Plymouth-born Daley returns to the GB team for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021, where he won a synchronised gold medal and an individual bronze.
In Doha he will just compete in the 10m synchro event with new partner Noah Williams, where GB will be looking to secure an Olympic quota spot. Last weekend the pair won the British National Diving Cup in Edinburgh.
Also in 13-strong diving team is former Plymouth Diving star Dan Goodfellow.
British Swimming’s associate performance director Tim Jones said: “Our primary focus in Doha is qualifying the remaining Olympic quota spots, which we are confident these athletes are capable of doing – and every diver is preparing brilliantly at this stage of the season to make sure that is the case, with the usual high levels of support from our world-class coaches and support staff.
“Every competition opportunity between now and the Olympic Games is hugely valuable, and that is particularly true of a World Championships that will allow our athletes to test themselves against the strong fields who will ultimately be competing against them in Paris.
“We have progressed our performances from competition to competition since a memorable campaign in Tokyo – and the focus is on continuing those progressions through Doha and into the Olympic push towards Paris.”
Proud, the 2022 world 50m champion, will join James Guy with the joint-most World Championship appearances of any of the current GB swimming team.
The former Plymouth College and Plymouth Leander star recently won the European Short Course Championship title, where he swam the second fastest time in history, and will be looking to use the World Championships as a build up to next summer’s Olympic Games.
Joining him in the GB swimming team is his fellow former Plymouth College and Leander team-mate Laura Stephens.
Just 20 swimmers have been selected for Doha, where GB’s focus will be securing relay quota spots for Paris.
British Swimming performance director Chris Spice said: “We are all aware of the unusual challenge that a World Championships in Olympic year could pose – but our swimmers and staff are preparing for Doha as a crucial part of our build-up to Paris and, before that, the British Swimming Championships in April.
“Locking in relay places across the Olympic programme is a key focus, with our relay teams having been so successful in recent years, showing the versatility and depth of this cohort of athletes. On top of that, though, this is a great racing opportunity on the world stage and will be a serious test of our swimmers’ preparations and work over the winter months as they will still be in heavy training throughout the meet.”
The diving events in Doha will take place between February 2-10, while the swimming events will be held between February 11-18.
Meanwhile, Plymouth Leander and Mount Kelly were among the medals at the Swim England National Winter Short Course Championships in Sheffield.
Leander’s Beatrice Varley, Aiden Symons-Brown and Charlie-Joe Hallett and Mount Kelly’s Erin Little and Hubert Gdaniec all won main senior open medals, where both clubs also had junior and senior/B final top three finishes.
Varley claimed a silver medal in the main female 400m freestyle final with a 4:07.57 swim. She also claimed bronze in the 400m IM in 4:36.92 behind Abbie Wood and Freya Colbert.
She was also fourth in the 200m backstroke final, won by her former Plymouth team-mate Honey Osrin, fourth in the 200m final and fifth in the 200m IM final.
Symons-Brown secured a bronze in the men’s main 50m freestyle final in 22.32 seconds. That final was won by former Mount Kelly swimmer Calvin Fry. Symons-Brown also won the senior/B 50m back final.
Gdaniec took an impressive silver in the main men’s 200m backstroke final in 1:57.53. He also reached the main 100m back final and the 400m IM final.
Little claimed bronze in the women’s man 100m freestyle final in 54.71 seconds. She also just missed out on making the podium in the 50m eventm finishing fourth in 25.25 seconds and won the senior/B 400m freestyle final.
Hallett won bronze in the men’s 50m breaststroke final in 27.17 seconds. He also reached the 100m breakstroke final.
Leander’s Reid Jones, Freddie Ashley-Sparks, Ella Turner, Georgia Gussey and Mount Kelly’s Beth Hall, Vadim Bosc, Edie Price, Chloe Bown, Samuel Lander and Sierrah Broadbelt also made main finals at Ponds Forge.