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Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay placed a respectful 4th place at the Tokyo Olympic Games, missing the podium by mere hundredths of a point in the metre synchronized diving competition. They competed together in the Olympics for the first time, the duo finished by mere points away from achieving the bronze medal. Meaghan recently sat down with Revista Amar and spoke of her inspiration stemmed from both Emilie Heymans and Alexandre Despatie, and told Milénio she started diving at the age of 7 years old. Today, she feels thrilled inspiring the new generation of divers &#; despite all the personal sacrifices to become an Olympian, she would do everything over igen. The 32 year old Portuguese Canadian, born in Quebec, that participated in her 4th Olympic Games, hasn’t made any commitments towards Paris &#; “I’m approaching an age where I’m considered too old to be competitively diving” &#; although she hasn’t ruled out retirement just yet and is looking forward to a life aft • BACK Lima The diving star from Canada dazzled the crowd with her precise high dives on an unforgettable night in the Lima Aquatics Center. Meaghan Benfeito had been there before. Standing atop the meter high dive platform at the brand new Aquatics Center of Lima , she tuned out the sea of fans and focused on the difficult task at hand &#; securing a place in the Tokyo Olympics. At the last two Pan American Games of Guadalajara and Toronto , Benfeito reached the podium in the meter platform event, earning a bronze at each of those Games. But on August 3 in the Peruvian capital, another bronze medal would not be her story. With five outstanding dives totaling points, Benfeito dominated the competition at the Pan American Games to win her first individual gold medal in history. She beat everyone in the competition by at least 10 points, including Canadian teammate Caeli McKay who earned the silver and Aleja • Olympic Games: - 4th (10m synchro), 13th (10m); - BRONZE (10m synchro), BRONZE (10m); – BRONZE (10m synchro), 11th (10m); – 7th (10m synchro) Pan American Games: – GOLD (10m), GOLD (10m synchro); – GOLD (10m synchro), BRONZE (10m); – SILVER (10m synchro), BRONZE (10m); –BRONZE (3m synchro), 6th (3m) Commonwealth Games: – SILVER (10m), SILVER (10m synchro); – GOLD (10m), GOLD (10m synchro); – BRONZE (10m synchro) FINA World Championships: - 6th (10m), 4th (10m synchro); – 4th (10m synchro), 8th (10m); – SILVER (10m synchro), 7th (10m), SILVER (10m mixed synchro); – SILVER (10m synchro); – 7th (10m synchro), 4th (10m); – 4th (10m), 4th (10m synchro); – 4th (10m synchro); – BRONZE (10m synchro) FINA World Cup: – GOLD (10m synchro); – BRONZE (10m synchro), 7th (10m); – BRONZE (10m synchro), 9th (10m); – SILVER (10m synchro), 13th (10m); – BRONZE (10m synchro),
MEAGHAN BENFEITO CLAIMS FIRST OLYMPIC DIVING QUALIFICATION AT LIMA
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