Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatieis a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was the world champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been world champion in the three categories. He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion, and nine-time junior champion. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
ProfessionDiver
Date of Birth8 June 1985
CityMontreal, Canada
bad both sad sides though
Even though that story was sad and bad for both sides I suppose, he's still my buddy,
afford focusing guys happy instead keeping leg losing lost sort
I was really focusing on keeping that leg with me instead of losing it. I sort of got lost in the rotation. With these guys there's no way you can afford to make that kind of mistake. I was happy I managed to come back. I didn't give it up.
knows push react
Most important, he knows me and how I react to situations. He knows when to push me and when not to push.
condition last year
I think my condition is better than it was last year when I started back.
best best-friends course friend friendship remains talk wants
He remains my best friend of course and he wants the best for me, so he doesn't talk to me about it. We have our friendship and coach-athlete relationship.
achieving active believe challenge encourage fitness fun good hard hope learning move needed people program school since start
I believe the Go Active! Fitness Challenge is important at this level, because it's at school that we start learning good habits. Ever since I was a kid, I've needed to move and be active. Being active, for me, is also about having dreams, working hard to get better and better, having fun doing it and achieving my dreams. I hope this program will encourage young people to be active and have dreams.
came early focus happy peak satisfied struggled
Considering it is early in the season, I'm pretty satisfied with my performance. My focus right now is to peak for the Commonwealth Games. I struggled in the preliminaries but I was much better in the semis and even better in the final. I'm happy with how I came back.
shape start sure
I want everything to be good. Before I start 10-metre I'll make sure I'm in appropriate shape and make sure everything is right.
I really want to get back into it.