Myriam Boileau is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 diver

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

. She began diving at the age of ten, and studied at the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

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She won the first international competition for Canada since 1984's Sylvie Bernier

Sylvie Bernier

Sylvie Bernier, CM, CQ is an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy, Quebec) in Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....

 at the FINA

Fina

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 World Cup of Mexico City, September 1997. She won a bronze medal in the Canada Cup, 2002 in the 10m platform. She finished seventh on the 10m platform diving event at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

. She has recently retired from competitive diving.

Boileau is one of the many divers from the world-famous Club de Plongeon CAMO

CAMO

CAMO, short for Club Aquatique de Montreal, is a swim club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada's Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.CAMO operates in three areas: swimming, diving and water polo...

, operating out of the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

The Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard is a multi-purpose sport facility, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.-Overview:...

in Montreal.