Chen Yuxi (; 11 September 2005) is a Chinese diver.

Early life

Chen was born on 11 September 2005 to a family with gymnastics background. Her grandfather, Chen Xinxi, was a former gymnast. Her father, Chen Jian, is a gymnastics coach at the Shanghai Youth Sports School in

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, while her mother, Dong Chunhua, is an associate professor in the gymnastics teaching and research section at the

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Sports career

In 2008, she began to practice gymnastics and in 2011, she was selected by Shi Meiqin, the then Shanghai diving team leader, to practice diving. At the beginning of 2017, Chen entered the Shanghai diving team for training. In September 2018, Chen won the women's single 10m platform diving championship and mixed synchronized 10m platform (with Yu Duan) at the National Diving Championships in

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. In March 2019, she was selected for the Chinese National Diving Team and in May, she participated in the 10th FINA Diving World Series, and won gold medal at the women's 10m single platform and synchronised 10m platform (with Yuan Haoyan). On 1 July 2019, she was selected to be in Chinese diving team for the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships in

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. At the event, she won a gold medal in women's single 10m platform with 439 points. On 24 September, at the National Diving Championships in

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, Chen won the women's single 10m platform with 428.85 points. Partnering with Zhang Jiaqi, the duo won the women's 10m synchronized platform with 342.54 points. At the

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, Chen and Zhang won the gold medal in the women's 10m synchronized platform on 27 July 2021. On 5 August, she won the silver medal in women's single 10m platform. At the 2021 National Games of China in

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, Chen and Zhang won the gold medal in the women's 10m platform on 9 September. On 12 September, she won the silver medal in the women's single 10m platform. On May 28, 2022, in the test match of the Chinese diving team, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan scored 369.24 points, setting the highest score since the two were paired. At the 19th FINA World Championships 2022 held in

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, Chen took part in the women's single 10m platform as a defending champion. She won the gold medal again with a score of 417.25. Quan Hongchan, who was gold medalist in 2020 Summer Olympics, came second with a score of 416.95. Chen and Quan also won gold in the synchronised 10m platform. In June 2022, Chen Yuxi defended her title in the women's single ten-meter platform final of the World Championships. In 2023, at the

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in Hangzhou, Chen won silver in the 10 metre platform and gold with Quan in 10 metre synchro.

Awards and honors

*China Youth May Fourth Medal (9 August 2021) * (September 2021) *Advanced Worker of National Sports System (24 September 2021)

Other activities

On 21 September 2021, Chen participated in

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Dream Night', where she sang the song "One Hundred Years" with

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, Huang Baomei and

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. On 26 December 2021, the music video for

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"See You in Beijing" sung by 55 Olympic champions, including Chen Yuxi, was released.

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