Justin Dumais

{{short description|American diver}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2012}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Justin Dumais | image = Justin Dumais.jpg | image_size =  | caption = Dumais in August 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|13}} | birth_place = Oxnard, California, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's diving}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2005 Montreal | Springsynchro}} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Santo Domingo | 3 m synchro}} }}

'''Justin Dumais''' (born August 13, 1978, in Oxnard, California)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ledin |first=Loren |title=Homegrown talent honored at Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/sports/2019/06/03/homegrown-talent-honored-ventura-county-sports-hall-fame-induction-banquet/1330229001/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Covelman • • |first=Steven |date=2012-07-03 |title=Ventura Native Troy Dumais Seeks Elusive Olympic Medal |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/troy-dumais-olympics-ventura-diving/1927195/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref> is a former Olympic diver and current commercial airline pilot. He represented the United States in the 2004 Summer Olympics and placed 6th in the 3-meter synchronized spring board with his brother Troy Dumais.

Dumais was raised in a family of divers and swimmers, and in 1994 was named Southern Pacific Association Diver of the Year in his class, as were all his siblings.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180629/http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/media/profiles/Dumais_Justin.pdf |url=http://www.usadiving.org/05redesign/media/profiles/Dumais_Justin.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-21 |publisher=USA Diving |title=USA Diving Athlete Biography – Justin Dumais}}</ref>

He retired from diving after the 2004 Olympics and joined the US Air Force.<ref>Krenke, Ellen (undated; circa August 2008). [http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2008/08/081508-2008_olympics.aspx "Air Guard Pilot Cheers for His Brother in 2008 Olympics"]. National Guard Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2012.</ref> Dumais became a fighter pilot, flying F-16 aircraft in the Air National Guard, and is now a first officer at American Airlines.

In the 2011 US National Championships, he and his younger brother Dwight Dumais participated in the men's 3-meter synchronized diving event. They finished third with 378.63 points, behind top finishers brother Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen.<ref>Press release (August 14, 2011). [http://usadiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/August-14-2011-Ipsen-uses-high-DD-to-win-3-meter.pdf "Ipsen Uses High DD To Win 3-meter; Viola, Cook/Krug Also Win Saturday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808034234/http://usadiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/August-14-2011-Ipsen-uses-high-DD-to-win-3-meter.pdf |date=August 8, 2012 }} (PDF format). USA Diving. Retrieved August 4, 2012.</ref>

== See also == {{stack|{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}}} * List of divers * List of people from California

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