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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Gallery
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Links
USA Olympic Team
Troy will be competing in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing alongside many other American athletes. Check them out at the official website of the US Olympic team.
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USA Diving
USA Diving is responsible for training, selecting and preparing the teams that represent the USA in events such as the Olympics.
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Speedo
Speedo is the official sponsor of Troy Dumais and the rest of the USA diving team. They also provide their diving gear.
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Biography
Name: Troy Dumais
Age: 31
Birth Date: January 21, 1980
Height: 5’ 6”
Weight: 160 lbs.
Birthplace: Ventura, Calif.
Hometown: Ventura, Calif. Current
Residence: Austin, Texas
Education: University of Texas
Major: Exercise Science
Trains: Austin, Texas
Coach: Matt Scoggin
National Team: 1996-2009
Information
- Troy Dumais is the son of Marc and Kathleen Dumais and has 4 brothers and sisters - Justin, Brice, Dwight and Leanne
- His diving coaches throughout his life have been Bill Travis, Dennis Taylor, Van Austin, Tom Scotty, Jeff Shaffer and Kenny Armstrong
- Troy graduated in 2006 from The University of Texas
- He likes to play football, tennis, hockey, basketball, baseball and video games
- Troy's goal is to win a Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and win as many senior national titles as possible
- He has no favourite dive because he likes them all
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Monday, 18 August 2008
News: 3m Diving Preliminaries
The 3m diving preliminaries were held this evening in Beijing. Troy, along with 28 other divers, competed in 6 rounds with the best 18 scoring men going through to the semi-finals. Troy came joint thirteenth scoring 448.40 points.
Troy's fellow American diver Chris Colwill came joint seventh, scoring 464.75 points. To view the results in full, go to the official website of the Beijing Olympics here.
Troy will be taking part in the 3m diving semi-finals tomorrow (19th August) at 10am Beijing time (UK - 3am, USA - 10pm). The finals take place on the same day at 8pm Beijing time (UK - 1pm, USA - 8am).
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
News: Troy at the Olympics
Last night the Beijing Olympics 2008 kicked off in spectacular style.
At the Beijing Olympics, Troy will be taking part in the 3m diving event. After years of hard work, Troy has never been fitter and this year hopes to take home a medal after finishing 4th at the Sydney Olympics and 6th at Athens.
The 3m diving schedule:
Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary
Monday 18th August - 7.00pm (UK - 12pm, US - 7am)
Men's 3m Springboard Semi-final
Tuesday 19th August - 10.00am (UK - 3am, US - 10pm)
Men's 3m Springboard Final
Tuesday 19th August - 8.30pm (UK - 3pm, US - 8am)
The times above are for Beijing, adjust them according to your location. Above are rough times for the UK and USA.
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News: Troy Talks
You can keep up to date with Troy via his online blog where he talks about his journey to the Olympics and how he got there.
Read Troy's blog here.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008
News: Welcome to Troy Dumais Online!
Troy Dumais Online is a dedicated fansite to the Olympic diver. The website is filled with information - from a detailed biography and profile to an archive of Troy's time competing in the Olympics and a comprehensive photo gallery to a video archive.
Browse around the website and let us know what you think in the comments.
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