Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.

Divers jump from a platform at a height ranging from 26–28 m (85–92 ft). Competitions are held in a limited number of venues around the globe.

Tour ranking

Every athlete scores a number of points in every competition as distributed here:

Points system from 2012

In 2012 the Series introduced a new point system that was continued to be used also during the 2013 season.[1]

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Points 200 160 130 110 90 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 9 8

Cliff Diving World Series champion is the athlete who scored the highest cumulated number of points in all competitions during the season.

The top 6 divers in the overall ranking at the end of the season will pre-qualify automatically for the next season.

Previous winners

Men

Season Champion Second Third
2009 Colombia Orlando Duque – 127 pts United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 127 pts Russia Artem Silchenko – 111 pts
2010 United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 109 pts Colombia Orlando Duque – 94 pts Russia Artem Silchenko – 80 pts
2011 United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 125 pts Russia Artem Silchenko – 90 pts Czech Republic Michal Navrátil – 74 pts
2012 United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 860 pts Colombia Orlando Duque – 840 pts United States Steven LoBue – 740 pts
2013 Russia Artem Silchenko – 1030 pts United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 980 pts Colombia Orlando Duque – 860 pts
2014 United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 1110 pts Russia Artem Silchenko – 840 pts United States Steven LoBue – 680 pts
2015 United Kingdom Gary Hunt – 1320 pts Colombia Orlando Duque – 970 pts Mexico Jonathan Paredes – 849 pts

Women

Season Champion Second Third
2014 United States Rachelle Simpson – 600 pts Germany Anna Bader – 390 pts Mexico Adriana Jimenez – 360 pts
2015 United States Rachelle Simpson – 490 pts United States Ginger Huber – 420 pts United States Cecilie Carlton – 400 pts

Tour stops

History of Tour stops 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20142 2015 2016
Australia Hawkesbury River, Cattai Feb 4 Jan 31 – Feb 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Stari Most, Mostar Aug 15 Sep 24
Brazil Icaraí, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro Sep 28 Oct 20
Croatia Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik July 11
Chile Rapa Nui Mar 12
Colombia Cali Feb 6–7
Colombia Cartagena Convention Centre Apr 25
Cuba Havana, Morro Castle May 10
Denmark Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen June 22 June 20 June 18
Spain La Salve Bridge, Bilbao Sep 20 Sep 26
France Bonifacio, Corsica June 23
France Tour Saint-Nicolas, La Rochelle May 19 May 15 June 18 May 25 May 17 July 23
Germany Rickmer Rickmers, Hamburg Aug 29
Greece Lake Vouliagmeni, Athens Sep 20 May 22
United Kingdom Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, UK Sep 8 Sep 14 Sep 11
Republic of Ireland Serpent's Lair, Inis Mor Aug 4 June 29
Italy Castello Scaligero, Malcesine July 24 July 14
Italy Pietro L'Abbate's Terrace, Polignano a Mare July 26 Aug 8 Sep 13 Aug 28
Japan Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Shirahama Oct 16
Mexico Ik Kil, Yucatan June 6 Apr 10
Netherlands Leuvehaven, Rotterdam May 21
Norway Grimstad July 7
Norway Øya, Kragerø July 24 July 12
Oman Wadi Shab Sep 28
Portugal São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Azores Sep 12 July 21 June 29 July 18 July 9
Switzerland Sisikon Sep 5 Aug 28
Thailand Krabi Province Oct 261
Turkey Atatürk Park, Antalya Aug 8
Russia Swallow's Nest, Yalta Sep 4 Aug 30
United Arab Emirates Signature Towers, Dubai Oct 28
United States ICA, Boston, Massachusetts Aug 20 Aug 25 Aug 24
United States Possum Kingdom Lake, Fort Worth, Texas June 7 May 30 June 4
United States Hilo, Hawaii Sep 12

1 divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay, (Phi Phi Don), Maya Bay, (Phi Phi Lee), Viking Cave, Lading Bay
2 no qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.

Qualification event
Men's World Series an Women's Invitational event
Men's and Women's World Series event

Competition rules

Scoring

References

  1. "About". Red Bull Cliff Diving. Red Bull GmbH. April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

External links

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