He Zi (Chinese: 何姿; pinyin: Hé Zī; born 11 December 1990 in Nanning, Guangxi) is an Olympic medal winning Chinese female diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.[1]
Career[edit]
Among her achievements are:
- 2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m[citation needed] and 3 m[2] springboard events of the Asian Games.
- 2007 – gold medal in the women's 1 m springboard event of the World Aquatics Championships.[1]
- 2009 – gold medal in the women's 3 m springboard event of the FINA Diving World Series.[3]
- 2010 – won gold in 3 m springboard and gold (with Wu Minxia) in the synchronised 3 m springboard at the 17th FINA Diving World Cup.[4]
- 2011 – won gold (with Wu Minxia) in the synchronised 3 m springboard and silver in the 3 m springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
- 2012 – won gold (with Wu Minxia) in women's 3m springboard synchronized diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- 2012 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- 2013 - won gold in 1m springboard in 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, beating Tania Cognotto of Italy by just 0.1 points.[5]
- 2016 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal life[edit]
Right after she won silver in the 3m springboard dive on 14 August 2016, He Zi accepted a marriage proposal by boyfriend and fellow diver Qin Kai, whom she has dated for 6 years.[6] They married in June 2017, and in July she announced her retirement from international competition.[7] Their daughter was born in October 2017.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Diving – He Zi (China) : season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "He Zi wins women's 3m springboard gold at National Diving Championships – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". en.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2009 – Rankings". fina.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2010 – Rankings". fina.org. Retrieved 23 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Barcelona 2013". fina.org - official FINA website. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Watch: The beautiful moment unsuspecting swimmer gets proposed to - minutes after winning medal tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2021
- ^ "China's Olympic champion diver He Zi retires". China.org.cn. 25 July 2017.
- ^ "秦凯何姿女儿6个月能做平板支撑 周继红带她试水". Sina. 28 April 2018.
External links[edit]
- He Zi at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
- He Zi at Olympics.com
- He Zi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- He Zi at World Aquatics
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