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.
Career
Among her achievements are:
- 2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m and 3 m springboard events of the Asian Games.
- 2007 – gold medal in the women's 1 m springboard event of the World Aquatics Championships.
- 2009 – gold medal in the women's 3 m springboard event of the FINA Diving World Series.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2016 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
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. They married in June 2017, and in July she announced her retirement from international competition. Their daughter was born in October 2017.
See also
References
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- "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
- 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)
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Preceded by Wu Minxia
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FINA Female Diver of the Year 2013 |
Succeeded by Liu Huixia
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| Olympic diving champions in women's synchronized 3 metre springboard | |
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| World diving champions in women's 1 metre springboard | |
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| World diving champions in women's 3 metre springboard | |
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| World diving champions in women's synchronized 3 metre springboard | |
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| Asian Games Champions in Diving – Women's 3 m Springboard | |
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| Universiade diving champions in women's 3 metre springboard | |
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| Universiade Diving Champions in Women's Synchronized 3 metre Springboard | |
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nanning
- Chinese female divers
- Olympic divers for China
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Divers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Divers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in diving
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen