Troy Dumais
Event: 3-meter
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Club: Texas Diving
Coach: Matt Scoggin
National Team: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Career Highlights
25-time national champion
2000, 2004 Olympic team member
2005 World Championships bronze and silver medalist
2006 World Cup silver and bronze medalist
Five-time Pan American Games medalist (gold and bronze in 2007; two bronze in 2003; bronze in 1999)
Five-time World Championships team member
13-time U.S. national team member
Personal
Son of Marc and Kathleen Dumais ... has three brothers - Justin (born 8/13/78), Brice (born 4/23/81) and Dwight (born 6/23/86), and one sister, Leanne (born 7/2/84) ... father was a professional French Canadian hockey player and tennis player ... previously trained under coaches Van Austin, Tom Scotty and Jeff Shaffer ... has also played football, hockey, tennis, basketball and baseball ... enjoys cars, movies, working out and hanging out with friends ... diving goals are to win a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and win as many senior national titles as possible ... career plans are to become a physical therapist ... has been diving for 23 years ... trains eight hours a day... has no favorite dives because he likes them all ... listens to music, plays games and talks between dives during a contest .
Other Accomplishments: Named USA Diving's Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 1997 ... 2006 Sullivan Award finalist ... recipient of the 2002 Men's All-Around Award ... 2002 NCAA Division I 1-meter and 3-meter champion, fifth on platform ... 2001 Men's All-Around Award at Indoor Nationals ... 2001 NCAA 1-meter and 3-meter champion ... 2000 NCAA 3-meter and 1-meter champion, platform silver medalist ... 1999 NCAA 3-meter champion and silver medalist on 1-meter and platform ... currently holds the record for most junior titles with 19 ... placed third on platform at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team Trials ... in 1995, became the first U.S. junior diver to win two world junior titles since 1979 with gold medals on 1- and 3-meter ... four-time high school All-American and team MVP.
