Cédric Fofana

Cédric Fofana
Personal information
Born (2003-09-15) September 15, 2003 (age 21)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Canada
FINA World Junior Diving Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kyiv 3 m springboard (14-15)

Cédric Fofana (born September 15, 2003) is a Canadian diver in the springboard (3 metre) events.

Career

In 2018, Fofana won bronze in the 14-15 age category in the springboard (3 m) diving event at the 2018 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1][2]

In July 2021, Fofana won the individual 3 m springboard competition at the Canadian Olympic Diving trials. This qualified him to compete in the individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[1][3][4] However, at the Tokyo Olympics he did not proceed beyond the preliminary round, finishing last in a field of 29 divers.[5]

He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he came 7th in the Men's 1 metre springboard event.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cédric Fofana". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Canada's Cedric Fofana Wins Bronze Medal at World Juniors". www.diving.ca/. Diving Canada. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Zsombor-Murray, Wiens, Toth qualify for Tokyo at Canadian Diving Trials". TSN.ca. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Nichols, Paula (July 2, 2021). "Team Canada to have 10 divers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Diving - Preliminary Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.


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