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Diving At The 2011 Pan American Games
Diving competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 26 to October 29, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center. The winner of each individual event earned their NOC a quota spot to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Schedule All times are Central Daylight Time ( UTC-5). Qualification summary The following countries have entered athletes: See also *Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving At The 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games Events at the 2011 Pan American Games 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ... Diving competitions in Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center
The Scotiabank Aquatics Center is an aquatics center built for the 2011 Pan American Games in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. It was opened June 22, 2011, built at a cost of $ USD31.7m (380 million pesos). It is the most modern aquatic complex of its kind in Latin America, and considered to be the second best in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Natation. It has a permanent capacity 3,593, but will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators for the Pan American Games. The outside of the building is shaped like a wave. It contains two 50m Olympic sized pools and a diving tank. During the 2011 Pan America Games it will host the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. After the Pan American Games it will used as a high performance training centre, and for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. The center is sponsored by Scotiabank, a Canadian-based bank, which operates in Mexico under the name Scotiabank Inverlat. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Abel
Jennifer Abel (born August 23, 1991) is a Canadian former diver. She is currently partnered with Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu for synchronized diving. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3 m synchro diving event with Émilie Heymans and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the same event with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu. Abel is a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 1 m and 3 m synchronized springboard; and is also a three-time Pan American Games champion in the 3 m springboard and 3 m synchronized springboard. Her ten medals (six silver, four bronze) at the FINA World Championships are a record for most medals by a Canadian in diving at the world championships. Career Abel became one of Canada's youngest ever divers when she had her debut Summer Olympics, Olympics at the age of 16 in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Though failing to win a medal at the Olympic games that year, Abel did achieve success together with partner Emilie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaghan Benfeito
Meaghan Benfeito (born March 2, 1989) is a Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January 2017. Benfeito and Filion won bronze medals in the 10 m platform synchro event at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and in the latter event Benfeito also won a bronze medal in the 10 m platform individual event. Early life Benfeito was born on March 2, 1989, in Montreal, Quebec to Portuguese parents, Arthur Benfeito and Margarida Correia. She has younger twin sisters, Alicia and Chelsea. Career She began diving for Canada in 2005 and credits Emilie Heymans and Alexandre Despatie for inspiring her to take up the sport. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in her hometown of Montreal, but she and Filion have been unable to return to the medal podium at the Worlds since. In 2006, they won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. Benfeito won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Ortiz
Tatiana Ortiz Galicia (born January 12, 1984, in Mexico City) is a Mexican athlete who competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal in the 10m Synchronized Platform with Paola Espinosa. Referencessports-reference 1984 births Living people Mexican female divers Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic divers of Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Divers from Mexico City Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in diving Universiade medalists in diving Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 1987, the Espinosa Sánchez family moved to La Paz from Mexico City with Paola, who was barely nine months old. In Athens in 2004, from speciality platform jumps of 10 meters, she placed in the individual jump and fifth in synchronized jumps. In the synchronized jumps, she participated with Tatiana Ortiz, who was also an Olympic medalist. On August 8, 2008, she was the champion of the Mexico national team at the Opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Synchronized 10-meter Platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on 12 August 2008 with a score of 330.06. She won silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassidy Krug
Cassidy Krug (born July 12, 1985) is an American diver from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Krug competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics classifying 7th in the women's 3 m springboard after ranking 5th in the semifinals. During the 2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ... she has won a silver medal in the 3 m individual competition and a bronze in the synchronized event from the same height alongside her partner Kassidy Cook. References External links Cassidy Krugs' profile on the London 2012 Olympics website 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Pittsburgh Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for the United States American female divers Pan American Games silver medalists for the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Sánchez (diver)
Laura Aleida Sánchez Soto (born October 16, 1985, in Guadalajara) is a Mexican female diver. She has represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004 (Athens, Greece). Sánchez scored her first Olympic medal on August 5, 2012, in London when she won the bronze in 3 meter springboard diving. Sánchez also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ... in 2011, one gold and one silver in 2007, and two silver in 2003. References 1985 births Living people Mexican female divers Olympic divers of Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in diving Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Sehn
Eric Sehn (born 16 November 1984) is a Canadian diver. He competed for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References 1984 births Living people Divers from Edmonton Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Canada Canadian male divers Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Pan American Games medalists in diving Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Geyson
:''Geyson leads here. For people named Gayson, see Gayson'' Kevin Geyson (born 12 April 1984) is a Canadian diver who specializes in the 10 m platform individual and synchronized event. He participated at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal with partner Eric Sehn in the 10 m synchro while classifying fourth in the individual competition. At the 2011 Pan American Games he again won the bronze medal in the 10 m synchro with the same teammate while classifying 10th in the individual event. During the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchro ... he suffered from a road accident when he was hit by a driver after alighting from a bus; the incident occurred a week after Geyson ranked 8th in the 10 m synchro. Kevin is now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Guerra (diver)
José Antonio Guerra Oliva (born August 9, 1979 in Santiago de Cuba) is a male diver from Cuba. He represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Guerra won a gold and three silver medals at Pan American Games during his career. He also won 2 gold medals at Central American Games becoming the only Cuban male diver in history achieving this. The Cuban diver is the only diver in his country to win a gold medal at World University Games in 1999 Palma de Mallorca adding a silver and a bronze in Beijing in 2001. Being the only Cuban diver to lead the Diving World Ranking in the history, back in 2005. Winner of Forty (40) medals at the Diving Grand Prix and 130 medals total along his career (until April 2011) (98 in international events and 32 in nationals), and is considered the best diver in Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |