Luis Uribe (diver) explained

Luis Uribe
Full Name:Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez[1]
Birth Date:3 September 2001
Birth Place:Risaralda, Colombia
Country: Colombia
Sport:Diving
Event:1 m springboard,
3 m springboard,
3 m synchro
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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.

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.

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.[4] [5] 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.[5]

2022 World Aquatics Championships

See also: Diving at the 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.[6] For the final, held later the same day, they placed seventh, scoring a total of 364.62 points for their six dives.[3] [7] The following day, in the preliminaries of the 3 metre springboard, he scored 402.55 points to qualify for the semifinals ranking fourth.[8] 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.[9] [10] 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] [11] [12] [13] 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.[11]

2022 South American Games

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.[14] 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.[15] [16] 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.[17] [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

Meet1 m springboard3 m springboard3 m synchronised springboardmixed team
Junior level
WJC 2018 6th
(489.85)
20th
(460.15)

(290.88)
12th
(233.70)
Senior level

(393.00)
4th
(457.15)
7th
(364.62)

(391.05)

(459.05)

(393.06)
9th
(298.05)

(416.80)

(361.47)
20th
(327.10)
29th
(360.85)
17th
(334.32)

(371.20)

(444.25)

(398.67)
4th
(443.15)
17th
(320.13)
6th
(421.85)

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fina.org/athletes/1107582/luis-felipe-uribe-bermudez "Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez"
  2. [FINA]
  3. https://www.risaralda.gov.co/publicaciones/156837/risaralda-tiene-a-uno-de-los-mejores-clavadistas-del-planeta/ "Risaralda tiene a uno de los mejores clavadistas del planeta"
  4. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/canadian-divers-mckay-povzner-win-gold-at-worlds-junior-championships-1.4760021 "Canadian divers McKay, Povzner win gold at world junior championships"
  5. https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/11/04/64711d66-c267-4a56-8080-25bf046ffe8d/2018-World-Junior-Diving-Championships-Detailed-Results.pdf "22nd FINA World Junior Diving Championships: Detailed Results"
  6. [FINA]
  7. [FINA]
  8. [FINA]
  9. [FINA]
  10. 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.
  11. [FINA]
  12. https://www.britishswimming.org/news/diving-news/laugher-shows-fight-and-class-take-worlds-bronze/ "Laugher Shows Fight And Class To Take Worlds Bronze"
  13. https://www.swimming.org/diving/world-diving-championships-2022-day-three/ "Lee, Williams and Laugher land GB World Championships silver and bronze"
  14. https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/deportista/atleta/39788#/ficha/39788 "Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez"
  15. https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/competencias/esquema/4/competencia/4009 "Trampolín 3m sincronizado - Male - Diving: Final Results"
  16. https://quepasamedia.com/noticias/deportes/brasil-arranca-con-buen-pie-la-segunda-jornada-de-los-juegos-suramericanos/ "Brasil arranca con buen pie la segunda jornada de los Juegos Suramericanos"
  17. Gómez, Julián (4 October 2022). "Juegos Suramericanos | Colombia sigue al acecho de Brasil" (in Spanish). confidencialcolombia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  18. https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/competencias/esquema/4/competencia/4012 "Trampolín 3m - Male - Diving: Final Results"
  19. https://www.elheraldo.co/deportes/juegos-suramericanos-jornada-dorada-para-colombia-en-el-tercer-dia-de-competencia-943445 "Jornada dorada para Colombia en los Juegos Suramericanos"
  20. https://eldeportivo.com.co/mas-deportes/otras-disciplinas/juegos-suramericanos-2022-colombia-es-segunda-en-medallero/ "Juegos Suramericanos 2022: Colombia se ubica segunda en el medallero"
  21. https://www.asu2022.org.py/competencias/esquema/4/competencia/4034 "Trampolín 1m - Masculina - Acuáticos clavados: Final Resultados"
  22. 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.
  23. https://www.elespectador.com/deportes/mas-deportes/asi-van-los-juegos-sudamericanos-2022/ "Así van los Juegos Sudamericanos 2022"
  24. https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/10/06/colombia-es-segunda-en-la-medalleria-de-los-juegos-sudamericanos-de-asuncion-2022/ "Colombia es segunda en la medallería de los Juegos Sudamericanos de Asunción 2022"