Blythe Hartley - Biography

Last Editor: Christianmat4827				Blythe Hartley Biography -   Name : Blythe Hartley Birth Date : 2 May 1982 Birth Place : Edmonton, Canada Height : 1.65 m / 5'5 Weight : 56 kg / 123 lbs Occupation : Student Education : University of Southern California: California, USA Olympic Event : Diving Club : CAMO, CAN (Diving Canada 28/01/04) Coach : Michel Larouche and Cesar Henderson (Diving Canada 28/01/04)

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Blythe started diving at the age of 11, after 5 years of gymnastics. Gymnastics was very intense 'too intense for her' she says. World Class Canadian Diver. Blythe is a 16 time National Champion (7 at Age Groups) and has already won 24 International Medals [to July 2002]. In July of 2002 Blythe Hartley made all of Canada proud by winning the Gold Medal and setting a New World Record in the Women's 1-meter Springboard event at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan. Blyth won her first Senior title at age 14. She has been to the Junior and Senior World Championships as well as the Commonwealth and Pan Am Games. Blyth set a New World Record on 1-meter Springboard at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships. She also holds the Canadian record on the 1-meter Springboard. Blythe was named as the Junior Female Athlete of the Year for 1999 at the Canadian Sport Awards. A Graduate of Handsworth Secondary School in Vancouver, B.C., she won her first World Championship title in 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan, winning Gold in the 1-meter Springboard, edging a pair of Chinese for the title. Blythe represented her country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, finishing fifth in the 3-meter Synchro and 10th in the 3-meter Springboard . She won a Silver in the Platform and a Bronze in the 3-meter at the 1999 Pan Am Games. Recently won a bronze medal in the 10-meter synchronised platform diving event at the 2004 Olympics. Career Accomplishments 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. 2000 Olympic Games finished 5th in the 3m Synchro event with Eryn Bulmer. 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. 2004 Olympics, took 7th place in the Women's 3 meter synchro event wih partner Emilie Heymans 2004 Olympics, placed 3rd in the 10m synchro event with her teammate Emilie Heymans.