| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1982-05-02) May 2, 1982 (age 42) 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) |
| Former partner(s) | Émilie Heymans (3m & 10m) Eryn Bulmer (3m) |
| Medal record | |
Blythe Hartley (born May 2, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12.
Personal life
She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes. Hartley attended Handsworth Secondary School before going on to attend the University of Southern California where she graduated in 2006 with a degree in communications. She was CTV diver analyst during 2012 Summer Olympics.
Diving career
Hartley won her first gold medal at the world aquatic championships in the 1 m springboard in Fukuoka, Japan in 2001, and won a bronze at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in 3 m springboard in Barcelona, Spain. Her best finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics was in 3 m springboard synchro where she finished 5th. She won her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze with partner Émilie Heymans in the synchronized 10 m platform event.
Hartley also won a gold medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal in the springboard event.
The North Vancouver resident concluded her competitive career at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she placed fourth in the three-metre springboard.
References
- "Blythe Hartley". Olympedia. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- Canada Olympic Park - Canada's Centre of Sport Excellence Archived November 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- "Canadians Hartley, Abel advance to diving semis". CBC Sports. August 15, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
External links
- Blythe Hartley at World Aquatics
- Blythe Hartley at Diving Canada (archived)
- Blythe Hartley at Team Canada
- Blythe Hartley at Olympics.com
- Blythe Hartley at CBC.ca Athens 2004 website (archived)
| World diving champions in women's 1 metre springboard | |
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| Commonwealth Diving Champions in Women's 1 metre Springboard | |
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| Commonwealth Diving Champions in Women's 3 metre Springboard | |
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| Pan American Diving Champions in Women's 3 metre Springboard | |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Canadian female divers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Olympic divers for Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games divers for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Divers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in diving
- Divers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Divers from Edmonton
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen