Lin Yue

Lin Yue
Full name Lin Yue
Country represented China
Born July 24, 1991 (1991-07-24) (age 20)
Chaozhou, Guangdong
Residence Beijing
Height 157 centimetres (5 ft 2 in)
Event(s) 10m, 10m synchro
Synchro partner Huo Liang
Head coach(es) Zhong Shaozhen
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lin.

Lin Yue (simplified Chinese: 林跃; traditional Chinese: 林躍; pinyin: Lín Yuè; Cantonese Yale: Lam4 Yuek6); born July 24, 1991 in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. He competed for Team China in Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Background

Lin Yue started diving when he was little, training in a sporting school in his hometown, with a coach named Li Huansen (李焕森). In the following 5 years, he went to Guangdong Provincial Weilun Sporting School (广东省伟伦体育学校), under instructor Cao Ke (曹科). In the year 2004, he was selected in the Beijing Diving team. His current coach is Zhong Shaozhen(钟少珍).

Major achievements

He claimed the bronze medal in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. He claimed the gold medal at the 2008 World Cup - 10m platform synchro. He won the gold medals in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2009 ROMA FINA World Championships.

References

2000: Russia (Igor Lukashin, Dmitri Sautin) • 2004: China (Tian Liang, Yang Jinghui) • 2008: China (Lin Yue, Huo Liang)

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)

 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)