Silver medal at 3M, Olympic Games, August 19, 2008
photo : Bernard Brault, La Presse
| 2008 |
If you have an interest in diving, Alexandre Despatie, born on June 8, 1985, doesn't need a long presentation.
For new comers to the sport, lets remind that Alexandre won a gold medal at the tower at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1999, becoming at 13 the youngest to win a medal at these games.
Then Alexandre, now canadian senior record holder for 1M, 3M and the tower, finished fourth at the tower at Sydney's Olympic Games, best result for a male canadian diver at Olympics. And he won the silver medal at 3M at Athen's Olympic Games in 2004.
In 2003 he became World Champion at the 10M tower.
The pages of this site will allow you to
- know more about how he came to diving and his 1998 season, the year he won at the Commonwealth Games
- follow his progression during the 1999 season
- the steps he went through to finish in fourth place at the tower at the Olympics in year 2000
- his progression in 2001, ending by a silver medal at the tower at the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
- many other victories in 2002, with 3 gold medals at the World Junior Diving Championships, 2 gold medal at the XVII Commonwealth Games and many others gold medal at Germany, Canada and USA FINA Grand Prix.
- 2003, the year he becamed the World Champion at the 10M tower.
- 2004,
a silver medal at 3M at Athen's Olympic Games.
- 2005,
the year he became the fist diver in the world having been world champion at 1M, 3M and the tower
- 2006,
three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
- 2007, gold medal at the Pan American Games.
Youngest Diving Champion
Alexandre was named in the Guinness World Book of Records Millennium version, for being the youngest-ever male winner of an international diving event. Alexandre won gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games platform-diving final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the age of 13 years and 104 days !
my results in 2008
- bronze medal at 3M synchro and 5th at 3M at the FINA World Cup
Beijing, China, February 19-24
- Despatie has dropped the 10-metre tower, March 5
- Alexandre withdrew from the final at 3M due to back pains at the Winter Nationals, Regina, March 6-9
- Despatie shelved from diving 4-6 weeks, April 10
- Silver medal at 3M at the Olympic Games, Beijing, August 18-19
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Page reviewed on August 19, 2008 by SVP
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