Hu Jia (diver)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hu.
Hu Jia (diver)
Personal information
Born January 10, 1983
Medal record
Men's Diving
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 10m Platform
Silver 2000 Sydney 10m Platform
Silver 2000 Sydney 10m Platform Synchro
World Championships
Gold 2001 Fukuoka 10m Platform Synchro
Gold 2005 Montreal 10m Platform
Asian Games
Gold 2002 Busan 10m Platform Synchro

Hu Jia (Chinese: 胡佳; pinyin: Hú Jia; born January 10, 1983 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a male Chinese diver who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in sixth place at the end of the preliminary round, and fourth place after the semi-finals, but put in an excellent performance in the finals to take first place.

Hu also won two silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the 10m Platform and 10 m Platform Synchronized.

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1904: George Sheldon (USA) • 1908: Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) • 1912: Erik Adlerz (SWE) • 1920: Clarence Pinkston (USA) • 1924: Albert White (USA) • 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA) • 1932: Harold Smith (USA) • 1936: Marshall Wayne (USA) • 1948 – 1952: Samuel Lee (USA) • 1956: Joaquín Capilla (MEX) • 1960 – 1964: Bob Webster (USA) • 1968 – 1972 – 1976: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) • 1980: Falk Hoffmann (GDR) • 1984 – 1988: Greg Louganis (USA) • 1992: Sun Shuwei (CHN) • 1996: Dmitri Sautin (RUS) • 2000: Tian Liang (CHN) • 2004: Hu Jia (CHN) • 2008: Matthew Mitcham (AUS)

1973: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)  • 1975: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)  • 1978: Greg Louganis (USA)  • 1982: Greg Louganis (USA)  • 1986: Greg Louganis (USA)  • 1991: Sun Shuwei (CHN)  • 1994: Dmitri Sautin (RUS)  • 1998: Dmitri Sautin (RUS)  • 2001: Tian Liang (CHN)  • 2003: Alexandre Despatie (CAN)  • 2005: Hu Jia (CHN)  • 2007: Gleb Galperin (RUS)  • 2009: Tom Daley (GBR)  • 2011: Qiu Bo (CHN)

1998: Tian Liang and Sun Shuwei (CHN)  • 2001: Tian Liang and Hu Jia (CHN)  • 2003: Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery (AUS)  • 2005: Dmitriy Dobroskok and Gleb Galperin (RUS)  • 2007: Huo Liang and Lin Yue (CHN)  • 2009: Huo Liang and Lin Yue (CHN)  • 2011: Qiu Bo and Huo Liang (CHN)

 1961: Tadao Tosa (JPN) •  1963: Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN) •  1965: Rick Gilbert (USA) •  1967: Yosuke Arimitsu (JPN) •  1970: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) •  1973: Nikolay Mikhaylin (URS) •  1977: Kent Vosler (USA) •  1979: Vladimir Aleynik (URS) •  1981: Li Hongping (CHN) •  1983: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1985: Tong Hui (CHN) •  1987: Li Kongzheng (CHN) •  1991: Wu Feilong (CHN) •  1993: Xiong Ni (CHN) •  1995: Cheng Wei (CHN) •  1997: Xiao Hailiang (CHN) •  1999: José Antonio Guerra (CUB) •  2001: Tian Liang (CHN) •  2003: Tian Liang (CHN) •  2005: Rommel Pacheco (MEX) •  2007: Hu Jia (CHN) •  2009: Konstyantyn Milyayev (UKR) •  2011: Wu Jun (CHN)

 2001: Tian Liang and Hu Jia (CHN) •  2003: Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui (CHN) •  2005: Aleksey Kravchenko and Anton Melnikov (RUS) •  2007: Konstantin Khanbekov and Oleg Vikulov (RUS) •  2009: Wang Zihao and Li Mengqiang (CHN) •  2011: Huo Liang and Lin Yue (CHN)