![Sarah-Michelle Clear in her triathlon winning days.](https://www.pattayamail.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1289-s14-Scuba-girl-1.jpg)
![Local teen Sarah-Michelle Clear prepares to dive in the waters off Jomtien Beach.](https://www.pattayamail.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1289-s14-Scuba-girl-2.jpg)
From champion triathlete at 10 years old in Europe to Advanced SCUBA diver at 12 years old, Sarah-Michelle Clear has packed a lot into her short life.
Born here in Pattaya and living in the UK and Thailand, she has progressed through the ranks of these two very diverse sports.
Having retired from triathlons at the ripe old age of 11, after winning gruelling domestic and international triathlons in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Holland and of course Thailand, ending up in her age group as #2 in the South-East England Junior Triathlon series and #1 in the pioneering Castle Triathlon series held in the UK, Ireland and France, she has not stopped the ‘quest for excellence’.
With the help of Louise at the Jomtiem Dive Center, she took her very first dive in February 2017 and by August had the following PADI qualifications; Junior Open Water Diver, Junior Advanced Diver, Junior Rescue Diver and EFR.
Now Sarah-Michelle dives for fun and later this year hopes to add more individual qualifications that are available to her age group.