Sebastian Villa
Sebastian Villa | |||||||
Sebastián Villa at the 2012 Olympics |
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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 | ||||||
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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
- ↑ 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.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Villa, Sebastian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Villa Castañeda, Sebastián (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian diver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Medellin |