Cédric Fofana

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

Cédric Fofana
Personal information
Born (2003-09-15) September 15, 2003
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Canada
FINA World Junior Diving Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kyiv3 m springboard (14-15)

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,[3][4][5] However, at the Tokyo Olympics he did not proceed beyond the preliminary round, finishing last in a field of 29 divers.[6]

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

References
  1. "Cédric Fofana". www.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. "Cédric Fofana". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  4. "Zsombor-Murray, Wiens, Toth qualify for Tokyo at Canadian Diving Trials". TSN.ca. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  5. Nichols, Paula (July 2, 2021). "Team Canada to have 10 divers at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  6. "Diving - Preliminary Results". Olympics.com. August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021.
  7. "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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