Roseline Filion

At her second Olympic Games, Roseline Filion earned a 10m synchronized bronze with partner Meaghan Benfeito in London and finished 10th in the individual event.

Earlier in 2012, Filion won silver in the 10M synchro event at the FINA World Cup and at the Senior National Championships with Benfeito. She also finished fourth in the 10m platform event.

In 2011, Filion competed at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara and won a silver with Benfeito in 10m synchro. At the FINA World Cup in 2010 the duo won bronze in the 10m synchro event. Filion made her Olympic debut in 2008 in Beijing and finished seventh in the 10m synchro event with partner Benfeito. In 2006, they won bronze at the FINA World Cup in the 10m and did the same in 2005 in Montreal at the World Championships.

Club:

plongeon CAMO

Languages spoken:

français, anglais

Idols (in sport or other):

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Favourite activities outside of sport:

le cinéma et le magasinage

Sibling(s) Name(s) (date of birth):

frère: Maxime Filion (25 ans)

Training Location(s):

Olympic Pool, Montreal

Coach(es):

Aaron Dziver & Cesar Henderson

Senior national athlete since:

2001

Canadian, World or Olympic records held (at any time):

- 365.70 for 10m at the Summer Senior National Championships,
Saskatoon, SK – June 27, 2010

- 346.23 for 10m Synchro at the Maple Leaf Simply Fresh Diving
Trials, VIctoria, BC – June 25, 2008

National titles (include event, year):

2011 – Summer Senior National Championships, Edmonton, AB -
1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2010 – Summer Senior National Championships, Saskatoon, SK
- 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2009 – Summer Senior National Championships – Quebec City,
QC – 1st on 10m
2009 – Winter Senior National Championships, Calgary, AB – 1st
on 10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2007 – Winter Senior National Championships, Quebec, QC -
1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2006 – Summer Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB -
1st on 10m
2006 – Winter Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB -
1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2005 – Junior Pan Am Championships, Fort Lauderdale, USA -
1st on 10m
2005 – Speedo Junior Nationals, Quebec, QC – 1st in 10m
2004 – Speedo Junior Nationals, Victoria, BC – 1st on 10m

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2012:

N/A

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2011:

- FINA World Aquatics Championships, Shanghai, CHN – 8th on
10m and 7th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships, Edmonton, AB – 3rd
on 10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 1st on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 4, Guanajuato, MEX – 5th on 10m and 2nd
on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 3, Sheffield, GBR – 5th on 10m and 2nd on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 2, Beijing, CHN – 5th on 10m and 4th on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 1, Moscow, RUS – 2nd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- Spain Grand Prix, Madrid, ESP – 8th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, London, ON – 4th on
10m

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2010:

- Commonwealth Games, Delhi, IND – 4th on 10m and 8th on
10m Synchro (Kemp)
- Spain Grand Prix, Madrid, ESP – 8th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships, Saskatoon, SK – 2nd
on 10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Cup, Changzhou, CHN – 6th on 10m and 3rd on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 6th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 3, Veracruz, MEX – 2nd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 2, Veracruz, MEX – 2nd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 1, Tsingdao, CHN – 3rd on10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- German Grand Prix, Rostock, GER – 7th on 10m and 3rd on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Etobicoke, ON – 3rd on
10m

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2009:

- FINA World Championships, Rome, ITA – 10th on 10m and 4th
on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships – Quebec City, QC -
1st on 10m
- USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 1st on 10m and 1st
on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 2nd on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 4, Mexico City, MEX – 6th on 10m and 3rd
on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 3, Sheffield, GBR – 5th on 10m and 2nd on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 2, Changzhou, CHN 4th on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- FINA World Series 1, Doha, QAT – 6th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- German Grand Prix, Rostock, GER – 2nd on 10m and 1st on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Calgary, AB – 1st on
10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2008:

- Olympic Games, Beijing, CHN – 7th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Maple Leaf Simply Fresh Diving Trials, VIctoria, BC – 4th on
10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- German Grand Prix, Rostock, GER – 2nd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 4th on 10m and 6th
on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Maple Leaf Simply Fresh Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 5th on
10m and 5th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Russian Grand Prix, Moscow, RUS – 3rd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Regina, SK – 2nd on
10m and 2nd on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Chine FINA Grand Prix, Shenzhen, CHN – 5th on 10m and 5th
on 10m Synchro (Kemp)

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2007:

