﻿{"id":502284,"date":"2022-04-08T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=502284"},"modified":"2022-04-08T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:18:18","slug":"meaghan-benfeito-three-time-olympic-medalist-diver-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/meaghan-benfeito-three-time-olympic-medalist-diver-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaghan Benfeito, Three-Time Olympic Medalist Diver, Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meaghan Benfeito, Three-Time Olympic Medalist Diver, Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meaghan Benfeito,<\/strong> a three-time Olympic diving medalist from Canada, announced her retirement at age 33 this week.<\/p>\n<p>Benfeito made the announcement via Instagram.<\/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\/CcA8bbNOuVA\/?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\/CcA8bbNOuVA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Meaghan Benfeito ?? (@megbenfeito)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter several months of reflection, it\u2019s now time for me to hang up my bathing suit,\u201d Benfeito wrote, before lengthy thank yous to many people, including the two synchro partners she spent most of her career with. \u201cI&#8217;m so proud of the career I&#8217;ve had and I&#8217;m extremely grateful for what diving has brought to my life, but I&#8217;m finally ready to move on to my next chapter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benfeito, a native of Montreal, competed at four Olympics. She won bronze in the 10-meter synchro with <strong>Roseline Filion<\/strong> at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Benfeito added individual 10-meter bronze in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>She competed in the Tokyo Olympics, pairing with <strong>Caeli McKay<\/strong> to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-jessica-parratto-delaney-schnell-capture-silver-for-u-s-in-10-meter-synchro-diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fourth in 10-meter synchro<\/a>. She was 13th in the 10-meter individual event. She placed seventh, with Filion, at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Her medals were destroyed in an apartment fire in 2021, but <a href=\"https:\/\/olympic.ca\/2021\/06\/08\/diver-meaghan-benfeito-reunited-with-olympic-medals-lost-in-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she received replacement medals before the Tokyo Games.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Benfeito had a storied career in and out of the Olympics. She won three silver medals at World Championships, including the 10-meter\/synchro double in 20144. She burst onto the scene at age 15 at the 2005 Worlds in her hometown, winning 10-meter synchro bronze with Filion.<\/p>\n<p>Benfeito won double gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, among five total medals there, and served as the Canadian delegation\u2019s flagbearer for the 2018 Gold Coast Games. She also swept golds at the 2019 Pan Am Games, among three Pan Am golds and seven total medals.<\/p>\n<p>Benfeito, who has been diving since age 7, plans to remain involved in the sport in some capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meaghan Benfeito, Three-Time Olympic Medalist Diver, Announces Retirement Meaghan Benfeito, a three-time Olympic diving medalist from Canada, announced her retirement at age 33 this week. 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