Cassiel Rousseau (born 4 February 2001) is an Australian diver. He competed in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in the men's 10 metre platform.

Early life and career

Rousseau is the grandson of French cyclist Michel Rousseau, who won gold in the men's sprint at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. He was an acrobatic gymnast and began diving in 2017. In June 2022, he was named in the Australian diving team for the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. He won a gold medal in the Men's 10 metre platform event and bronze medals in the mixed synchronised 10 metre platform event alongside Emily Boyd and the men's synchronised 10 metre platform alongside

Domonic Bedggood Domonic Paul William Bedggood (born 18 September 1994) is an Australian diver. He was a gold medallist at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Background Bedggood was born on 18 September 1994 in Southport, a suburb of Queensland's Gold Coast. ...

Competitive history

References

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