Lysanne Richard (born 30 August 1981)[1] is a Canadian high diver and acrobat. She represented Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia and she finished in 5th place in the women's high diving event.[2] She was not able to represent Canada at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships as she had to withdraw from the competition after sustaining a neck injury.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 August 1981 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Sport | High diving |
In 2016, she won the FINA Athlete of the Year award in her category (women's high diving).[3]
In 2018, she won the bronze medal in the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.[1] She also won the bronze medal in the 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
She was one of the housemates in the second season of Big Brother Célébrités, the Quebec celebrity version of the international reality show Big Brother.
Prior to discovering high diving, she has a career as a trained acrobat and aristic trampolinist with the Cirque du Soleil.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Lysanne Richard". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Women's high diving – Final results". 2015 World Aquatics Championships. Archived from the original on 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
- ^ a b "Canadian Lysanne Richard, high diver of the year, withdraws from aquatics worlds". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "High diver extraordinaire Lysanne Richard".
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