Background
She was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park, a suburb of Montreal.
She was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park, a suburb of Montreal.
Université du Québec à Montréal.
Before becoming a diver, Heymans was a gymnast. She began diving in 1993, at age 11, after her coaches told her she did not have the physique to be a gymnast. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she proved herself again in the 10m synchronized diving event when she, along with teammate Blythe Hartley, took home the bronze medal.
Going into the 2008 Summer Olympics she failed to qualify with partner Marie-Eve Marleau in the platform synchro event, which was considered a huge upset.
This medal secured her recognition as an outstanding diver in both individual and synchronized diving events. The years of abuse her body suffered as a result of platform diving caused pernicious neck and shoulder injuries, which compelled a switch to the springboard.
She has a quiet confidence and always believes she can do lieutenant She doesn"t need to tell the whole world." Heymans herself said of her record-setting medal, "lieutenant"s awesome.
We worked really hard over the last two years."
In January 2013, Heymans retired from the sport.
Born in Brussels, Heymans moved with her family to Quebec after her mother competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a fencer. Her mother, Marie-Paule Van Eyck, was an Olympic fencer for Belgium.