Meaghan
Benfeito
Women's Senior National Team
About Meaghan
Pointe-Claire Diving Club
Laval, QC
Montreal, QC
March 2, 1989
Since 2005
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Meaghan's Bio
Benfeito officially took up diving at the age of 7, after being informally introduced to the sport following her swimming lessons. Once the young swimmers’ training session was over, they were given the opportunity to get up on the diving boards and watch diving legends, such has Emilie Heymans, train. Meaghan was hooked!
In 2005, she became an internationally recognizable face when she surprised the diving community by winning bronze in the women’s 10-metre synchronized event at the FINA World Championships in Montreal with her long-time teammate Roseline Filion.
In 2008, she competed in her first Olympic Games, where she placed 7th on 10-metre synchro with Filion. Four years later, her dream came to reality when Roseline Filion and herself grabbed the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
In individual, Meaghan continues to prove herself as one of the world’s best diver, collecting World Championships, World Cup, Commonwealth Games, Pan Am Games, World Series and Grand Prix medals. Stronger than even, she concluded the 2013-2016 quadrennial in a spectacular way by winning two bronze medals at the Rio Olympic Games. She became the first Canadian diver to bring home two Olympic medals since Anne Montminy in 2000.
Since Roseline Filion retired after the 2016 Olympics, Meaghan has been diving alongside Caeli McKay on 10m synchro. The new duo has shown steady progression as they’re working their way to Tokyo 2020.
In her spare time, Meaghan enjoys photography and cake decorating. She used to be very picky with food, but thanks to her nutritionist, she now eats a bit of everything. Except tomatoes!
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Career highlights
- 3 Olympic bronze medal
- 3 World Championships podium
- 5 World Cup medals
- 5 Commonwealth Games medals
- 7 Pan American Games medals
Best scores
414.30
Women’s 10m
2014 Summer Senior Nationals
398.29
Women’s 10m
2014 FINA World Series – Monterrey
337.62
Women’s 10m synchro (Filion)
2012 London Olympic Games
331.40
Women’s 10m synchro (McKay)
2019 FINA World Championships
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2019
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS* Mixed 10M* Pan Am Games 08-2019 Lima, PER 1st / 1st / FINA World Championships 07-2019 Gwangju, KOR 6th / 347.80 4th / 304.05 Summer National Championships 05-2019 Windsor, ON 1st / 387.80 FINA World Series 4 05-2019 Kazan, RUS 5th / 272.70 FINA World Series 3 04-2019 Montreal, CAN 10th /279.65 2nd / 328.47 5th / 306.60 FINA Grand Prix 04-2019 Calgary, CAN 6th* / 284.50 1st / 305.85 2nd / 313.86 FINA World Series 1 03-2019 Beijing, CHN 3rd / 336.40 3rd / 313.14 3rd / 300.96 FINA World Series 2 03-2019 Sagamihara, JPN 2nd / 385.10 3rd / 311.70 6th / 305.64 Winter National Championships 01-2019 Victoria, BC 1st / 372.60 1st / 309.30 * All 10m synchro results are with Caeli McKay
* Unless specified otherwise, all mixed 10m synchro results are with Nathan Zsombor-Murray
* Finished 6th in prelims and couldn’t advance to final because of the two divers per country rule -
2018
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS* Mixed 10M* FINA World Cup 06-2018 Wuhan, CHN 7th / 324.25 3rd / 324.42 FINA Grand Prix 2 05-2018 Calgary, CAN 2nd / 303.42 1st / 310.50 FINA World Series 4 05-2018 Kazan, RUS 7th / 341.00 6th / 288.90 3rd / 306.72 (Riendeau) FINA World Series 3 04-2018 Montreal, CAN 3rd / 354.65 4th / 293.70 1st / 322.08 Commonwealth Games 04-2018 Gold Coast, AUS 2nd / 359.75 2nd / 312.12 FINA World Series 2 03-2018 Fuji, JPN 7th / 340.25 6th / 283.20 FINA World Series 1 03-2018 Beijing, CHN 9th / 311.80 5th / 290.88 * All 10m synchro results are with Caeli McKay
* Unless specified otherwise, all mixed 10m synchro results are with Nathan Zsombor-Murray -
2017
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS FINA World Championships 07-2017 Budapest, HUN 8th 4th (McKay) Summer Senior National Championships 06-2017 Scarborough, CAN 1st FINA World Series 4 04-2017 Windsor, CAN 5th FINA Grand Prix 2 04-2017 Gatineau, CAN 5th 4th (McKay) FINA World Series 3 03-2017 Kazan, RUS 4th 2nd (McKay) FINA World Series 2 03-2017 Guangzhou, CHN 4th 4th (McKay) FINA World Series 1 03-2017 Beijing, CHN 4th 4th (McKay) FINA Grand Prix 1 02-2017 Rostock, GER 3rd 2nd (McKay) -
