Caeli McKay

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Caeli McKay
Personal information
Born (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 24)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Home town Montreal, Quebec [1]
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Diving
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 10 m platform
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima 10 m synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Lima 10 m platform
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago 10 m synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago 10 m platform
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 10 m synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 10 m platform

Caeli McKay (born 25 June 1999) is a Canadian diver. [2] [3] [4] She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. [5] In June 2021, she qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Caeli Mckay profile". Diving Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. "Divers Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay lock up Tokyo Olympic spots for Canada". rdnews. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. "Caeli McKay". Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. Sports, P. M. N. (4 June 2018). "Canadian divers McKay and Riendeau win silver at World Cup in China | National Post" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 10m Platform start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. Barnes, Dan (27 May 2021). "Qualifying for Tokyo Olympics an unprecedented challenge because of COVID-19". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. Nichols, Paula (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 10 divers at Tokyo 2020". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2 July 2021.