At the most recent World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Juliette Landi competed for Team France in the Women’s 1m and 3m Springboard, and in June 2025, she competed at the European Junior Diving Championships in Athens, qualifying for the Girls’ 3m Springboard final, which marked her final competition at junior level. Juliette returned from injury to compete at the French National Championships last year, coming away with the Gold medal in the junior 1m and 3m Springboard events and the Silver medal in the senior 3m Springboard. In November 2024, Juliette competed in the individual girls’ 1m and 3m Springboard events at the World Aquatics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and she also competed with her French teammates Pierre de Percin Northumberland, Amelie Bayol and Baptiste Allamanno in the Mixed 3m &10m Team event. Alongside her diving partner Naïs Gillet, Juliette competed in front of a home crowd when she made her Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard event, and with Naïs, she won her first major international medal at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard. Last year, Juliette became a student at Auburn University and is part of their diving team, and she originally wanted to be an elite artistic gymnast before getting into diving during the COVID pandemic. Speaking with Juliette, we found out from her about competing at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore for Team France, making her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 and her success as a junior springboard diver.
You have most recently competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in the Women’s 1m and 3m Springboard, how was it representing Team France in Singapore and competing in the heats of both Springboard events?
It felt amazing to be back out on the world stage in the senior division since the Olympics. This past diving season has been difficult for me, so to even be at those World Championships and compete in the 1m and 3m Springboard was just something so special.
Representing France is always an honour. It makes me think about my parents and my family, and how grateful I am that I have this opportunity in general.
I had never actually competed the 1m Springboard in a senior international competition, so that was super fun. I really got to get some of the jitters/nerves out before competing on my main height, 3m!
What did you enjoy most about competing at your second World Aquatics Championships and how did you prepare for the competition?
What I enjoyed most about being at these World Championships would have to be the fact that I got to see all of my international friends and really be in that competition setting, taking in the experience and pretty much just learning.
Going to those international competitions, even how difficult it can be, it makes you better. I prepared for the competition by many practices – that’s really what it takes.
In June, you competed at the 2025 European Junior Diving Championships in Athens, how did you feel having these Championships as your final competition of your junior career?
I won’t lie – I was very emotional going into the competition. Knowing it was my last time on the junior circuit, I really just went into this competition taking it all in and enjoying the last time I would be on the junior circuit.
It was hard to close that chapter of my life because it’s so special to me. I definitely learned so much from it, and it will carry onto the senior competitions I do in the future.
How was it qualifying for the Girls’ 3m Springboard final and how did you stay focused during the event?
It was actually my first junior European Championships, so to make the 3m final was something that was a goal. Definitely going into the competition, how I stayed focused during the event was listening to my music, taking it dive by dive.
What was it like returning from injury for last year’s French National Championships, which saw you come away with Gold in the junior 1m and 3m Springboards and Silver in the senior 3m Springboard?
It was not easy. I started all of my hard dives about three weeks/a month before the French National Championships, and the meet was the meet that was going to qualify me to both the junior European Championships and World Championships.
I had strained my ab back in April, and that was the injury I was overcoming. About two/three weeks before Nationals, when I was starting to get my dives back, it flared up for a few days. So there was so much doubt going into this meet, but at the same time, I needed to prove to myself that even in these circumstances, I can overcome it and I can do what I put my mind to.
As hard as it was, I’m proud that I pushed myself. I wouldn’t have made those two meets if I didn’t have that mindset.
At the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships in Rio de Janeiro in November, you competed individually in the Girls’ 1m and 3m Springboard events, how was this?
That meet was also an emotional one for me. It was my last junior Worlds competition, and I went in with goals and half of them were achieved. The other half wasn’t achieved, but really, I mean that experience was something that I’ll never forget. It was such fun for me, and that experience was just so amazing!
What was it like diving in the Mixed 3m & 10m Team with your French teammates Pierre de Percin Northumberland, Amelie Bayol and Baptiste Allamanno, and how different did you find this to your individual competitions?
Competing in the Mixed 3m and 10m Team event was something we just enjoyed, and had so much fun altogether. It was like such a fun bonding experience ahaha.
I love this junior team so much, and so that was just such a special meet that we got to do together!
How did you find the experience making your Olympic debut in Paris in summer 2024 in front of a home crowd as part of the French diving team?
