Philippe Comtois (; born August 25, 1976) is a

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diver. He was born in

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. He began diving at age 9 and stopped diving in 2005. He finished his studies in accountancy at the

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in April 2008. He won a gold medal at the Canada Cup in the 3-metre springboard

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in 2003. Comtois, who trains at Club de Plongeon CAMO, at the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard in Montreal, was

Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie (; born June 8, 1985) is a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was the world champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been world champion ...

's synchronized

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partner at the

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. They finished in 3rd place in the 10 metre diving, after having won two gold the previous year at the

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. Since he has stopped diving, he now coaches in Laval, Québec at the "Club de plongeon Laval".

References

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1976 births Living people Canadian male divers Divers from Montreal Olympic divers for Canada Divers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Divers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Universiade medalists in diving Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Universiade silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub