2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

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2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
SportCliff diving
Duration13 April – 14 September 2019
Men
Overall1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gary Hunt (GBR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jonathan Paredes (MEX)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Andy Jones (USA)
Women
Overall1st place, gold medalist(s)  Rhiannan Iffland (AUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jessica Macaulay (GBR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lysanne Richard (CAN)
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was the 11th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. The series began on 13 April in El Nido, Philippines, with the final event taking place on 14 September in Bilbao, Spain.[1][2]

Calendar[]

The 2019 calendar included three locations that were new to the series: El Nido, Dublin and Beirut. The final event took place on 14 September in Bilbao.[2]

Date Location Ref.
13 April Philippines El Nido, Palawan, Philippines [3]
12 May Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland [4]
2 June Italy Polignano a Mare, Italy [5]
22 June Portugal São Miguel, Azores, Portugal [6]
14 July Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon [7]
24 August Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina [8]
14 September Spain Bilbao, Spain [9]

Divers[]

The line-up of divers for the 2019 series was announced in November 2018. The men's series featured 10 permanent divers, with former Olympic divers Constantin Popovici and Oleksiy Pryhorov joining the permanent line-up for the first time. In the women's series, the line-up of six permanent divers included 23-year-old newcomer Eleanor Smart, who was the youngest permanent diver on the 2019 tour. In addition to the permanent divers, at least four wildcard divers were selected to compete at each stop of the men's and women's series.[10]

Permanent divers for the 2019 series:

Standings[]

At each event, each competing diver performed four dives. The diver with the highest cumulative score after all four dives was declared the winner, and was awarded 200 points. Further points were awarded to all divers who competed at each event, based on their finishing position.[11]

Men[]

The men's series featured seven events. The 10 permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.

Men's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
El Nido
Dublin
[IR 1]
Polignano a Mare
São Miguel
Beirut
Mostar
Bilbao 		Points
total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gary Hunt (GBR) 200 0 200 200 200 160 200 1160
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jonathan Paredes (MEX) 130 0 60 160 110 130 160 750
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Andy Jones (USA) 60 0 160 130 30 70 90 540
4  Constantin Popovici (ROU) 160 0 - - - 200 110 470
5  Michal Navrátil (CZE) 40 0 130 110 90 40 50 460
6   (USA) 70 0 20 60 160 9 20 339
7  Oleksiy Pryhorov (UKR) 20 0 70 90 50 60 30 320
8   (ROU) - - 10 70 130 90 - 300
9  Alessandro De Rose (ITA) 8 0 110 - - 110 70 298
10  Blake Aldridge (GBR) 50 0 40 30 60 20 60 260
11   (POL) 110 0 90 20 10 - - 230
12  Steven LoBue (USA) 90 0 50 10 70 8 - 228
13   (GBR) - - - - - - 130 130
14   (UKR) - - - 40 - 50 10 100
15   (RUS) 10 - - 50 - - - 60
16   (COL) - - - - 8 - 40 48
17  Orlando Duque (COL) 30 0 9 - - - 8 47
18   (SUI) - - - - 40 - - 40
19   (MEX) 9 0 - - - 30 - 39
20   (RUS) - - 30 - - - - 30
21   (USA) - - - - 20 - - 20
22   (BLR) - - - - - 10 - 10
23   (GER) - - - 9 - - - 9
  (LUX) - - - - 9 - - 9
  (GBR) - 0 - - - - 9 9
26   (ESP) - - 8 - - - - 8
  (BRA) - - - 8 - - - 8
Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver
  1. ^ No points were awarded in Dublin. The event went ahead as planned, but due to cold water temperatures the divers had to compete with revised dive lists.[12]

Women[]

The women's series featured seven events. The six permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.

Women's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
El Nido
Dublin
[IR 1]
Polignano a Mare
São Miguel
Beirut
Mostar
Bilbao 		Points
total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) 200 0 200 200 200 200 200 1200
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jessica Macaulay (GBR) 110 0 90 160 70 110 130 670
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lysanne Richard (CAN) 130 0 110 130 - 130 160 660
4  Yana Nestsiarava (BLR) 160 0 130 40 130 50 70 580
5   (USA) 40 0 50 110 90 160 50 500
6   (COL) - 0 160 50 60 70 110 450
7  Adriana Jiménez (MEX) 90 0 - 90 160 - - 340
8  Iris Schmidbauer (GER) - 0 - 70 110 40 60 280
9  Xantheia Pennisi (AUS) 60 - 40 - 50 - 90 240
10   (UKR) 50 - 70 - - 90 - 210
11   (BRA) - - - 60 - 30 30 120
12   (ESP) - 0 - 30 40 - 40 110
13  Genevieve Bradley (USA) - - - - 30 60 - 90
14  Ginger Huber (USA) 70 0 - - - - - 70
15   (CAN) - - 60 - - - - 60
Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver
  1. ^ No points were awarded in Dublin. The event went ahead as planned, but due to cold water temperatures the divers had to compete with revised dive lists.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Exciting New Season Set for Lift-Off". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "2019 Calendar Unveils Three Brand New Locations". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Hunt and Iffland Win in Philippines Paradise". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Iffland Stretches Winning Streak as Popovici Takes Maiden Victory". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Imperious Iffland and Hunt Win in Italy". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Records Fall as Iffland and Hunt Win in Azores". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Hunt Strikes Again in Lebanon". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Hunt and Iffland Seal Title at Stari Most". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Hunt and Iffland Reign in Spain". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Permanent Divers Line-Up Confirmed". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Format and Scoring". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Dublin Format Changes Due to Cold Water". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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