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Jennifer Abel

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Jennifer Abel is a Canadian former diver born on 23 August 1991 who specialised in synchronised and individual springboard diving. She made her Olympic debut in 2008 at sixteen, won a bronze with Emilie Heymans in the 3 metre synchro at the 2012 Olympics and a silver with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu at the 2020 Olympics. She is a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 1 metre and 3 metre synchronised springboard and a three-time Pan American Games champion. Her ten medals at the World Championships, six silver and four bronze, are the most won by a Canadian diver at that event. She announced her retirement after the Tokyo Games.

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1991 1
Gender
Female 1
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is a Canadian former diver
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1. Olympedia: Jennifer Abel - Olympedia
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  • Biographical information
    Born 23 August 1991
  • Biographical information, gender
    Sex Female
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    is a Canadian former diver
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Career
    debut Olympics at the age of 16 in the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Career
    At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal
  • Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Career
    At the 2016 Summer Olympics Abel finished a frustrating fourth
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