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard. They also won the silver medal in synchronized diving on the 3 m springboard at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal and a gold at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.