Sebastian Villa

Sebastian Villa
Sebastián Villa at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Surname:	Sebastián Villa Castañeda
Nationality:	Colombia
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	February 21, 1992
Place of birth:	Medellin
Size:	164 cm
Weight:	54 kg

Sebastián Villa Castañeda (born February 21, 1992 in Medellín ) is a Colombian water diver . He starts in artificial jumping from the 1-meter and 3-meter board as well as in 10-meter tower diving.

Villa participated in three Junior World Championships between 2006 and 2010 and reached a total of three finals. He played his first international title fights in the adult division at the 2009 World Cup in Rome . He started from the 1-m and 3-m board and from the 10-m tower, but was eliminated in all competitions in the preliminary fight. He also started in all individual competitions at the following World Cup in Shanghai in 2011 . From the 1-meter board he was eliminated again in the preliminary fight, but from the 3-meter board and 10-meter tower he reached the semi-finals. In the same year Villa celebrated his greatest success so far at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara . He was able to win his first international medal with bronze on the 3-meter board, fourth on the tower and fifth in the 3-meter synchronized jumping competition with Víctor Ortega . At the 2012 World Cup in London , Villa was able to achieve a quota place for the Olympic Games in the 10 m high diving in the same place.

Web links

• Sebastián Villa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of Sebastián Villa at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Villa Sebastian. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 25, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.