Luis Uribe (diver)
Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez (born 3 September 2001) is a Colombian diver. At the 2022 South American Games, he won gold medals in the 1 metre springboard, 3 metre springboard, and 3 metre synchronised springboard. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he placed fourth in the 3 metre springboard and seventh in the 3 metre synchronised springboard. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships in the 3 metre synchronised springboard.
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Full name | Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [2] Risaralda, Colombia | 3 September 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1 m springboard, 3 m springboard, 3 m synchro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
Uribe was born 3 September 2001 and is based in the Risaralda Department of Colombia.[2][3] He has a sister, Viviana Uribe, who is also a competitive diver.[4]
Career
2018 World Junior Championships
At the 2018 World Junior Diving Championships, held in Kyiv, Ukraine in July, Uribe won a bronze medal in the 3 metre synchronised springboard event with his partner Daniel Restrepo, finishing with a score of 290.88 points, which was less than 10 points behind the gold medalist duo of Henry McKay and Victor Povzner from Canada.[5][6] He also placed sixth in the 1 metre springboard with a score of 489.85 points, twelfth in the mixed team event at 233.70 points, and 20th in the 3 metre springboard with a score of 460.15 points.[6]
2022 World Aquatics Championships
In the preliminaries of the 3 metre synchronised springboard at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary in June and July, Uribe and his partner Sebastián Morales, ranked fourth with a score of 387.27 points and qualified for the final.[7] For the final, held later the same day, they placed seventh, scoring a total of 364.62 points for their six dives.[3][8] The following day, in the preliminaries of the 3 metre springboard, he scored 402.55 points to qualify for the semifinals ranking fourth.[9] In the semifinals, he improved his score and ranked as the highest-placed Latin American competitor in the round of competition with a score of 411.70 points and overall fourth-rank.[10][11] He placed fourth in the final the following day, finishing within 17 points of bronze medalist, Jack Laugher of Great Britain, with a score of 457.15 points.[3][12][13][14] From the six dives he executed in the final round of competition, Uribe's highest individual dive ranked third and lowest individual dive ranked seventh, only one diver had a higher ranking lowest individual dive, gold medalist Wang Zongyuan of China whose lowest dive ranked third.[12]
2022 South American Games
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3 m synchro springboard | 393.06 | |
3 m springboard | 459.05 | |
1 m springboard | 391.05 |
For the 2022 South American Games, held in October in Asunción, Paraguay, Uribe entered to compete in three events as part of diving competition, the 1 metre springboard, 3 metre springboard, and 3 metre synchronised springboard.[15] In his first event, the 3 metre synchronised springboard on 2 October, he and his partner Sebastián Morales won the gold medal with a score of 393.06 points, finishing over 49 points ahead of the silver medalists from Brazil.[16][17] The following day, he won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard, scoring 55 points ahead of silver medalist and fellow Colombian Sebastián Morales with a final mark of 459.05 points.[4][18][19][20] The fourth and final day, he won a gold medal in the 1 metre springboard with a final mark of 391.05 points.[21][22][23] His wins helped Colombia rank second in the medal table, only behind Brazil, at the end of 5 October, the fifth day of competition across all sports at the Games.[24]
International championships
Meet | 1 m springboard | 3 m springboard | 3 m synchronised springboard | mixed team |
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Junior level | ||||
WJC 2018 | 6th (489.85) | 20th (460.15) | (290.88) | 12th (233.70) |
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SAG 2018 | — | (393.00) | — | |
WC 2022 | 4th (457.15) | 7th (364.62) | ||
SAG 2022 | (391.05) | (459.05) | (393.06) | — |
CAC 2023 | 9th (298.05) | (416.80) | (361.47) | — |
WC 2023 | 20th (327.10) | 29th (360.85) | 17th (334.32) | |
PAG 2023 | (371.20) | — |
References
- "Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez". FINA. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (27 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary Start List". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- "Risaralda tiene a uno de los mejores clavadistas del planeta" (in Spanish). Risaralda Department. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- Gómez, Julián (4 October 2022). "Juegos Suramericanos | Colombia sigue al acecho de Brasil" (in Spanish). confidencialcolombia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Canadian divers McKay, Povzner win gold at world junior championships". CBC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- "22nd FINA World Junior Diving Championships: Detailed Results". FINA. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (26 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 3m Synchro Springboard Preliminary Detailed Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (26 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard Final Detailed Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (27 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary Detailed Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (27 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 3m Springboard Semifinal Detailed Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- José Ángel Rueda (27 June 2022). "Mexicanos Martínez y Muñoz se despiden en primera ronda del Mundial de Clavados" (in Spanish). esto.com.mx. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- FINA (28 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 3m Springboard Final Detailed Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- "Laugher Shows Fight And Class To Take Worlds Bronze". British Swimming. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- "Lee, Williams and Laugher land GB World Championships silver and bronze". Swim England. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- "Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez". Asunción 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "Trampolín 3m sincronizado - Male - Diving: Final Results". Asunción 2022. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- "Brasil arranca con buen pie la segunda jornada de los Juegos Suramericanos" (in Spanish). Que Pasa. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- "Trampolín 3m - Male - Diving: Final Results". Asunción 2022. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- "Jornada dorada para Colombia en los Juegos Suramericanos" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Juegos Suramericanos 2022: Colombia se ubica segunda en el medallero" (in Spanish). eldeportivo.com.co. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Trampolín 1m - Masculina - Acuáticos clavados: Final Resultados" (in Spanish). Asunción 2022. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- Pretel, Ezequiel (5 October 2022). "Así le fue a los atletas colombianos en el quinto día de los Suramericanos" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- "Así van los Juegos Sudamericanos 2022" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- "Colombia es segunda en la medallería de los Juegos Sudamericanos de Asunción 2022" (in Spanish). Infobae. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.