VILLA CASTANEDA Sebastian

Olympic Games

Year	Location	3m Springboard	10m Platform
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	25th (350.40)
2012	London, GBR	21st (414.90)	22nd (419.25)

World Championships

Year	Location	1m Springboard	3m Springboard	10m Platform	3m Synchro M	3m Synchro X	Team
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	19th (381.35)	-	8th (279.87)	7th (325.40)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	21st (395.40)	-	18th (326.79)	6th (277.83)	7th (354.90)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	27th (384.80)	16th (362.19)	12th (266.22)	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	17th (349.30)	18th (375.80)	16th (409.55)	-	-	-
2009	Rome, ITA	15th (342.60)	38th (327.55)	25th (367.90)	-	-	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	10m Platform	10m Synchro M
2019	Lima, PER	10th (392.40)	5th (363.99)

World Cup

Year	Location	10m Platform
2021	Tokyo, JPN	11th (407.65)

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Synchro
2018	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Springboard	10m Platform	3m Synchro	10m Synchro
2019	-	1 x 10th, 1 x 19th	-	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2017	1 x 9th	-	1 x 2nd	-

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Gatineau, QC, CAN	380.22
4	2019	Synchronised 10m Platform	Grand Prix	Bolzano, ITA	347.61
5	2019	Synchronised 10m Platform	Grand Prix	Calgary, AB, CAN	339.18
7	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Beijing, CHN	266.19
8	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Fuji, JPN	271.35
9	2017	3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Gatineau, QC, CAN	388.00
10	2019	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Calgary, AB, CAN	353.45
19	2019	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Mission Viejo, CA, USA	320.90

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Administration Studies - Major Polytechnic, Medellin, COL

Spanish

Antioquia Department [Colombia]

Wilson Molina [national]; Jerry Jaramillo [personal]

His mother has served as president of the Alcatraz club where he developed his career. (alponiente.com, 17 Oct 2018)

He competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a shoulder injury. (alponiente.com, 17 Oct 2018)

He began diving at age seven in Medellin, Colombia. (Athlete, 07 Aug 2016; alponiente.com, 17 Oct 2018)

He previously trained in gymnastics, roller skating and swimming, before his first coach Diego Monsalve recognised his potential for diving. "I liked the jumps and turns that happen in mid-air." He first had to overcome his fear of heights which still is present in his daily life. "[In diving] I know I will fall on water. No matter what, I will end in the water." (Athlete, 07 Aug 2016; TeleAntioquia, 29 Jul 2015; senalcolombia.tv, 08 Nov 2017; alponiente.com, 17 Oct 2018)

"Work hard, dream big, live big." (Athlete, 07 Aug 2016)

Alongside diving partner Diana Pineda he was named the 2017 Colombian Swimming Federation's Athlete of the Year at the Altius Awards ceremony in Colombia. (coc.org.co, 12 Dec 2017)