Blythe Hartley
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 2, 1982 Edmonton,Alberta,Canada |
| Home town | North Vancouver,British Columbia |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Event(s) | 1m, 3m, 3m synchro, 10m, 10m synchro |
| Club | Dive Calgary |
| Partner | Melanie Rinaldi(3m) |
| Formerpartner(s) | Émilie Heymans(3m & 10m) Eryn Bulmer(3m) |
Medal record | |
Blythe Hartley(born May 2, 1982) is aCanadianOlympicdiver.[1]She was born inEdmonton,Albertaand began diving at age 12.
Personal life
[edit]She went to theNational Sport SchoolinCalgary,Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes.[2]Hartley attendedHandsworth Secondary Schoolbefore going on to attend theUniversity of Southern Californiawhere she graduated in 2006 with a degree in communications. She was CTV diver analyst during2012 Summer Olympics.
Diving career
[edit]Hartley won her first gold medal at the world aquatic championships in the 1 m springboard inFukuoka,Japanin 2001, and won a bronze at the2003 World Aquatics Championshipsin 3 m springboard inBarcelona,Spain.Her best finish at the2000 Summer Olympicswas in 3 m springboardsynchrowhere she finished 5th. She won her firstOlympic medalat the2004 Summer Olympicswhere she won a bronze with partnerÉmilie Heymansin the synchronized 10 m platform event.
Hartley also won a gold medal at the2005 World Aquatics Championshipsin Montreal in the springboard event.
The North Vancouver resident concluded her competitive career at the2008 Beijing Olympics,where sheplaced fourthin thethree-metre springboard.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Blythe Hartley".Olympedia.Retrieved25 May2020.
- ^Canada Olympic Park - Canada's Centre of Sport ExcellenceArchivedNovember 25, 2005, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Canadians Hartley, Abel advance to diving semis".CBC Sports.August 15, 2008.RetrievedAugust 13,2012.
External links
[edit]- Profile at Diving Canada
- Athlete bio at CBC.ca
- Blythe HartleyatOlympics at Sports-Reference.com(archived)
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Canadian female divers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Divers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic divers for Canada
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Divers from Edmonton
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Pan American Games medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games