Tania Paterson (born 23 June 1972) is a retired competitive diver from New Zealand.^[1]

Paterson was born in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1972. She was on the New Zealand national diving team for twelve years and represented New Zealand internationally three times: at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[2][3] She competed in the 10m platform event and the 3m springboard; her best result was sixth place in the 10m platform diving event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Paterson went on to coach young people in diving, and studied remedial therapy, specialising in sports massage and working with elite athletes. Paterson later moved to Adelaide, Australia for a coaching position with Diving South Australia and the South Australian Sports Institute. She then moved to Melbourne and worked for Hockey Australia and Professional Footballers Australia.^[3]

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