2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

The 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is an ongoing season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. It is the 16th edition of this event. The series began on 26 May in Athens, Greece, with the final event being held on 10 November 2024 in Sydney, Australia.

2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
SportCliff diving
Duration26 May 2024 – 10 November 2024
Seasons
2025 →

Calendar

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Date Location Ref.
26 May   Athens, Greece [1]
8 June   Boston, United States [2]
30 June   Polignano a Mare, Italy
20 July   Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
10 August   Oslo, Norway
25 August   Montreal, Canada [3]
29 September   Antalya, Turkey
10 November   Sydney, Australia

Divers

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The men's series features 8 permanent divers, with four wildcard divers selected to compete at each event. Whilst this season of the women's series have 7 permanent divers, with 5 wildcard divers selected at each event. [4]

Changes in Lineup

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The 2024 season saw four new permanent divers with Carlos Gimeno and Jonathan Paredes becoming permanent divers in the Men's series. Maria Paula Quintero and Simone Leathead were the new permanent divers in the Women's series.

Gary Hunt decided he will not compete as a permanent diver in the 2024 series to focus on his participation in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, bringing to end a run of 98 consecutive competition starts in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.[5] Miguel Garcia competes as a wild card diver having finished lowest of the permanent divers in the 2023 series.[6]

In the Women's series, Jessica Macaulay retired from the Red Bull Cliff Diving series following the 2023 season. Iris Schmidbauer took a break from competing due to pregnancy, but confirmed plans to return to the series.[7] Yana Nestsiarava competes as a wild card diver having placed lowest among the permanent divers in the 2023 series.

Permanent divers for the 2024 series:


Standings

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The 2024 series adapted a new points system for the championship standings. The dive scores per event determines the standings for the individual event, and championship points are handed out based on final position for the event. Scoring the 12 athletes, including wildcards 20-16-13-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points.[8]


The men's series features eight events. The 8 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.

Men's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
 
GRE
 
USA
 
ITA
 
NIR
 
NOR
 
CAN
 
TUR
 
AUS
Points
total
1   James Lichtenstein (USA) 13 16 16   45
2   Constantin Popovici (ROU) 20 2 20   42
3   Aidan Heslop (GBR) 7 20 11   38
4   Carlos Gimeno (ESP) 16 4 8   28
5   Jonathan Paredes (MEX) 8 1 13   22
6   Yolotl Martinez (MEX) DNC 11 6   17
7   Oleksiy Pryhorov (UKR) 5 7 4   16
8   Nikita Fedotov (ANA) DNC 13 2   15
9   Miguel Garcia (COL) 6 6 3   15
10   Cătălin Preda (ROU) 11 3 DNC   14
11   David Colturi (USA) 3 8 DNC   11
12   Sergio Guzman (MEX) 2 DNC 5   7
13   Andrea Barnaba (ITA) DNC DNC 7   7
14   Braden Rumpit (NZL) 1 5 DNC   6
15   Matthew Cooper (USA) 4 DNC DNC   4
16   Davide Baraldi (ITA) DNC DNC 1   1
-   PIerrick Schafer (SUI) DNC DNC DNC   0
Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Women

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The women's series features eight events. The 7 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least five wildcard divers.

Women's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver
 
GRE
 
USA
 
ITA
 
NIR
 
NOR
 
CAN
 
TUR
 
AUS
Points
total
1   Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) 16 20 20 20 20 16   115 [a]
2   Molly Carlson (CAN) 20 13 13 13 16 20   96
3   Kaylea Arnett (USA) - 16 16 13 - 13   46
4   Ginni van Katwijk (NED) - 7 8 16 7 7   45
5   Meili Carpenter (USA) 6 10 4 7 8 6   41
6   Simone Leathead (CAN) 13 8 7 2 4 4   39
6   Maria Paula Quintero (COL) 7 6 5 10 6 5   39
8   Eleanor Smart (USA) 2 4 3 8 3 10   30
9   Elisa Cosetti (ITA) 10 - 6 - 13 -   29
10   Xantheia Pennisi (AUS) 8 1 10 5 1 -   25
11   Anna Bader (GER) 5 - - - 10 -   15
12   Nelli Chukanivska (UKR) - - - - 5 8   13
13   Morgane Herculano (SUI) - 2 - 6 - 3   11
14   Paty Valente (BRA) 4 - - 4 - -   8
15   Madeleine Bayon (FRA) - 3 2 3 - -   8
16   Aimee Harrison (CAN) 1 5 - - - 1   7
17   Yana Nestsiarava (ANA) 3 - 1 - - -   4
18   Paula Gilabert (ESP) - - - 1 2 -   3
19   Carlota Gonzales Pereiro (ESP) - - - - - 2   2
-   Emily Chinnock (AUS) - - - - - -   0


Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Notes

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  1. ^ The broadcast listed Iffland as having 37 points during the Boston event.

References

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  1. ^ "Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Cliff Diving World Series returns to Boston". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Port of Montreal to host Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event this summer". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Divers Line-Up". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Instagram Post". Instagram. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. ^ "New in 2024". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Magazin 2024. Red Bull Media House. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024.
  7. ^ "Surprise!". Instagram. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Judging & Scoring". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Magazin 2024. Red Bull Media House. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024.
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