That experience is something that I’ll never forget in my whole life, but also, at the same time, I feel like it was so surreal that I ask myself sometimes did that even really happen, ahaha.
Taking in that whole crowd was something so special. I remember stepping up on the diving board for the first dive, and I could not believe my ears and what I was hearing. It was so loud, and that crowd was just insane. I’m just so grateful I had that opportunity.
As a gymnast, all I wanted to do was compete at the Olympics. It was always competing at the Paris Olympics, and deep down I always knew I wanted to do it for Team France. To do it for Team France in Paris and just being at the Olympics, I mean, I couldn’t ask for anything better. It was something so special and that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.
What was it like being selected for your first Olympic Games and staying in an athletes village for the first time?
Still to this day, it feels so surreal that I was selected for the Olympic Games. I was in total shock when I got selected because I got selected two months beforehand, so it was never certain to be able to be selected and everything, so it was just an honour.
Also, staying in the athletes village was so fun. The free coffees, oh I miss every day, and just the bakery and everything. It was so good, and even the cafeteria. I mean, the food options we had there were so good! I miss that village so much!!
How was it competing at the Paris Aquatics Centre in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard with your diving partner Naïs Gillet?
I mean, as I said before, it was so surreal. To be able to compete in an Olympic final alongside my teammate was so special, I’ll never forget it. I’m grateful that Naïs and I got to do it together!
What was the closing ceremony like to attend, and do you have any stand-out highlights from the Olympics that you can share?
It was unlike anything I’ve ever done in my life. It was just insane. I have no notes. Nothing else to say other than it was insane!!
You won your first major international medal at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, when you and Naïs won Bronze in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard, can you tell us about the competition and how did you feel standing on the podium at the European Championships?
We both started synchronized diving together only two months before, and since I live in the US, we don’t train that often together. And so because of that, going into this meet, we really were going in to get international experience before the Olympic Games.
Not only did we do that, but we also beat a pair that were going to be at the Olympics and we got to get on the podium. I was so proud of us and our fight. We actually weren’t in medal contention until our last dive was over, so I mean, we never gave up. It’s never over till the last dive is what I learned at that meet.
It was so special to stand up on that podium alongside Naïs, and I hope we can do it again in the future!
Last year, you became a student at Auburn University; what are you looking forward to for being part of their diving team?
This team is something so special, and I’m excited to be a part of it and compete for this amazing university!!
How did you originally get into diving and was it always something you wanted to do at elite level?
I always wanted to do gymnastics at an elite level. Up until the age of 13 years old, I thought I was going to stay in gymnastics for the rest of my career. I never thought I’d go into diving. I never thought I’d do any other sport.
But after the COVID pandemic, I realised I had fallen out of love for something that I had loved for so long. There was no reason to keep doing something that I didn’t love anymore. So I’m grateful that I found diving.
I got into it through a friend. They had a diving board outside, and I was playing on it after I quit gymnastics. My friend’s mom told my mom that I should try diving, and it’s history from there!
What does a typical training day look like for you and how has it changed over time?
In the past year, it has changed a bunch. Now being in Auburn, a typical training day for me with a two-day practice is I have an early morning practice and an early afternoon practice, and then lift in the afternoon.
And then the days we only have one a day during the week, I have classes in the morning and then practice early afternoon and lift in the afternoon! It fluctuates as well if I travel and go to France and train there, so it does change!
Were there any divers that inspired you when starting out and do you have any other favourite sports to watch?
I never really watched diving growing up, so when I started out diving, there wasn’t a particular diver I looked up to.
But when I was a gymnast, I looked up to so many gymnasts – one in particular was Simone Biles… my parents coached her. She is somebody that is resilient, has overcome so much, and is just an amazing role model to look up to!
How do you like to spend your free time?
I am currently at Auburn, but when I lived back at home with my parents, I loved just spending my free time with them and being around them.
But now being in Auburn, I won’t lie, I love spending time alone, just to really take time for myself. Sometimes I’ll just go shopping. I love shopping!!
Do you have any competitions coming up that you can tell us about or that you are targeting?
Internationally, there aren’t any that I know of, nor any that I can share, but there are a few Auburn meets coming up that I am super excited to compete in.
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