Rylan Wiens (born January 2, 2002) is a Canadian diver in the platform (10 metre) events. Wiens currently resides and trains in

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Career

Wiens' first major team was at the

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, where he competed in the individual and synchro events. At the

2021 FINA Diving World Cup The 2021 FINA Diving World Cup was scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 21 to 26 April 2020. It was to be the 22nd edition of the biennial diving competition, and the first time this specific FINA event was to be held in Tokyo and Japan ...

, Wiens scored a 488.55 in the final, which won him the bronze medal. In July 2021, Wiens finished in second in the individual 10 m platform competition at the Canadian trials. This qualified him to compete in the individual 10 m event in Tokyo. At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

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, Hungary, Wiens won the bronze medal in the synchronized 10 m platform event with partner

Nathan Zsombor-Murray Nathan Zsombor-Murray (born April 28, 2003) is a Canadian diver in the platform (10 metre) events. Career At the age of 14, Zsombor-Murray made his World Championships debut in 2017, where he finished in fifth place in the mixed 10 m synchro ev ...

. He competed at 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 ...

where he won silver medals in the men's 10 metre platform and men's synchronised 10 metre platform events.

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* 2002 births Living people Canadian male divers Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Divers from Calgary Olympic divers of Canada Sportspeople from Saskatoon World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub