Tian Liang

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Diving
Gold	2000 Sydney	10m Platform
Silver	2000 Sydney	10m Platform Synchronized
Gold	2004 Athens	10m Platform Synchronized
Bronze	2004 Athens	10m Platform

Tian Liang (田亮, born August 27, 1979) is a Chinese diver for the People's Republic of China. In the Summer Olympics 2004, he won the bronze medal in the 10 m platform event and a gold medal in the synchronised platform event. Tian was also the previous 10 m platform Olympics champion, winning gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Since then, he and another gold medal winner, Guo Jingjing, often appears at the public activities. They were better known in unison as Liang Jingjing (亮晶晶, the complex name of Tian and Guo, synonymous with the word for 'sparkling').

After belting his multiple Olympic medals, Tian Liang received numerous invitations to lend his name and face to corporate promotions. His resulting involvement in these activities have led the national team to fire him after repeated warnings. In spite of this, however, Tian refused to cease his diving training but continued to practice with a provincial team. Not only did he maintain his diving standard, he furthermore managed to safeguard a medal at the following Chinese National Games. Although the public advocated his restoration to the national team following this event, the government did not concede. Tian has since then split his schedule between diving training and public activities. Rumors of his leaving the entertainment world to return to the national team have continually circulated since then with no solid conclusion.