Personal information | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | December 13, 1996
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Spouse | Caeli McKay |
Sport | |
Country | Canada |
Club | Pointe-Claire Diving Club |
Medal record |
Vincent Riendeau (born December 13, 1996) is a Canadian elite diver. [1] [2] He won a silver medal at the 2015 FINA World Championships in the 10 m mixed synchro event and a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the 10 m synchro event. He competed at several World Cups and Grand Prix events. [3] [4] [5] [6]
He was selected as part of the Canadian Olympic team for the 2016 games in Rio and competed in the 10m platform alongside Maxim Bouchard.
At the 2019 edition of the event, along with his partner Nathan Zsombor-Murray finished in 11th place in the men's 10 m synchro event. [7] Under a month later, the pair won silver in the same event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. [8]
At the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup, Riendeau and Zsombor-Murray won bronze in the 10 m synchro event, claiming Canada an Olympic berth. [9] In June 2021, Riendeau was officially named to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10] [11]
He is married to diver Caeli McKay. [12] [13]
Alexandre Despatie OLY is a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was the world champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been world champion in all three individual categories. He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion and nine-time junior champion, and the most decorated male diver in Canadian history, winning two Olympic silver medals and reaching eight podiums at the world championships, including three gold medals. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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McKay, who is married to two-time Olympian diver Vincent Riendeau
McKay said she leaned on three-time Olympic medalist Benfeito as a mentor and had the support of Montreal diver Vincent Rondeau [ sic ], now her husband.