2016
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS Olympic Games 08-2016 Rio, BRA 3rd 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 4 04-2016 Kazan, RUS 9th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2016 Windsor, CAN 3rd 2nd (Filion) FINA Grand Prix 4 04-2016 Gatineau, CAN 6th 1st (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2016 Dubai, UAE 9th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2016 Beijing, CHN 4th 4th (Filion) German Grand Prix 01-2016 Rostock, GER 2nd Winter Senior National Championships 12-2015 Saskatoon, SK 1st -
2015
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS FINA World Aquatic Championships 07-2015 Kazan, RUS 7th 2nd (Filion) Pan Am Games 07-2015 Toronto, CAN 3rd 1st (Filion) FINA World Series 6 05-2015 Merida, MEX 8th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 5 05-2015 Windsor, CAN 10th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 4 05-2015 London, GBR 4th (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2015 Kazan, RUS 1st 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2015 Dubai, UAE 7th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2015 Beijing, CHN 5th 3rd (Benfeito) German Grand Prix 02-2015 Rostock, GER 1st 1st (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 02-2015 Toronto, ON 1st -
2014
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS Pan Am Festival 09-2014 Mexico City, MEX 2nd 1st (Filion) Commonwealth Games 07-2014 Glasgow, SCO 1st 1st (Filion) FINA World Cup 07-2014 Shanghai, CHN 9th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 6 06-2014 Monterrey, MEX 1st 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 5 05-2014 Windsor, ON 9th 1st (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 05-2014 Winnipeg, MB 1st Gillette Canada Cup 05-2014 Gatineau, QC 3rd 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2014 London, GBR 2nd 3rd (Filion) FINA/NVC World Series 2 03-2014 Dubai, UAE 4th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2014 Beijing, CHN 5th 2nd (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 03-2014 Saskatoon, SK 1st -
2013
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS FINA World Aquatics Championships 07-2013 Barcelona, ESP 2nd (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 05-2013 Quebec City, QC 2nd 1st (Filion) FINA World Series 5 05-2013 Guadalajara, MEX 8th 4th (Filion) Gillette Canada Cup 05-2013 Gatineau, QC 1st 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2013 Dubai, UAE 2nd 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2013 Beijing, CHN 2nd 2nd (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 02-2013 Winnipeg, MB 1st -
2012
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS Olympic Games 07-2012 London, GBR 11th 3rd (Filion) Canadian Diving Trials/Summer Senior National Championships 05-2012 Montreal, QC 3rd USA Grand Prix 05-2012 Fort Lauderdale, USA 6th* 2e (Filion) Tin Bo Travel Canada Cup 05-2012 Montréal, QC 13th* 1st (Filion) FINA World Series 4 04-2012 Tijuana, MEX 2e 4th (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2012 Moscow, RUS 9th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2012 Beijing, CHN 4th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2012 Dubai, UAE 5th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Cup 02-2012 London, ENG 13th 2nd (Filion) German Grand Prix 02-2012 Rostock, GER 7th 6th (Filion) -
2011
Competition Date Location 10M 10MS Winter Senior National Championships 12-2011 Victoria, BC 1st 2nd (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 06-2011 Edmonton, AB 1st 1st (Filion) Canada Cup 04-2011 Montreal, QC 6th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 4 04-2011 Guanajuato, MEX 7th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2011 Sheffield, GBR 8th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2011 Beijing, CHN 8th 4th (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2011 Moscow, RUS 5th 2nd (Filion) Spain Grand Prix 02-2011 Madrid, ESP 2nd (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 01-2011 London, ON 2nd -
