He Zi (Chinese: 何姿; pinyin: Hé Zī; born 11 December 1990) is an Olympic medal winning Chinese female diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.[1]
Career
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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
editRight 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
editReferences
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 World Aquatics
- He Zi at Olympics.com
- He Zi at Olympedia (archive)
- He Zi at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived, also available in Chinese)
