The 2019

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was the 11th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. The series began on 13 April in El Nido,

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, with the final event taking place on 14 September in

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Calendar

The 2019 calendar included three locations that were new to the series: El Nido,

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. The final event took place on 14 September in

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Divers

The line-up of divers for the 2019 series was announced in November 2018. The men's series featured 10 permanent divers, with former Olympic divers

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and

Oleksiy Pryhorov Oleksiy Pryhorov ( uk, Олексій Вікторович Пригоров; born June 25, 1987 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian diver who won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Illya Kvasha in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. T ...

joining the permanent line-up for the first time. In the women's series, the line-up of six permanent divers included 23-year-old newcomer Eleanor Smart, who was the youngest permanent diver on the 2019 tour. In addition to the permanent divers, at least four wildcard divers were selected to compete at each stop of the men's and women's series. Permanent divers for the 2019 series: ;Men * Blake Aldridge * David Colturi *

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* Andy Jones * Kris Kolanus * Steven LoBue *

Michal Navrátil Michal Navrátil (; born 5 June 1985) is a Czech professional diver. Personal life Michal Navrátil was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Originally his family come from Pilsen, Bohemia. His father introduced him to swimming competitions fro ...

* Jonathan Paredes *

;Women *

Rhiannan Iffland Rhiannan Iffland (born 9 September 1991) is an Australian high diver. She is a six-time consecutive Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion (2016-2019, 2021-2022). She won her first championship in 2016 as a wildcard entrant in her debut y ...

Adriana Jiménez Adriana Jiménez (born 20 January 1985) is a Mexican high diver. She participated at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea fr ...

Jessica Macaulay Jessica Macaulay (born 10 November 1992) is a British and Canadian high diver. She participated at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, winning a medal. She finished in second place overall in the 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. In ...

Yana Nestsiarava Yana Nestsiarava ( be, Яна Несцерава; born 14 June 1992) is a Belarusian female high diver. She won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мир� ...

Lysanne Richard Lysanne Richard (born 30 August 1981) is a Canadian high diver and acrobat. She represented Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia and she finished in 5th place in the women's high diving event. She was not able to re ...

* Eleanor Smart

Standings

At each event, each competing diver performed four dives. The diver with the highest cumulative score after all four dives was declared the winner, and was awarded 200 points. Further points were awarded to all divers who competed at each event, based on their finishing position.

Men

The men's series featured seven events. The 10 permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers. ;Key

Women

The women's series featured seven events. The six permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers. ;Key

References

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External links

Official website
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series