2010-2003
Competition Date Location 1M 3M 10M 3MS 10MS Spain Grand Prix 07-2010 Madrid, ESP 2nd 2nd (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 06-2010 Saskatoon , SK 1st 1st (Filion) FINA World Cup 06-2010 Changzhou, CHN 4th 3rd (Filion) Canada Cup 05-2010 Montreal, QC 7th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2010 Veracruz, Mexico 4th (Abel) 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 04-2010 Veracruz, Mexico 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2010 Tsingdao, CHN 3rd 5th (Abel) 3rd (Filion) German Grand Prix 02-2010 Rostock, GER 11th 4th (Abel) 3rd (Filion Winter Senior National Championships 01-2010 Etobicoke, ON 1st 1st (Abel) FINA World Championships 07-2009 Rome, ITA 4th 4th (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 06-2009 Quebec City, QC 2nd USA Grand Prix 05-2009 Fort Lauderdale, FL 3rd 1st (Filion) Canada Cup 05-2009 Montreal, QC 1st 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 4 04-2009 Mexico City, MEX 7th 3rd (Filion) FINA World Series 3 04-2009 Sheffield, GB 7th 2nd (Filion) FINA World Series 2 03-2009 Changzhou, CHN 4th (Filion) FINA World Series 1 03-2009 Doha, Qat 2nd (Filion) German Grand Prix 02-2009 Rostock, GER 7th 1st (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 02-2009 Calgary, AB 2nd 1st (Filion) Olympic Games 08-2008 Beijing, CHN 7th (Filion) Maple Leaf SImply Fresh Diving Trials 06-2008 Victoria, BC 3rd 1st (Filion) German Grand Prix 06-2008 Rostock, GER 4th 2nd (Filion) USA Grand Prix 05-2008 Fort Lauderdale, FL 7th 6th (Filion) Maple Leaf Simply Fresh Canada Cup 05-2008 Montreal, QC 3rd (Abel) 5th (Filion) Russian Grand Prix 04-2008 Moscow, RUS 8th 3rd (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 03-2008 Regina, SK 5th 5th 1st (Abel) 2nd (Filion) CAMO Invitation 12-2007 Montréal, QC 8th 9th 2nd (Abel) 2nd (Filion) Pan Am Jr. Championships 11-2007 Puerto Rico 4th 3rd 1st 1st (Abel) Pan Am Games 07-2007 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 6th 3rd (MacDonald) Summer Senior National Championships 07-2007 Montreal, QC 6th 4th Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2007 Montreal, QC 1st 1st 1st Russian Grand Prix 06-2007 Moscow, RUS 7th 4th 5th (Abel) 3rd (Filion) USA Grand Prix 05-2007 Fort Lauderdale, US 9th 3rd (Filion) Canada Cup 05-2007 Montreal, QC 17th 2nd (Abel) 2nd (Filion) Pan Am Trials 04-2007 Vancouver, BC 2nd 3rd FINA World Aquatic Championships 03-2007 Melbourne, AUS 24th 4th (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 01-2007 Quebec, QC 4th 6th 5th 2nd (Abel) 1st (Filion) FINA World Junior Championships 08-2006 Kuala Lumpur, MAS 5th 27th 3rd 5th (Abel) FINA World Cup 07-2006 Changshu, CHN 3rd (Filion) Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2006 Edmonton, AB 1st 1st 1st Summer Senior National Championships 06-2006 Winnipeg, MB 7th 3rd 6th 2nd (Abel) 1st (Filion) Commonwealth Games 03-2006 Melbourne, AUS 3rd (Filion) Russian Grand Prix 03-2006 Electrostal, RUS 7th Winter Senior National Championships 01-2006 Winnipeg, MB 29th 4th 1st (Filion) Pan Am Jr. Championships 08-2005 Fort-Lauderdale, USA 1st 1st 3rd Canada Games 08-2005 Regina, SK 3rd 4th 1st FINA World Aquatic Championships 07-2005 Montreal, CAN 3rd (Filion) Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2005 Quebec, QC 1st 2nd 2nd FINA Grand Prix Super Final 06-2005 Veracruz, MEX 3rd (Filion) Summer Senior National Championships 06-2005 London, ON 5th 3rd 5th Canada Cup 05-2005 Montreal, QC 6th 3rd (Filion) Winter Senior National Championships 03-2005 Quebec, QC 7th 2nd 7th Australian Youth Olympic Festival 01-2005 Sydney, AUS 3rd World Junior Diving Championships 10-2004 Balem, BRA 10th 9th Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2004 Victoria, BC 1st 1st 1st Canadian Olympic Trials 06-2004 Winnipeg, MB 8th Winter Senior National Championships 03-2004 Calgary, AB 21st 18th 10th Summer Senior National Championships 06-2003 Winnipeg, MB 14th 15th 16th Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2002 St Johns, NFLD 4th 2nd 2nd CAN USA Junior Challenge 05-2002 Ottawa, ON 1st 2nd 1st Speedo Junior National Championships 07-2001 Victoria, BC 3rd 1st 2nd