2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series | |
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Sport | Cliff diving |
Duration | 13 April – 14 September 2019 |
Men | |
Overall | Gary Hunt (GBR) Jonathan Paredes (MEX) Andy Jones (USA) |
Women | |
Overall | Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) Jessica Macaulay (GBR) Lysanne Richard (CAN) |
The 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was the 11th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. The series began on 13 April in El Nido, Philippines, with the final event taking place on 14 September in Bilbao, Spain. [1] [2]
The 2019 calendar included three locations that were new to the series: El Nido, Dublin and Beirut. The final event took place on 14 September in Bilbao. [2]
Date | Location | Ref. |
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13 April | El Nido, Palawan, Philippines | [3] |
12 May | Dublin, Ireland | [4] |
2 June | Polignano a Mare, Italy | [5] |
22 June | São Miguel, Azores, Portugal | [6] |
14 July | Beirut, Lebanon | [7] |
24 August | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | [8] |
14 September | Bilbao, Spain | [9] |
The line-up of divers for the 2019 series was announced in November 2018. The men's series featured 10 permanent divers, with former Olympic divers Constantin Popovici and Oleksiy Pryhorov joining the permanent line-up for the first time. In the women's series, the line-up of six permanent divers included 23-year-old newcomer Eleanor Smart, who was the youngest permanent diver on the 2019 tour. In addition to the permanent divers, at least four wildcard divers were selected to compete at each stop of the men's and women's series. [10]
Permanent divers for the 2019 series:
At each event, each competing diver performed four dives. The diver with the highest cumulative score after all four dives was declared the winner, and was awarded 200 points. Further points were awarded to all divers who competed at each event, based on their finishing position. [11]
The men's series featured seven events. The 10 permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.
Men's Standings | ||||||||||||
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Pos. | Event Diver | El Nido | Dublin [IR 1] | Polignano a Mare | São Miguel | Beirut | Mostar | Bilbao | Points total | |||
Gary Hunt (GBR) | 200 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 160 | 200 | 1160 | ||||
Jonathan Paredes (MEX) | 130 | 0 | 60 | 160 | 110 | 130 | 160 | 750 | ||||
Andy Jones (USA) | 60 | 0 | 160 | 130 | 30 | 70 | 90 | 540 | ||||
4 | Constantin Popovici (ROU) | 160 | 0 | - | - | - | 200 | 110 | 470 | |||
5 | Michal Navrátil (CZE) | 40 | 0 | 130 | 110 | 90 | 40 | 50 | 460 | |||
6 | David Colturi (USA) | 70 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 160 | 9 | 20 | 339 | |||
7 | Oleksiy Pryhorov (UKR) | 20 | 0 | 70 | 90 | 50 | 60 | 30 | 320 | |||
8 | Cătălin Preda (ROU) | - | - | 10 | 70 | 130 | 90 | - | 300 | |||
9 | Alessandro De Rose (ITA) | 8 | 0 | 110 | - | - | 110 | 70 | 298 | |||
10 | Blake Aldridge (GBR) | 50 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 60 | 20 | 60 | 260 | |||
11 | Kris Kolanus (POL) | 110 | 0 | 90 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 230 | |||
12 | Steven LoBue (USA) | 90 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 70 | 8 | - | 228 | |||
13 | Aidan Heslop (GBR) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 130 | |||
14 | Slavik Kolesnikov (UKR) | - | - | - | 40 | - | 50 | 10 | 100 | |||
15 | Nikita Fedotov (RUS) | 10 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | 60 | |||
16 | Miguel Garcia (COL) | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 40 | 48 | |||
17 | Orlando Duque (COL) | 30 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | 8 | 47 | |||
18 | Matthias Appenzeller (SUI) | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | 40 | |||
19 | Sergio Guzman (MEX) | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | 39 | |||
20 | Artem Silchenko (RUS) | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | 30 | |||
21 | Nathan Jimerson (USA) | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 20 | |||
22 | Viktar Maslouski (BLR) | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |||
23 | Manuel Halbisch (GER) | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | |||
Alain Kohl (LUX) | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | ||||
Owen Weymouth (GBR) | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | ||||
26 | Alberto Devora (ESP) | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |||
Jucelino Junior (BRA) | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
First place |
Second place |
Third place |
Wildcard diver |
The women's series featured seven events. The six permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.
Women's Standings | ||||||||||||
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Pos. | Event Diver | El Nido | Dublin [IR 1] | Polignano a Mare | São Miguel | Beirut | Mostar | Bilbao | Points total | |||
Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) | 200 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 1200 | ||||
Jessica Macaulay (GBR) | 110 | 0 | 90 | 160 | 70 | 110 | 130 | 670 | ||||
Lysanne Richard (CAN) | 130 | 0 | 110 | 130 | - | 130 | 160 | 660 | ||||
4 | Yana Nestsiarava (BLR) | 160 | 0 | 130 | 40 | 130 | 50 | 70 | 580 | |||
5 | Eleanor Smart (USA) | 40 | 0 | 50 | 110 | 90 | 160 | 50 | 500 | |||
6 | Maria Paula Quintero (COL) | - | 0 | 160 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 110 | 450 | |||
7 | Adriana Jiménez (MEX) | 90 | 0 | - | 90 | 160 | - | - | 340 | |||
8 | Iris Schmidbauer (GER) | - | 0 | - | 70 | 110 | 40 | 60 | 280 | |||
9 | Xantheia Pennisi (AUS) | 60 | - | 40 | - | 50 | - | 90 | 240 | |||
10 | Antonina Vyshyvanova (UKR) | 50 | - | 70 | - | - | 90 | - | 210 | |||
11 | Jaki Valente (BRA) | - | - | - | 60 | - | 30 | 30 | 120 | |||
12 | Celia Fernández (ESP) | - | 0 | - | 30 | 40 | - | 40 | 110 | |||
13 | Genevieve Bradley (USA) | - | - | - | - | 30 | 60 | - | 90 | |||
14 | Ginger Huber (USA) | 70 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | |||
15 | Aimee Harrison (CAN) | - | - | 60 | - | - | - | - | 60 |
First place |
Second place |
Third place |
Wildcard diver |
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