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Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatie (born June 8, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French-Canadian diver. He began diving at age six, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics finished in 4th place in the 10m platform.
He won the silver medal at the world championships in 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan in the same event, and in 2003 won a gold medal at the World Diving championships in Barcelona, Spain in the 10 m platform.
At the Olympics in 2004 in Athens, Greece, he won the silver medal in the men's 3 metre springboard competition, but finished out of the medal standings in fourth place in the 10 metre platform. This finish was contrary to expectations going into the games, where he was expected to win silver or gold in 10 metre platform and not place in the springboard.
Alexandre attends Andre Gasset College. In an interview with the CBC in the lead-up to the 2004 Olympics, he said he was interested in acting and television/movie production, and may pursue that as a career once he is no longer diving.
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