Chen Aisen (, born 22 October 1995) is a Chinese
diver. He is a double gold medal winner at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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. He won gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform competition with diving partner
Lin Yue
Lin Yue (; born July 24, 1991, in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner. He competed for Team China in Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won gold with Huo Liang in the Men's synchronize ...
, as well as gold in the men's individual 10m platform. He has also won golds in the
World Championships
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partnered with
Yang Hao and
Cao Yuan
Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won three golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups.
Early life
Cao ...
.
Early life
Chen was born in
Guangzhou
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,
China
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. He started diving while he was at primary school, selected for his potential in diving. He studied at
Jinan University
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in Guangzhou.
Diving career
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In 2009, Chen won a gold medal in the men's 10m synchronized event at the
East Asian Games
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with his partner
Zhang Yanquan. Chen was just 14. In the next several years, Chen competed in the FINA Diving Grand Prix competitions and won an assortment of medals. In 2014, Chen and Zhang won the
10m synchro event at the Asian Championships.
Olympic Games
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, Chen and Lin won the gold medal in the
10m synchro event with an overall score of 496.98. He also won the gold medal in the
10m platform event with a score of 585.30. His victory marks the first time China had won the Olympic gold in the men's 10m platform since the
2004 Summer Olympic Games
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in Athens. Later that year,
FINA
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named Chen as the
Male Diver of the Year.
At the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
held in 2021, Chen, now paired with
Cao Yuan
Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won three golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups.
Early life
Cao ...
, won silver in the
Men's synchronised 10 m platform event behind
Matty Lee
Matthew Lee (born 5 March 1998) is a British diver and Olympic gold medallist. Adept in both individual and synchronised diving, and across both 3-metre springboard and platform, Lee won the gold medal in 10-metre platform at the 2015 Euro ...
and
Tom Daley
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.
World Championships
In 2015, Chen was partnered with Lin when they won the
10m synchro event at the
World Championships
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in
Kazan
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. Their overall score was 495.72. In 2017, Chen won another gold medal in the
10m synchro event with his new partner,
Yang Hao. He also received the silver medal in the individual
10m platform event, which was won by British diver
Tom Daley
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.
At the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
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Gwangju
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, South Korea, Chen partnered with
Cao Yuan
Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won three golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups.
Early life
Cao ...
in the
10m synchro and won gold.
World Cup
At the
2016 FINA Diving World Cup
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The meet se ...
, Chen won the gold medal in the 10m synchro competition and the silver medal in the
10m platform competition.
World Series
During the
2013 FINA Diving World Series, Chen won three gold medals in the 10m synchro events with
Lin
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in the
Moscow
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,
Dubai
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, and
Beijing
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legs.
He was also the silver medal winner in the individual events in Beijing and Dubai. In
2014
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, Chen teamed up with
Yang Jian to win one gold medal and one silver medal in the 10m synchro event.
Chen was partnered with Lin in
2015
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. They won a total of five gold medals in the 10m synchro events. During the following year, the two of them won the
10m synchro competitions in all four legs. Chen also competed in the 10m platform events, where he won three gold medals and one silver medal. He achieved a higher score than fellow Chinese diver
Qiu Bo
Qiu Bo (; born 31 January 1993) is a Chinese diver. He won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is a four-time world champion at the World Aquatics Championships, winning the gold medal three times in ...
in three of the legs.
In 2017, Chen won multiple gold medals in the 10m platform and 10m synchro events. In the Guangzhou leg, Chen achieved an overall score of 601.15, which made him the fifth diver in history to collect over 600 points on the platform after Lin, Qiu, Yang, and
Cao Yuan
Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won three golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups.
Early life
Cao ...
.
Competitive history
References
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1995 births
Living people
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in diving
Chinese male divers
Divers at the 2014 Asian Games
Divers at the 2018 Asian Games
Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic medalists in diving
Olympic divers of China
Sportspeople from Guangzhou
World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
20th-century Chinese people
21st-century Chinese people