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Guo Jingjing
Personal information
Full nameGuo Jingjing
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
CountryChina
Event(s)3m springboard,
3m synchro
PartnerWu Minxia
Former partnerFu Mingxia
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 3m Springboard
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Synchro Springboard
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 3m Springboard
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Fukuoka 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2001 Fukuoka Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montréal 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montréal Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne Synchro Springboard
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 3m Springboard
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2006 Busan Synchro Springboard
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing 1m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing Platform Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu Synchro Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 1m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Synchro Springboard

Template:Chinese name Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶; pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng; born October 15, 1981 in Baoding, Hebei) is a female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olymic gold medals than any other female diver.[1]

Career

Guo took up diving when she was six years old at the Baoding Training Base. She started training in competitive diving in 1988, and was selected to dive for the Chinese national team in 1992. Guo first competed at the Olympics in 1996. Her coach leading up to the 2008 Olympics was Zhong Shaozhen.

During the 2004 Summer Olympics Guo earned a gold medal in the 3 meter women's synchronized springboard along with Wu Minxia, before winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 meter women's springboard.[2]

After the Athens Olympics, Guo became a Chinese national sports figure in the public eye, with a contract with McDonald's, as well as multiple other endorsement contracts. She was later banned by the national team for excessive commercial activities, but was later accepted back to the team when she agreed to focus on diving and give up many promotional activities.[3] Guo is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team, and is known in China as "The Princess of Diving". Guo announced on November 23, 2006, that she would retire following the 2008 Olympic Games.[4]

Guo won two more gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. At the end of the Beijing Games, Guo became the most decorated female Olympic diver[5], and tied fellow Chinese athlete Fu Mingxia, and American Greg Louganis with the most gold medals (four).[6]

2008 Olympics

Guo Jingjing won the gold medal in the women's 3-meter springboard with a total of 415.35 points. The silver medal was awarded to Yuliya Pakhalina of Russia, whose score was 398.60, followed by Wu Minxia of China with 389.85 for the bronze medal.[7]

In synchronized diving, the defending champions Guo, and Wu, who won the event in the 2004 Athens Olympics and three World Championships, had lead the entire competition in Beijing, winning the gold medal, with Yuliya Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia, who posted 323.61, winning Silver.[8][9]

Personal life

Guo's social activities after the Athens Olympics were the subject of scrutiny in Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong media news outlets.[10] Guo made entertainment headlines in China when the paparazzi published a photograph of her dining with Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, the grandson of the late Hong Kong business tycoon Henry Fok. Guo did not deny the relationship, and has been photographed many times with Kenneth Fok in public.[11]

Guo, along with other divers on her team, suffers from diving-related health problems such as poor eyesight.[12]

Major achievements

  • 1995 World Cup – 1st Synchronized Platform & 3m Synchronized Springboard
  • 1996 Olympic Games – 5th Platform
  • 1998 World Championships – 2nd 3m Springboard
  • 1999 World Cup – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 3rd 3m Springboard
  • 2000 World Cup – 1st 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
  • 2000 Olympic Games – 2nd 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2001 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2002 World Cup – 1st 1m & 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
  • 2002 Asian Games – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2003 FINA Diving Grand Prix (Australia/China) – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2003 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2004 World Cup – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 2nd 3m Springboard
  • 2004 Olympic Games – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2005 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2006 Asian Games – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard
  • 2007 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
  • 2008 Olympic Games 1st Women's 3m Synchronised Springboard
  • 2008 Olympic Games 1st Women's 3m Springboard

References

  1. ^ BBC (2008). "Guo may dive on after record gold". BBC. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Xinjua (2004). "After 8 years, Guo finally makes it in Olympics". China Daily. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  3. ^ ESPN (2007). "Hanging by a Thread" (html). ESPN. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  4. ^ Xinhua (2006). "Asian Games-bound diver Guo Jingjing to retire after 2008 Olympics" (html). People's Daily. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  5. ^ Lei Lei (2008). "Talkin' 'bout our generations of divers". China Daily. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Canwest Publishing Inc.. (2008). "China's Guo claims gold, Olympic diving record". Canwest Publishing Inc. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Associated Press (2008). "Guo golden again". NBC. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  8. ^ Alan Paul. "China's beloved Guo adds to legacy". NBC. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  9. ^ Beth Harris for the Associated Press (2008). "China Wins 1st Diving Medal at Beijing Olympics". ABC News. Retrieved August 19 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Echo Shan (2005). "Diving prince Tian Liang's new fling revealed in hot kiss" (htm). China Daily. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  11. ^ Flora Bagenal (2008). "Diving princess Guo Jingjing enters love's troubled waters" (ece). The Times. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  12. ^ The Straits Times. ST - Chinas golden sacrifices. August 26, 2008.
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