- CAMO Invitation, Montreal, QC – 10th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships, Montreal, QC – 5th on
10m
- FISU Games, Bankok, THA – 4th on 10m
- Summer Senior National Championships, Montreal, QC – 5th on
10m
- Spanish Grand Prix, Madrid, ESP – 3rd on 10m and 3rd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Russian Grand Prix, Moscow, RUS – 3rd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 5th on 10m and 3rd
on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 5th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Pan Am Trials, Vancouver, BC – 4th on 10m
- World Aquatic Championships, Melbourne, AUS – 12th on 10m
and 4th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Quebec, QC – 2nd on
10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)

Career notes (inc. Top results) in 2006:

- FINA World Cup, Changshu, CHN – 3rd on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB – 5th
on 10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Victoria, BC – 5th on 10m and 2nd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Chinese Grand Prix, Zhuhai, CHN – 5th on 10m and 3rd on
10m Synchro (Kemp)
- Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, AUS – 4th on 10m and 3rd
on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB – 3rd on
10m and 1st on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)

Career notes prior (excluding Olympic):

2005
- Junior Pan Am Championships, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 1st on
10m
- World Aquatic Championships, Montreal, QC – 3rd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Speedo Junior Nationals, Quebec, QC – 1st in 10m
- FINA Grand Prix Super Final, Veracruz, MEX – 3rd on 10m and
3rd on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Summer Senior National Championships, London, ON – 3rd on
10m
- USA Grand Prix, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 8th on 10m and 2nd
on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
- Canada Cup, Montreal, QC – 6th on 10m and 3rd on 10m
Synchro (Benfeito)
- Winter Senior National Championships, Quebec, QC – 3rd on
10m
- Russian Grand Prix – Electrostal, RUS – 3rd on 10m

2004

- Speedo Junior Nationals, Victoria, BC – 1st on 10m
- Italy Grand Prix, Rome, ITA – 16th on 10m
- Winter Senior National Championships, Calgary, AB – 28th on
1m, 25th on 3m and 22nd on 10m
- Russia Grand Prix, Electrostal, RUS – 16th on 10m
- Germany Grand Prix, Rostock, GER – 15th on 10m

2003
- Junior Pan Am Championships, Belem, BRA – 2nd on 10m
- Summer Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB – 38th
on 1m and 5th on 10m
- US / Canada Junior Challenge, Buffalo, USA
- Canada Cup, Victoria, BC – 6th in 10m
- Spain Grand Prix, Madrid, ESP – 5th on 10m
- Winter Senior National Championships, Edmonton, AB – 18th on
1m, 21st on 3m, 5th on 10m

2002
- Speedo Junior Nationals, St. John’s, NL – 3rd on 1m, 4th on
3m, 3rd on 10m
- Provincial Senior/Junior Championships, Montreal, QC – 3rd on
1m, 2nd on 3m
- Winter Senior National Championships, Quebec City, QC – 19th
on 1m, 20th on 3m and 11th on 10m
- Provincial Senior/Junior, Laval, QC – 5th on 1m and 7th on 10m
- Canada / US Junior Challenge, Ottawa, ON – 5th on 1m, 3rd on
3m and 1st on 10m

2001
- Junior Pan Am Games, Mexico, MEX, 5th on 1m, 5th on 3m
and 2nd on 10m
- Junior Nationals, Victoria, BC – 2nd in 1m, 5th in 3m and 2nd in
10m
- Summer Senior National Championships, Quebec, QC – 21st
on 1m
- Winter Senior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB – 31st on
3m

2000 – Junior National Championships, Thunder Bay, ON – 3rd
on 3m
1999 – Junior National Championships, Montreal, QC – 5th on
10m
1998 – Junior National Championships, Winnipeg, MB, 3rd on 3m

Pan Am Games results — all events, all Games:

- Pan Am Trials, Vancouver, BC – 4th on 10m
- Junior Pan Am Championships, Fort Lauderdale, USA – 1st on
10m
- Junior Pan Am Championships, Belem, BRA – 2nd on 10m
- Junior Pan Am Games, Mexico, MEX, 5th on 1m, 5th on 3m and
2nd on 10m

World Championship appearances – Best results by year:

2011 – FINA World Aquatics Championships, Shanghai, CHN -
8th on 10m and 7th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2009 – FINA World Championships, Rome, ITA – 10th on 10m
and 4th on 10m Synchro (Benfeito)
2008 – Olympic Games, Beijing, CHN – 7th on 10m Synchro
(Benfeito)
2005 – World Aquatic Championships, Montreal, QC – 3rd on
10m Synchro (Benfeito)

Major awards (ex. CDN Player of Year, Hall of Fame inductee):

Speedo Major Competition Bonus Program:
- 2006 Commonwealth Games (Bronze in 10m Synchro)
- 2005 World Championships (Bronze in 10m Synchro)

Athlete of the year (Divers) in 2006