Fu Mingxia

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Olympic medal record
Women's Diving
Gold 1992 Barcelona 10m platform
Gold 1996 Atlanta 10m platform
Gold 1996 Atlanta 3m springboard
Gold 2000 Sydney 3m springboard
Silver 2000 Sydney 3m springboard synchro
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu.

Fu Mingxia (Chinese: 伏明霞, pinyin: Fú Míngxiá) was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall (5'2"). At an early age, Fu Mingxia learned to swim at a nearby river under the instruction of her father, Fu Yijun.[citation needed] She started gymnastics at age 5, soon switching to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing.[citation needed]

Fu Mingxia won her first world champion title in 1991 at the World Swimming Championships. At age 12, she became the youngest world champion ever. In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13. That prompted the international governing body to rule divers must turn 14 by the year of Olympic, World Championship or World Cup competition to participate. Fu also won the 10-meter platform gold in both the 1993 and 1994 World Championships and the 3-meter springboard gold in the 95 World Championships.

In 1996, when Fu Mingxia was 17 years old, she captured both the 10-meter platform gold and the 3-meter springboard gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In doing so, she equalled the achievements of Germany's Ingrid Kraemer in the 1960 Rome Olympics, becoming only the fourth female to capture both titles.

[edit] Awards and accomplishments

  • 1990 Goodwill Games - 10m platform 1st (11 years old)
  • 1990 Asian Games - 10m platform 3rd (12 years old)
  • 1991 World Swimming Championships - 10m platform 1st (12 years old)
  • 1992 Olympic Games - 10m platform 1st (14 years old)
  • 1993 FINA Diving World Cup - 3m springboard 3rd (15 years old)
  • 1994 World Swimming Championships - 10m platform 1st (16 years old)
  • 1994 Asian Games - 3m springboard 2st (16 years old)
  • 1995 FINA Diving World Cup - 10m platform 2nd (17 years old)
  • 1995 FINA Diving World Cup - 3m springboard 1st (17 years old)
  • 1996 Olympic Games - 10m platform 1st (18 years old)
  • 1996 Olympic Games - 3m springboard 1st (18 years old)
  • 1999 University Games - 10m platform 1st (21 years old)
  • 1999 University Games - 3m springboard 1st (21 years old)
  • 2000 FINA Diving World Cup - 3m springboard 2nd (22 years old)
  • 2000 Olympic Games - 3m springboard synchronized (with Guo Jingjing) 2nd (22 years old)
  • 2000 Olympic Games - 3m springboard 1st (22 years old)

[edit] Marriage to Antony Leung

Fu Mingxia married Mr. Antony Leung Kam Chung, former Financial Secretary of Government of Hong Kong, on 15 July 2002 in Hawaii. Their marriage was not publicly revealed until 30 July 2002. The couple has a daughter, born on 26 February 2003.

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