Alexandre Despatie

Alexandre Despatie, born on 8 June 1985 in Montreal, is a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was world champion on the 1 metre and 3 metre springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first and so far only diver to have been world champion in all three individual categories. He is a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion and the most decorated male diver in Canadian history, with two Olympic silver medals and eight podiums at the world championships. He came to public attention at 13 with a gold medal on the 10 metre platform at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, won the 3 metre springboard silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and set a world record score at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal.