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Introducing the Class of 2018
Alexandre Despatie has been making a splash in Canadian sport since he began diving into his backyard pool in Montreal at the age of five. By the time he was thirteen years old, Alexandre had already caught the world’s attention by becoming the youngest champion in the history of the Commonwealth Games, capturing a gold medal on the 10m platform in 1998. In 2000 he made his Olympic debut at the age of fifteen as the youngest member of the Canadian team. In 2004, Alexandre became the first Canadian male diver ever to win an Olympic medal, capturing silver in the 3m springboard. He overcame a serious foot injury to win another silver medal at the same event at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
While making Olympic history for Canada, Alexandre Despatie also became the first athlete ever crowned world champion in all three categories of diving- the 10m in 2003 followed by the 1m and 3m in 2005 at the FINA World Championships in front of a hometown crowd in Montreal. By the time he retired, Alexandre had captured 11 medals at the Co
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Alexandre Despatie
SWIMMER
1985 - Today
Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatie (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ depati]; 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 in all three individual categories (1, 3 and 10 m platform). He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion and nine-time junior champion, and the most decorated male diver in Canadian history, winning two Olympic silver medals and reaching eight podiums at the world championships, including three gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Despatie has received more than 217,015 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Despatie is the 415th most popular swimmer (down from 216th in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from Canada (down from 991st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Swimmer.
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Alexandre Despatie
Canadian diver and broadcaster (born 1985)
Alexandre Despatie (French:[alɛksɑ̃dʁdepati]; born June 8, 1985) is a Canadiandiver 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 in all three individual categories (1, 3 and 10 m platform).[1] He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion and nine-time junior champion, and the most decorated male diver in Canadian history, winning two Olympic silver medals and reaching eight podiums at the world championships, including three gold medals.[2] He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Diving career
Despatie began diving at the age of 5 in his own backyard pool.
He first came to public attention at the 1998 Commonwealth Games with an extremely impressive gold medal on the 10 metre platform (which included an unprecedented score of perfect 10s). He was only 13 years old at the time, and the achievement was recorded in the Guinness
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