Roseline Filion

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Roseline Filion

|image = Roseline Filion .jpg

|caption =

|full_name =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|7|3}}

|birth_place = Laval, Quebec{{cite web|title=Roseline Filion|url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/roseline-filion/|website=olympic.ca|date=September 18, 2011 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=2 February 2016}}

|hometown = Laval, Quebec

|height = 152 cm

|weight = 52 kg

|country = Canada

|event = 10 metres & 10 metres synchro

|club = Pointe-Claire Diving Club

|partner = Meaghan Benfeito

|coach = Arturo Miranda

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Roseline Filion (born July 3, 1987) is a retired Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. Filion has twice won an Olympic bronze medal in the 10 m platform synchro event: at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite sports-reference|title = Roseline Filion|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/roseline-filion-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/roseline-filion-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|access-date = May 19, 2010}} She has also won a bronze at the World Aquatics Championships and Commonwealth Games. She retired in January 2017.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, but she and Benfeito have been unable to return to the medal podium at the Worlds since. In 2006, they won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, they finished in 7th place. She won the bronze medal in the 10 m platform synchro at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with her partner of seven years, Benfeito. After winning the medal Filion commented that "We're on top of the world right now. We've waited so long for this medal, we've worked so hard. Beijing was a little disappointing but we came back strong, more mature, ready and in top shape, and we just dived with our hearts today."

Personal

Benfeito is considered a lifelong friend of Filion. She says that "We've known one another for our entire lives, so we have a really good relationship. It's more of a sisterhood relationship now. We could probably go to a restaurant and order for each other."{{cite news |title=Canadians Filion, Benfeito Earn Diving Bronze |author=Jennifer Lukas |url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/aquatics/news/article/divers-add-second-medal-for-canada.html |publisher=CTV Sports |date=July 31, 2012}}

She took up diving after watching Annie Pelletier win a medal at the Atlanta Olympics.{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/diving/1009426/roseline_filion.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Roseline Filion Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|language=es|access-date=2017-01-29}}

References

External links

{{World Aquatics}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160805191309/http://www.diving.ca/en/index.php?option=com_profile&view=profileitem&Itemid=151&profileid=35 Roseline Filion] at Diving Canada (archived)
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{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{CGF profile}}
{{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|diving/1009426/r_filion}}
{{2015 Pan American Games profile|diving/athlete-profile-n10163115-filion-roseline}}

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Women Synchronized 10 Metre Platform}}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian female divers

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Category:Olympic divers for Canada

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada

Category:Olympic medalists in diving

Category:Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics