Two years later he won world mixed 10m synchro silver alongside Lois Toulson and then – in the year after his Olympics success – took silver in the men’s event at the 2022 worlds alongside Noah Williams.
Also in 2022, Lee and Williams added the Commonwealth Games title to their world silver, but last March Lee underwent a discectomy on the L5/S1 disc in his spine – ruling him out of the Paris Olympics.
Lee won Olympic gold in the men’s 10m synchro alongside Tom Daley at the 2020 Tokyo Games, the highlight of a career that brought medals at every major international level.
A European title came alongside Daley in Budapest in May 2021 as the pair warmed up for Tokyo, where they defied the odds to beat China’s Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen to gold by 1.2 points.
In making his announcement, Leeds-born Lee paid tribute to his late father Tim as he thanked family, friends, coaches, team-mates and fans for helping him throughout his career.
