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    • Meaghan Benfeito

    Canadian diver (born )

    Full&#;nameMeaghan Benfeito
    Born () March 2, (age&#;35)
    Montreal, Quebec
    Height&#;m (5&#;ft 1&#;in)
    Weight48 kg (&#;lb; 7&#;st 8&#;lb)
    CountryCanada
    Event10 metres & 10 metres synchro
    ClubPointe-Claire Diving Club
    PartnerRoseline Filion

    Meaghan Benfeito (born March 2, ) is a Canadian diver.

    She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January Benfeito and Filion won bronze medals in the 10&#;m platform synchro event at the and Summer Olympics, and in the latter event Benfeito also won a bronze medal in the 10&#;m platform individual event.

    Early life

    Benfeito was born on March 2, , in Montreal, Quebec to Portuguese parents, Arthur Benfeito and Margarida Correia.[1] She has younger twin sisters, Alicia and Chelsea.[1]

    Career

    She began diving for Canada in and credits Emilie Heymans and Alexandre Despatie for inspiring her to take up the sport.[2] She won a bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships in her hometown of Montreal, but she and Filion have been unable to return to the medal podium at the Worlds since.

    In , they won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. Benfeito won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in the 3m Synchronized event with Kelly MacDonald.

    Benfeito and Filion qualified for the Beijing Olympics after they beat teammates Heymans and Marie-Eve Marleau which was considered a dramatic upset, particularly at defeating Canadian diving legend Heymans.[3] At the Summer Olympics, the diving partners finished in 7th place.

    She did not compete in the Commonwealth Games due to a lingering shoulder injury that had not healed in time.[2]

    Both the ladies failed to medal at any events leading into the Summer Olympics in London. At the edition the two Canadians managed to hold third place through nearly the whole competition in the 10&#;m platform synchro event.

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    Meaghan Benfeito born March 2, is a Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January Benfeito and Filion won bronze medals in the 10 m platform synchro event at the and Summer Olympics , and in the latter event Benfeito also won a bronze medal in the 10 m platform individual event. She began diving for Canada in and credits Emilie Heymans and Alexandre Despatie for inspiring her to take up the sport. In , they won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

    After the medal clinching dive she said that "We gave it all we had and we came away with a bronze medal. We're pretty happy with that."[4] A Quebec politician from a provincially sovereigntist party, the Parti Québécois, commented on the medals won by Benfeito and others as the first four medals won were from Quebec athletes.

    Pauline Marois said that ""This means, among other things, that it’s another example of how Quebec could shine among the brightest as an independent country. We could continue to win our medals, I’m sure of that."[5] Benfeito responded to a similar question from Canadian media when asked if she was as proud of the day as all the day's medalists were from Quebec athletes by saying that "No, we are one big happy gang.

    We are equally as proud of our home in Quebec as we are of our home in Canada."[6]

    At the Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the 10 m platform synchronised with Fillion, and gold in the 10 m platform individual.[7]

    At the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Benfeito and Filion repeated their bronze medal performance in the 10&#;m platform synchro event, while Benfeito won an additional individual medal in the individual platform diving event.

    Fillion placed sixth in the latter event.

    Benfeito was named as Canada's flag bearer for the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.[8][9]

    She has qualified to represent Canada at the Summer Olympics.[10] After successfully completing the preliminaries of the 10 metre tower, she finished 13th in the semi-finals and did not advance to the final.

    Biography books on famous people Four years later at Rio , the best friends and diving sisters won another bronze medal together, followed by Benfeito winning a bronze medal in the individual 10m event. Benfeito and Filiion had become one the best 10m teams in the world since a surprising bronze medal at the FINA World Championships which came just a couple of months after they placed third at the Canada Cup, their first international competition together. Fourth in and , they returned to the world championship podium with silver in and added another silver in Benfeito has won multiple medals at other multi-sport games, including the Pan Ams. In she and Filion captured 10m synchro gold and finished second and third in the individual 10m event.

    She announced her last Olympics were Tokyo and plans to retired from diving.

    In April , she announced her retirement from diving.[11]

    Personal life

    Benfeito and Filion have been together as diving partners for a long time and reportedly consider each other as lifelong friends.

    Filion said of their relationship that, "We've known one another for our entire lives, so we have a really good relationship. It's more of a sisterhood relationship now. We could probably go to a restaurant and order for each other."[12]

    Benfeito managed to escape unharmed when her Montreal condo building was destroyed by fire on January 28, , however her original Olympic medals were lost.

    Upon the COC's request the IOC issued reproduction Olympic medals and certificates, based upon medals housed in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, and the replicas were presented to Benfeito on June 8, [13]

    References

    1. ^ ab"Meaghan Benfeito - Team Canada".

      Canadian Olympic Team.

      Princess diana biography books: Meaghan Benfeito (born March 2, ) is a Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January

      September 18, Retrieved June 27,

    2. ^ ab"Meaghan Benfeito profile". London Olympics. Archived from the original on January 28, Retrieved July 31,
    3. ^"Meaghan Benfeito profile". Archived from the original on March 28, Retrieved July 31,
    4. ^"Canadians Benfeito, Filion take bronze in synchro diving".

      CBC Sports.

      Meaghan benfeito biography books Benfeito officially took up diving at the age of 7, after being informally introduced to the sport following her swimming lessons. Meaghan was hooked! In , she competed in her first Olympic Games, where she placed 7 th on metre synchro with Filion. Four years later, her dream came to reality when Roseline Filion and herself grabbed the bronze medal at the London Olympics. Stronger than ever, she concluded the quadrennial in a spectacular way by winning two bronze medals at the Rio Olympic Games.

      July 31,

    5. ^"With Canada's four medals all won by Quebeckers, Parti Quebecois leader says province could shine as independent country". The Globe and Mail. July 31,
    6. ^Scott Russell (July 31, ). "The Games: The beautiful bronze medals". CBC Sports.
    7. ^"Glasgow - Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final".

      . Retrieved December 25,

    8. ^Giles, Thomas (February 28, ).

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      13. "Diver Benfeito confirmed as Canadian flagbearer for Gold Coast ". . Dunsar Media. Retrieved March 20,

    13. ^"Meaghan Benfeito named Canada's Commonwealth Games flag-bearer".

      Biography books for 4th graders At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the young Portuguese-Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito won two bronze medals in the synchronized and individual platform events, adding to the medals she had already won at the London Olympics, the Pan American Games, and the World Championships. Meaghan Benfeito was born in in Montreal where she grew up. As a young Portuguese-Canadian, she participated in various community activities, including dancing in folklore troupes and participating in parades and religious processions. Benfeito began diving around the age of 9 attracted by the adrenaline of it. During her year career as an Olympic athlete, her weeks consisted of 6.

      . CBC Sports. February 28, Retrieved March 20,

    14. ^"Qualifying for Tokyo Olympics an unprecedented challenge because of COVID". torontosun. Retrieved June 27,
    15. ^"Three-time Olympic medallist Meaghan Benfeito retires from diving | ". Global News.

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    16. ^Jennifer Lukas (July 31, ). "Canadians Filion, Benfeito Earn Diving Bronze". CTV Sports.
    17. ^"Diver Meaghan Benfeito reunited with Olympic medals lost in fire". June 8,

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