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Caeli
MCKAY |
Sport |
Diving |
NOC |
Canada
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Gender | Women |
Born | 25 Jun 1999
in Calgary, CAN |
Height | 1.55 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club: Canada |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Mountain biking, hiking, fly fishing, snowboarding. (dulcedo.com, 11 Aug 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"When I was five, I watched the [2004] Olympics and I saw people getting their medals, and I told my parents, 'I need to go to the Olympics'. I was a gymnast before diving, but I really wanted to compete and they said I wasn't old enough to compete as a gymnast so my parents decided to put me in a diving camp and right after that the camp asked me to join a competitive team. The adrenaline of the sport keeps me going. I love being on top of the tower having my heart racing, and have the relief of hitting the water and knowing I did a good dive." |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito. (calgarysun.com, 05 Apr 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Li Yihua [club], CHN |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport at age six after attending an introduction to diving summer camp hosted by the Dive Calgary club. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, French, Spanish |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened." (Facebook profile, 10 May 2021) |
Other information |
DIVING PARTNERSHIP In 2017 she began competing in the synchro event with Meaghan Benfeito after the retirement of Benfeito's longtime partner, Roseline Filion. Benfeito is 11 years older than her, and McKay credits her partner with helping her mature from junior level diving to senior competitions. "The first year-and-a-half was difficult because we weren't exactly sure how to handle the relationship and how things were supposed to go. Meaghan was used to Roseline for 11 years, and I never did synchro in 10 metres. It was a big adjustment. For me, joining her was hard because she was an Olympic medallist and I was just a young girl that hadn't really experienced anything, so I wanted to follow her. But the biggest thing she told me was just do my own thing, because it'll be better if we do our own things - it'll just work together. She's been like a big sister. Meaghan teaches me a lot. It feels good to know she's been through all of this as well. She's experienced the same stuff and she knows what it's like to go through what I'm going through." (pointe-claire.ca, 04 Mar 2020; calgarysun.com, 05 Apr 2019) |
Injuries |
She sustained a serious sprained ankle in the warm-ups at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Games trials. She had already qualified for the 2020 Games, and recovered in time to compete in Tokyo. (calgarysun.com, 25 Jul 2021) |
Olympic Games |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
4 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
10m Platform Synchro |
299.16 |
World Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
8 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
10m Platform |
310.05 |
6 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
10m Platform Synchro |
287.34 |
3 |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
10m Platform |
340.25 |
8 |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
10m Platform Synchro |
279.93 |
5 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
10m Platform |
318.45 |
7 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
10m Platform |
331.40 |
4 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
10m Platform Synchro |
304.05 |
4 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
10m Platform Synchro |
315.78 |
Grand Prix |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
2 |
2019 |
Calgary, AB, CAN |
10m Platform |
341.25 |
1 |
2019 |
Calgary, AB, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
305.85 |
6 |
2018 |
Calgary, AB, CAN |
10m Platform |
285.80 |
2 |
2018 |
Calgary, AB, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
303.42 |
4 |
2017 |
Gatineau, QC, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
280.26 |
15 |
2016 |
Gatineau, QC, CAN |
3m Springboard |
235.85 |
6 |
2016 |
Gold Coast, QLD, AUS |
3m Springboard |
243.25 |
3 |
2016 |
Gold Coast, QLD, AUS |
3m Springboard Synchro |
266.85 |
6 |
2016 |
Kuching, MAS |
3m Springboard |
243.10 |
3 |
2016 |
Kuching, MAS |
3m Springboard Synchro |
273.48 |
5 |
2016 |
Madrid, ESP |
3m Springboard |
278.10 |
6 |
2016 |
Madrid, ESP |
10m Platform |
197.95 |
12 |
2015 |
Bolzano, ITA |
3m Springboard |
209.75 |
8 |
2015 |
Madrid, ESP |
3m Springboard |
279.55 |
14 |
2014 |
Gatineau, QC, CAN |
10m Platform |
241.60 |
Pan American Games |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
3 |
2023 |
Santiago, CHI |
10m Platform |
335.65 |
2 |
2023 |
Santiago, CHI |
10m Platform Synchro |
310.29 |
2 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
10m Platform |
365.70 |
1 |
2019 |
Lima, PER |
10m Platform Synchro |
320.64 |
World Series |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
11 |
2020 |
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10m Platform |
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11 |
2020 |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
10m Platform |
256.55 |
3 |
2020 |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
306.54 |
1 |
2020 |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
313.02 |
12 |
2019 |
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10m Platform |
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3 |
2019 |
Beijing, CHN |
10m Platform Synchro |
313.14 |
8 |
2019 |
Kazan, RUS |
10m Platform |
297.05 |
5 |
2019 |
Kazan, RUS |
10m Platform Synchro |
272.70 |
3 |
2019 |
Kazan, RUS |
10m Platform Synchro |
312.42 |
6 |
2019 |
London, ENG |
10m Platform |
295.25 |
5 |
2019 |
London, ENG |
10m Platform Synchro |
307.05 |
2 |
2019 |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
328.47 |
5 |
2019 |
Sagamihara, JPN |
10m Platform |
328.05 |
3 |
2019 |
Sagamihara, JPN |
10m Platform Synchro |
311.70 |
12 |
2018 |
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10m Platform |
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8 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
10m Platform |
329.20 |
5 |
2018 |
Beijing, CHN |
10m Platform Synchro |
290.88 |
9 |
2018 |
Fuji, JPN |
10m Platform |
310.20 |
6 |
2018 |
Fuji, JPN |
10m Platform Synchro |
283.20 |
6 |
2018 |
Kazan, RUS |
10m Platform Synchro |
288.90 |
4 |
2018 |
Montreal, QC, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
293.70 |
4 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
10m Platform Synchro |
306.96 |
4 |
2017 |
Guangzhou, CHN |
10m Platform Synchro |
313.98 |
2 |
2017 |
Kazan, RUS |
10m Platform Synchro |
291.06 |
4 |
2017 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
10m Platform Synchro |
293.82 |
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