Lin Yue (; born July 24, 1991, in
Chaozhou
Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the Sou ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
) is a Chinese
diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner. He competed for
Team China in
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.
Competition format
The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing:
*3m Springboard S ...
in
Beijing
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and won gold with
Huo Liang
Huo Liang (; born September 29, 1989, in Shanghai) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. In addition to his gold medal in the 10m Platform Sync. event at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...
in the
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform. He also won gold in the
same event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio with
Chen Aisen
Chen Aisen (, born 22 October 1995) is a Chinese diver. He is a double gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform competition with diving partner Lin Yue, as well as gold in the men's indivi ...
.
Background
Lin Yue started diving when he was little, training in a sporting school in his hometown, with a coach named Li Huansen (). In the following five years, he went to Guangdong Provincial Weilun Sporting School (), under instructor Cao Ke (). In the year 2004, he was selected in the Beijing Diving team. His current coach is Zhong Shaozhen().
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 gold medals in the Men's synchronized 10m platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He became the first diver to win a second Olympic gold medal in this event.
He also competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the men's 10 metre platform event.
References
1991 births
Living people
People from Chaozhou
Sportspeople from Guangdong
Olympic divers of China
Chinese male divers
Olympic medalists in diving
2016 Olympic gold medalists for China
Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in diving
Divers at the 2006 Asian Games
Divers at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
Universiade medalists in diving
Universiade gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
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