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The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.
Constantin Popovici is a Romanian platform diver. In 2019, he became the first Romanian to achieve a first-place finish at a stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. He is the 2022 European champion in the 27 metre high dive. He has won multiple medals as part of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and he won the bronze medal in the 27 metre high dive event at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival in 2021. For the 10 metre platform event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he placed twenty-third overall.
Alessandro De Rose is an Italian high diver.
Yana Nestsiarava is a Belarusian female high diver. She won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in the women's high diving. Two years later at the 2017 Championships she achieved the same result, taking bronze in the women's high diving event.
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Aidan Heslop is a British diver and high diver who competes internationally representing Wales and Great Britain. In 2024 he won gold in the men's high dive at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
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Cătălin-Petru Preda is a Romanian diver and high diver. He was the first man to win a silver medal in a high diving event at a LEN European Aquatics Championships, winning the silver medal in the 27-metre high dive at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships. He formerly served as a judge on reality television show Splash! Vedete la Apă.
Molly Carlson is a Canadian high diver and social media personality. She is a member of Canada's senior national high diving team and placed second at the 2022 and 2023 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Carlson uploads videos of herself diving on TikTok and YouTube.
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Eleanor Townsend Smart, also known as Ellie Smart, is an American high diver. She placed third at the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
Meili Carpenter is an American high diver and former 1- and 3-meter diver for the Buffalo Bulls.
Helena Merten is an Australian high diver and acrobatic performer. She placed second at the 2017 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and won a silver medal in women's 20m at the FINA High Diving World Cup 2016.
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- ↑ "High diving – Women – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- 1 2 "Xantheia Pennisi". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ↑ Cordero, Abac (15 April 2019). "Gary Hunt, Rhiannan Iffland conquer El Nido". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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