﻿{"id":492023,"date":"2021-11-27T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492023"},"modified":"2021-11-27T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:03:35","slug":"two-time-olympic-medal-winning-diver-jennifer-abel-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/two-time-olympic-medal-winning-diver-jennifer-abel-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time Olympic Medal-Winning Diver Jennifer Abel Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two-Time Olympic Medal-Winning Diver Jennifer Abel Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olympic diver <strong>Jennifer Abel,<\/strong> who won medals at the 2012 and 2021 Olympics, announced her retirement this week.<\/p>\n<p>Abel made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday. A day later, she and her fianc\u00e9, professional boxer <strong>David Lemieux, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWqvaGLFOmL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced that they are expecting their first child<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWnbS4UlWBf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWnbS4UlWBf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jennifer Abel || Olympic diver (@jennabel91)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old won bronze in the women\u2019s 3-meter synchro diving at the 2012 London Olympics with <strong>Emilie Heymans.<\/strong> Nine years later, she paired with <strong>Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shi-tingmao-with-wang-han-repeats-as-womens-3-meter-synchro-champ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to win silver in Tokyo<\/a>. Abel and <strong>Pamela Ware<\/strong> finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Abel was also fourth in the individual 3-meter. She was sixth in that event in London in 2012 and eighth in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My life as an athlete has prepared me for my adult life and now, for my life as a mother-to-be,&#8221; Abel said <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/mobile\/canadian-diver-jennifer-abel-announces-retirement-after-decorated-career-1.5677337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement<\/a>. &#8220;Today, I know how to forgive myself after failure, where to draw strength in the face of adversity, and the type of energy it takes to succeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abel\u2019s illustrious career extends well beyond the Olympic boards. As a mixed-race girl \u2013 born in Montreal, she is of Haitian decent \u2013 Abel was a trailblazer in a sport where she found few girls who looked like her.<\/p>\n<p>She is the Canadian program leader with 10 medals at World Championships (six silver, four bronze). All the medals are on 3-meter, including a pair of individual bronze medals. A product of Pointe-Claire Diving Club, she medaled at five consecutive Worlds from 2011 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Abel also won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 (1-meter, 3-meter synchro) to go with silver in the 3-meter, 2014 (1-meter) and 2018 (3-meter). She was the 3-meter champ at consecutive Pan American Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jennifer-abel-ivan-garcia-top-day-2-of-diving-at-pan-ams-photo-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2015<\/a> and 2019, adding the synchro title at the latter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I experienced some amazing moments in my career,&#8221; Abel said. &#8220;It is time now to begin a new chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-Time Olympic Medal-Winning Diver Jennifer Abel Announces Retirement Olympic diver Jennifer Abel, who won medals at the 2012 and 2021 Olympics, announced her retirement this week. 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