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Quan Hongchan
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2007-03-28) 28 March 2007 (age 17)
Height143 cm (4 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
CountryChina
SportDiving
Event10 m
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10 m platform

Quan Hongchan (Chinese: 全红婵; pinyin: Quán Hóngchán,[2] born 28 March 2007) is a Chinese diver, national champion, and Olympic champion.[3] She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the individual 10-meter platform event.[4]

Career

In 2014 at age 7, she started training in diving. In 2018, she joined the Guangdong provincial team.[3][5]

In October 2020 at the age of 13, she won the national championship in the 10-meter platform event.[6] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Quan was the youngest athlete in the Chinese delegation. On August 5, 2021, she won the gold medal in the individual 10-meter platform event with an overall score of 466.20 points. Of her five dives, three were perfect dives, two of which earned straight scores of 10 from all seven judges.[4][7]

References

  1. ^ "Diving-China's teenage diving queens bag 10m platform gold and silver". Reuters. August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "跳水奥运选拔赛 - 14岁全红婵女子10米台夺冠 Quan Hongchan won the women's 10m platform | Tokyo 2020 | China". CGTN Sports Scene. May 14, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "QUAN Hongchan - olympics.com".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b "Quan Hongchan achieves perfection, shatters Olympic record in women's 10m platform diving final | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  5. ^ "东京奥运会跳水女子10米台:全红婵、陈芋汐包揽冠亚军--文旅·体育--人民网". ent.people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "The strongest dark horse! 13-year-old Zhanjiang girl Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the National Diving Championship". October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Chinese diver Quan, 14, wins 10m platform final with three perfect 10s". South China Morning Post. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-05.