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| Residence | Edmonton, AB, CAN |
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| Club / Team | Edmonton Kinsmen: Edmonton, AB, CAN |
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| Higher education | Education, Geography - Texas A & M University: College Station, TX, USA |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Sports, driving, having fun. (olympic.ca, 16 Jul 2011) |
| Injuries | He had surgery on his left wrist in 2010 to treat inflammatation of fluid around the tendon. He competed in the Delhi Commonwealth Games with the condition. (cbc.ca, 29 Sept 2010, totallympics, 03 Jun 2011) |
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | Always throwing down his shammy [towel] in the same way and jumps into the water before a dive. (aggieathletics.com, 17 Aug 2010) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning the bronze medal alongside Kevin Geyson in the 10m synchro at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara. (Athlete, 25 Feb 2012) |
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| Why this sport? | I always liked doing flips and it just made sense to try out the sport. |
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| Most influential person in career | His parents. (Athlete, 25 Feb 2012) |
| Hero / Idol | Russian diver Dmitri Sautin. (Athlete, 25 Feb 2012) |
| Awards and honours | He has won the Beverley Boys Award for the top male diver at the senior national championships three times. (diving.ca, 31 Aug 2011) He became the most successful athlete in Texas A & M school history by winning his ninth individual conference crown at the 2007 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships. (diving.ca, 29 Oct 2011) |
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| Name of coach | Trevor Palmatier |
| Coach from what year? | 2004 |
| Training Regime | As well as training on different boards every day, he believes rest is important. "A big part of training is actually not training." |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | His mother accidentally signed him up for diving lessons when he was nine. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2004 |
| Competing for | Canada |
| Tournament | Grand Prix |
| Location | China |
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| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English |
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| Nicknames | Ivonne, Shoucair. (olympic.ca, 16 Jul 2011) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "I don't stop at tired or hurt. I stop when I'm done." (Athlete, 25 Feb 2012) |
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| Coach from which country? | Canada |
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| Other information | COMMONWEALTH GAMES At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he competed in four out of five events securing three top six finishes. He and his synchronised partner, Kevin Geyson, finished third in the 10m event but didn't receive bronze medals as there were only four teams competing. Rules state that only the top half get medals. (diving.ca, 29 Oct 2011, cbc.ca, 15 Oct 2010) PERFECT TENS He received three top scores from the judges on his way to winning gold at the 2011 Canadian Winter Nationals. ''I've never had perfect scores on two dives in one final before. It was absolutely amazing." (diving.ca, 18 Dec 2011) |