Roseline Filion (born July 3, 1987) is a retired Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. Filion has twice won an Olympic bronze medal in the 10 m platform synchro event: at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She has also won a bronze at the World Aquatics Championships and Commonwealth Games. She retired in January 2017.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, but she and Benfeito have been unable to return to the medal podium at the Worlds since. In 2006, they won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, they finished in 7th place. She won the bronze medal in the 10 m platform synchro at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with her partner of seven years, Benfeito. After winning the medal Filion commented that "We're on top of the world right now. We've waited so long for this medal, we've worked so hard. Beijing was a little disappointing but we came back strong, more mature, ready and in top shape, and we just dived with our hearts today."

Roseline Filion

Personal

Benfeito is considered a lifelong friend of Filion. She says that "We've known one another for our entire lives, so we have a really good relationship. It's more of a sisterhood relationship now. We could probably go to a restaurant and order for each other."

Roseline Filion

She took up diving after watching Annie Pelletier win a medal at the Atlanta Olympics.

Roseline Filion

References

External links

Diving Plongeon Canada

1987 births

Living people

French Quebecers

Olympic divers for Canada

Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec

Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games

Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Canadian female divers

Olympic medalists in diving

Olympic bronze medalists for Canada

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada

Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Divers at the 2015 Pan American Games

World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada

Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada

Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada

Commonwealth Games medallists in diving

Pan American Games medalists in diving

Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

20th-century Canadian women

21st-century Canadian women

Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games