Marie-Ève ​​Marleau

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Marie-Ève ​​Marleau Diving
Personal information
Nationality: CanadaCanada Canada
Discipline (s) : Tower / synchronized jumping
Society: CAMO Natation Montreal
Birthday: February 12, 1982
Place of birth: Labrador City
Size: 162 cm
Weight: 56 kg

Marie-Ève ​​Marleau (born February 12, 1982 in Labrador City ) is a former Canadian water diver . She started in the 10 m high diving and with Émilie Heymans in the 10 m synchronized diving.

Marleau was initially active for ten years in a gymnastics club before she switched to diving. She started for the CAMO Natation association and trained under her coaches Michel Larouche and Cesar Henderson at the performance center in Montreal . Her international breakthrough came in 2003. At the World Championships in Barcelona she was tenth with Heymans in the 10-meter synchronized jumping, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo the duo won the gold medal. Marleau celebrated further successes in the following years, especially in the synchronized competitions of the FINA Diving Grand Prix. With Heymans she repeated winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro . In the individual from the tower, Marleau was also sixth. She qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , where she reached the finals from the 10-meter tower and took a good seventh place. After the Games, Marleau ended her active career.

In 2003 and 2008 Marleau won the national title in the 10 m synchronized jumping.

Marleau graduated from HEC Montreal with a degree in marketing.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Olympic Divers from Montreal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; accessed on February 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / montreal.about.com
  2. Plongeon - À 26 ans, Marie-Ève ​​Marleau annonce sa retraite. Retrieved February 29, 2012 (French).