Lysanne Richard (born 30 August 1981) is a Canadian high diver and

acrobat Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro ...

. She represented Canada at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

in Kazan, Russia and she finished in 5th place in the women's high diving event. She was not able to represent Canada at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

as she had to withdraw from the competition after sustaining a neck injury. In 2016, she won the FINA Athlete of the Year award in her category (women's high diving). In 2018, she won the bronze medal in the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. She also won the bronze medal in the

2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series The 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was the 11th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. The series began on 13 April in El Nido, Philippines, with the final event taking place on 14 September in Bilbao, Spai ...

. She was one of the housemates in the second season of '' Big Brother Célébrités'', the

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celebrity version of the international reality show ''Big Brother''. Prior to discovering high diving, she has a career as a trained acrobat and aristic

trampolinist Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle position to more co ...

with the

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