ABEL Jennifer

Canada
Diving
23 Aug 1991
29
Female
1.60/5'2''
MONTREAL, QC
 
Canada
MONTREAL, QC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
DIV Diving Women's 3m Springboard 8
Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard
CAN
Canada
 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 3m Springboard Semifinal
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's 3m Springboard Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation3m Springboard3m Synchro W
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA4th (367.25)4th (298.32)
2012London, GBR6th (343.00)3rd (316.80)
2008Beijing, CHN13th (296.10)-

World Championships
YearLocation1m Springboard3m Springboard3m Synchro W3m Synchro X
2019Gwangju, KOR-4th (333.35)2nd (311.10)2nd (304.08)
2017Budapest, HUN-3rd (351.55)2nd (323.43)3rd (297.72)
2015Kazan, RUS-6th (331.50)2nd (319.47)2nd (317.01)
2013Barcelona, ESP-5th (339.75)3rd (292.08)-
2011Shanghai, CHN14th (250.95)3rd (365.10)2nd (313.50)-
2009Rome, ITA12th (236.80)11th (265.55)4th (309.90)-

Pan American Games
YearLocation3m Springboard3m Synchro W
2019Lima, PER1st (374.25)1st (309.60)

World Cup
YearLocation3m Springboard3m Synchro W
2021Tokyo, JPN5th (316.05)2nd (289.98)
2018Wuhan, CHN8th (315.30)2nd (302.04)

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year3m Springboard3m Synchro3m Synchro
20201 x 1st2 x 1st2 x 1st
20191 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd4 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 6th4 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 6th
20183 x 3rd, 1 x 9th2 x 2nd, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd
20171 x 3rd, 3 x 4th4 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th4 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year3m Springboard3m Synchro3m Synchro
20191 x 1st2 x 1st2 x 1st
20181 x 3rd--
20171 x 3rd, 1 x 11th2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
120203m SpringboardWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN363.00
12020Synchronised 3m SpringboardWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN298.83
12020Synchronised 3m SpringboardWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN314.52
120193m SpringboardGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN334.55
12019Synchronised 3m SpringboardGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN288.69
12019Synchronised 3m SpringboardGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN304.59
120193m SpringboardWorld SeriesKazan, RUS330.60
12018Synchronised 3m SpringboardWorld SeriesKazan, RUS324.96
12018Synchronised 3m SpringboardWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN325.20
12017Synchronised 3m SpringboardGrand PrixRostock, GER304.08
12017Synchronised 3m SpringboardGrand PrixGatineau, QC, CAN296.31


Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Jenn (Twitter profile, 06 Jul 2020)
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Shopping, fashion, cooking, watching movies. (diving.ca, 06 Jun 2019; olympic.ca, 14 Aug 2016)
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Athlete
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Humanities - Universite du Quebec a Montreal [UQAM], Canada
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Partner David Lemieux, step-daughter Lillyanna
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English, French
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Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club [Canada]
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Arturo Miranda [national], CAN
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Her partner David Lemieux is a former International Boxing Federation [IBF] middleweight boxing champion from Canada. (fina.org, 11 Jan 2021)
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2006 for Canada (Athlete, 25 Feb 2012)
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She suffered a muscle tear on her calf three months before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She also suffered from back pain in the week leading up to the Games where she was unable to dive. (lapresse.ca, 13 Jul 2017)
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She took up diving at age four. (jenniferabelofficial.com, 13 Sep 2018)
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"Before I could even walk, I was attracted to water. My brother used to dive and I wanted to be like him. The thrill of diving was like no other for me, even at my tender age." (diving.ca, 06 Jun 2019; jenniferabelofficial.com, 13 Sep 2018; Athlete, 25 Feb 2012)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 26 Jun 2019)
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Winning bronze in the women's 3m synchronised springboard at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (gc2018.com, 01 Apr 2018)
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (olympique.ca, 11 Aug 2019)
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"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't." (Facebook page, 17 Jan 2020)
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She was named 2019 Female Athlete of the Year by Diving Canada. (diving.ca, 31 Jan 2020)

She and diving partner Pamela Ware received Aquatics Canada's 2015 Diving Team of the Year Award. The pair were also named Diving Canada's 2013 Female Athletes of the Year. (aquaticscanada.ca, 2015; pamelaware.com, 2017)

She was named the 2011 Female Athlete of the Year by Aquatics Canada. (cbc.ca, 03 Nov 2011)

General Interest

General
RECOVERING FROM RIO
She found it difficult to get over her disappointment at not winning a medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "It actually took me a year to enjoy diving again. I remember in Budapest at the [2017] World Championships, I was a little bit like not in the right place mentally. I found it hard. I knew it was going to be hard after Rio. I knew obviously I had dark thoughts, 'I don't want to dive anymore. I'm not passionate anymore.' I was crying a lot also. But I knew that it was a phase. When I took the time to really appreciate what I did in the diving world and then think about myself, finding a way to get that fire back, this is where I started to see the bigger picture. The difference between me now and me before is, now I'm trying to create my own story, I want to be the diver that I want to be." (olympicchannel.com, 26 Jun 2019; cbc.ca, 05 May 2018)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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