McKAY Caeli

Canada
Diving
25 Jun 1999
22
Female
1.60/5'2''
CALGARY, AB
 
Canada
MONTREAL, QC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
DIV Diving Women's Synchronised 10m Platform
CAN
Canada
 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocation10m Platform10m Synchro W
2019Gwangju, KOR7th (331.40)4th (304.05)
2017Budapest, HUN-4th (315.78)

Pan American Games
YearLocation10m Platform10m Synchro W
2019Lima, PER2nd (365.70)1st (320.64)

World Cup
YearLocation10m Platform10m Synchro W10m Synchro X
2021Tokyo, JPN3rd (338.55)1st (305.94)-
2018Wuhan, CHN-3rd (324.42)2nd (301.20)

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year10m Platform10m Synchro10m Synchro
20201 x 11th1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd1 x 3rd, 1 x 3rd
20191 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 8th1 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 2 x 5th3 x 3rd, 3 x 3rd, 2 x 5th
20181 x 8th, 1 x 9th1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 2 x 6th-
2017-1 x 2nd, 3 x 4th-

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year10m Platform10m Synchro
20191 x 2nd1 x 1st
20181 x 6th1 x 2nd
2017-1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12020Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN313.02
12019Synchronised 10m PlatformGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN305.85
2201910m PlatformGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN341.25
22019Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN328.47
22018Synchronised 10m PlatformGrand PrixCalgary, AB, CAN303.42
22017Synchronised 10m PlatformGrand PrixRostock, GER301.80
22017Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesKazan, RUS291.06
32020Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesMontreal, QC, CAN306.54
32019Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesBeijing, CHN313.14
32019Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesSagamihara, JPN311.70
32019Synchronised 10m PlatformWorld SeriesKazan, RUS312.42


Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Mountain biking, hiking, fly fishing, snowboarding. (dulcedo.com, 11 Aug 2019)
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Athlete
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Partner Vincent Riendeau
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English, French, Spanish
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Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club [Canada]
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Li Yihua [national], CHN
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Her partner Vincent Riendeau has represented Canada in diving and won silver in the 10m platform synchro and bronze in the 10m platform at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Facebook page, 20 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 13 Feb 2020)
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She began the sport at age six after attending an introduction to diving summer camp hosted by the Dive Calgary club. (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 28 Feb 2020; diving.ca, 01 Jul 2018)
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"When I was five, I watched the [2004] Olympics and I saw people getting their medals, and I told my parents, 'I need to go to the Olympics'. I was a gymnast before diving, but I really wanted to compete and they said I wasn't old enough to compete as a gymnast so my parents decided to put me in a diving camp and right after that the camp asked me to join a competitive team. The adrenaline of the sport keeps me going. I love being on top of the tower having my heart racing, and have the relief of hitting the water and knowing I did a good dive." (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 28 Feb 2020; diving.ca, 01 Jul 2018; thestar.com, 06 Apr 2019)
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To win two medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fina.org, 05 May 2021)
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Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito. (calgarysun.com, 05 Apr 2019)
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"Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened." (Facebook profile, 10 May 2021)

General Interest

General
DIVING PARTNERSHIP
She began competing in the synchro event with Meaghan Benfeito after the retirement of Benfeito's longtime partner, Roseline Filion, in early 2017. Benfeito is 11 years older than her, and McKay credits her partner with helping her mature from junior level diving to senior competitions. "The first year-and-a-half was difficult because we weren't exactly sure how to handle the relationship and how things were supposed to go. Meaghan was used to Roseline for 11 years, and I never did synchro in 10 metres. It was a big adjustment. For me, joining her was hard because she was an Olympic medallist and I was just a young girl that hadn't really experienced anything, so I wanted to follow her. But the biggest thing she told me was just do my own thing, because it'll be better if we do our own things - it'll just work together. She's been like a big sister. Meaghan teaches me a lot. It feels good to know she's been through all of this as well. She's experienced the same stuff and she knows what it's like to go through what I'm going through." (pointe-claire.ca, 04 Mar 2020; calgarysun.com, 05 Apr 2019)

Legend
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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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