Wu Minxia

Not to be confused with Fu Mingxia, another Chinese diver.
Wu Minxia
Personal information
Full name Wu Minxia
Country represented China
Born November 10, 1985 (1985-11-10) (age 26)
Shanghai
Residence Beijing
Height 165 centimetres (5 ft 5 in)
Event(s) 1m, 3m, 3m synchro
Synchro partner He Zi
Former synchro partner(s) Guo Jingjing
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Minxia (simplified Chinese: 吴敏霞; traditional Chinese: 吳敏霞; pinyin: Wú Mǐnxiá; born November 10, 1985 in Shanghai) is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.

Wu represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Guo Jingjing before winning a silver medal in the 3 metre women's springboard, coming in second place behind Guo Jingjing.

Wu represented China at the 2008 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Guo Jingjing before winning a bronze medal in the 3 metre women's springboard, coming in third place behind Guo and Russian Julia Pakhalina. After Guo Jingjing's retirement, she now participates in synchronized events with He Zi.

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Awards
Preceded by
Chen Ruolin		 FINA Diver of the Year
2011		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

2000: Russia (Vera Ilyina, Yuliya Pakhalina) • 2004 – 2008: China (Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia)

1973: Christa Köhler (GDR)  • 1975: Irina Kalinina (URS)  • 1978: Irina Kalinina (URS)  • 1982: Megan Neyer (USA)  • 1986: Gao Min (CHN)  • 1991: Gao Min (CHN)  • 1994: Tan Shuping (CHN)  • 1998: Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS)  • 2001: Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2003: Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2005: Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2007: Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2009: Guo Jingjing (CHN) 2011: Wu Minxia (CHN)

1998: Yuliya Pakhalina and Irina Lashko (RUS)  • 2001: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2003: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2005: Li Ting and Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2007: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2009: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing (CHN)  • 2011: Wu Minxia and He Zi (CHN)

 1991 – 1993: Yu Xiaoling (CHN) •  1995: Helga Lindner (GER) •  1997: Lu Haisong (CHN) •  1999: Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) •  2001: Guo Jingjing (CHN) •  2003 – 2005: Wu Minxia (CHN) •  2007: Noemi Batki (ITA) and Mariya Voloshchenko (UKR) •  2009: Dong Jun (CHN) •  2011: Shi Tingmao (CHN)

 1961: Liz Ferris (GBR) •  1963: Ursel Hilss (FRG) •  1965: Boguslawa Marcinkowska (POL) •  1967: Maxine King (USA) •  1970: Cynthia Potter (USA) •  1973: Tamara Safonova (URS) •  1977 – 1979: Irina Kalinina (URS) •  1981: Li Yihua (CHN) •  1983: Chen Shi (CHN) •  1985: Y. Zhirulnik (URS) •  1987: Li Qing (CHN) •  1991: Gao Min (CHN) •  1993: Brita Baldus (GER) •  1995: Rao Lang (CHN) •  1997: Zhu Jinhong (CHN) •  1999: Fu Mingxia (CHN) •  2001: Guo Jingjing (CHN) •  2003: Wu Minxia (CHN) •  2005: Guo Jingjing (CHN) •  2007: Li Ting (CHN) •  2009: Dong Jun (CHN) •  2011: He Zi (CHN)

 2001: Li Rongjuan and Yang Lan (CHN) •  2003: Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia (CHN) •  2005: Guo Jingjing and Li Ting (CHN) •  2007: Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz (MEX) •  2009: Paola Espinosa and Laura Sánchez (MEX) •  2011: He Zi and Wang Han (CHN)