2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

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2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
Sport Cliff diving
Duration26 May 2024 – 10 November 2024
Seasons
2025 

The 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is an ongoing season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. It is the 16th edition of this event. The series began on 26 May in Athens, Greece, with the final event being held on 10 November 2024 in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

Calendar

DateLocationRef.
26 May Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece [1]
8 June Flag of the United States.svg Boston, United States [2]
30 June Flag of Italy.svg Polignano a Mare, Italy [3]
20 July Ulster Banner.svg Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
10 August Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
25 August Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal, Canada [4]
29 September Flag of Turkey.svg Antalya, Turkey
10 November Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney, Australia

Divers

The men's series features 8 permanent divers, with four wildcard divers selected to compete at each event. Whilst this season of the women's series have 7 permanent divers, with 5 wildcard divers selected at each event. [5]

Changes in Lineup

The 2024 season saw four new permanent divers with Carlos Gimeno and Jonathan Paredes becoming permanent divers in the Men's series. Maria Paula Quintero and Simone Leathead were the new permanent divers in the Women's series.

Gary Hunt decided he will not compete as a permanent diver in the 2024 series to focus on his participation in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, bringing to end a run of 98 consecutive competition starts in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. [6] Miguel Garcia competes as a wild card diver having finished lowest of the permanent divers in the 2023 series. [7]

In the Women's series, Jessica Macaulay retired from the Red Bull Cliff Diving series following the 2023 season. Iris Schmidbauer took a break from competing due to pregnancy, but confirmed plans to return to the series. [8] Yana Nestsiarava competes as a wild card diver having placed lowest among the permanent divers in the 2023 series.

Permanent divers for the 2024 series:


Standings

The 2024 series adapted a new points system for the championship standings. The dive scores per event determines the standings for the individual event, and championship points are handed out based on final position for the event. Scoring the 12 athletes, including wildcards 20-16-13-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points. [9]


Men

The men's series features eight events. The 8 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.

Men's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
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GRE
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USA
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ITA
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NIR
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NOR
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CAN
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TUR
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AUS
Points
total
1Flag of the United States.svg  James Lichtenstein  (USA)131616 45
2Flag of Romania.svg  Constantin Popovici  (ROU)20220 42
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Aidan Heslop  (GBR)72011 38
4Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Gimeno  (ESP)1648 28
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Jonathan Paredes  (MEX)8113 22
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Yolotl Martinez  (MEX)DNC116 17
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksiy Pryhorov  (UKR)574 16
8ANA flag (2017).svg  Nikita Fedotov  (ANA)DNC132 15
9Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Garcia  (COL)663 15
10Flag of Romania.svg  Cătălin Preda  (ROU)113DNC 14
11Flag of the United States.svg  David Colturi  (USA)38DNC 11
12Flag of Mexico.svg  Sergio Guzman  (MEX)2DNC5 7
13Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Barnaba  (ITA)DNCDNC7 7
14Flag of New Zealand.svg  Braden Rumpit  (NZL)15DNC 6
15Flag of the United States.svg  Matthew Cooper  (USA)4DNCDNC 4
16Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Baraldi  (ITA)DNCDNC1 1
-Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  PIerrick Schafer  (SUI)DNCDNCDNC 0
Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Women

The women's series features eight events. The 7 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least five wildcard divers.

Women's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
Flag of Greece.svg
GRE
Flag of the United States.svg
USA
Flag of Italy.svg
ITA
Ulster Banner.svg
NIR
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NOR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
CAN
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TUR
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AUS
Points
total
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rhiannan Iffland  (AUS)162020202016 115 [lower-alpha 1]
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Molly Carlson  (CAN)201313131620 96
3Flag of the United States.svg  Kaylea Arnett  (USA)-161613-13 46
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ginni van Katwijk  (NED)-781677 45
5Flag of the United States.svg  Meili Carpenter  (USA)6104786 41
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Simone Leathead  (CAN)1387244 39
6Flag of Colombia.svg  Maria Paula Quintero  (COL)7651065 39
8Flag of the United States.svg  Eleanor Smart  (USA)2438310 30
9Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Cosetti  (ITA)10-6-13- 29
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Xantheia Pennisi  (AUS)811051- 25
11Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Bader  (GER)5---10- 15
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Nelli Chukanivska  (UKR)----58 13
13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Morgane Herculano  (SUI)-2-6-3 11
14Flag of Brazil.svg  Paty Valente  (BRA)4--4-- 8
15Flag of France.svg  Madeleine Bayon  (FRA)-323-- 8
16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Aimee Harrison  (CAN)15---1 7
17ANA flag (2017).svg  Yana Nestsiarava  (ANA)3-1--- 4
18Flag of Spain.svg  Paula Gilabert  (ESP)---12- 3
19Flag of Spain.svg  Carlota Gonzales Pereiro  (ESP)-----2 2
-Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Emily Chinnock  (AUS)------ 0


Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Notes

  1. The broadcast listed Iffland as having 37 points during the Boston event.

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