Nathan Zsombor- Murray

About Nathan Zsombor-Murray

Olympian Nathan Zsombor-Murray is a key part of the resurgence for Canadian men’s diving, and at only 20 years old, the best is yet to come. 

Zsombor-Murray began diving at the age of five. In classic fashion, he caught the eye of a local diving coach while doing flips off his father’s shoulders. The coach asked if Nathan might be interested in taking lessons.

In less than 10 years, Zsombor-Murray was already diving at FINA World Championships. The then 14 year-old finished 5th in mixed 10m synchro with partner Meaghan Benfeito at 2017 Worlds in Budapest, Hungary. The following year, in Montreal, the pair won a gold medal at Zsombor-Murray’s first FINA Diving World Series.

On top of that early promise, Zsombor-Murray collected a personal and national record in the Boys B (14-15 age group) 10m event at the 2018 Speedo Junior Elite Nationals with a score of 514.84.

The platform precociousness continued when he won a silver medal alongside Olympian Vincent Riendeau at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the 2019 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Calgary during their first season together. Riendeau, now retired, is also from Pointe-Claire and the two have known each other since they were kids.

At the 2020 Winter National Championships, Zsombor-Murray posted the highest-scoring dive in Canadian history with 111 points on his front four and a half tuck. He received straight 10’s on the dive which has a whopping 3.7 degree of difficulty.

In the summer of 2021, Zsombor-Murray achieved what he calls his proudest accomplishment by representing Canada at Tokyo 2020. The then 18 year-old finished 13th in 10m platform and 5th in 10m synchro with Riendeau. 

The platform synchro success continued the following summer, this time with new teammate Rylan Wiens, following the retirement of Riendeau. Zsombor-Murray and Wiens won Canada’s first-ever World Championships medal in men’s 10m synchro, snagging a bronze in Budapest. They added a synchro silver later that summer at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

At the 2023 World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Montreal, Zsombor-Murray demonstrated his individual list is also sharp by scoring 507.80 points and finishing third in men’s platform.

Coming from a family of engineers, Zsombor-Murray is studying Pure and Applied Science at Vanier College in Quebec.