Cédric Fofana (born September 15, 2003) is a Canadian diver in the springboard (3 metre) events.

Career

In 2018, Fofana won bronze in the 14-15 age category in the springboard (3 m) diving event at the 2018 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in

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. In July 2021, Fofana won the individual 3 m springboard competition at the Canadian Olympic Diving trials. This qualified him to compete in the individual event at the

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, However, at the

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Olympics he did not proceed beyond the preliminary round, finishing last in a field of 29 divers. He competed at the

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where he came 7th in the Men's 1 metre springboard event.

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* 2003 births Living people Canadian male divers Divers from Montreal Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Canada Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub