Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the

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in Athens, the

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in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the

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in London. In 1987, the Espinosa Sánchez family moved to

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from Mexico City with Paola, who was barely nine months old. In Athens in 2004, from speciality platform jumps of 10 meters, she placed in the individual jump and fifth in synchronized jumps. In the synchronized jumps, she participated with Tatiana Ortiz, who was also an Olympic medalist. On August 8, 2008, she was the champion of the Mexico national team at the

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of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. She won a

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in the Women's Synchronized 10-meter Platform at the

in Beijing on 12 August 2008 with a score of 330.06. She won

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in the same event at the

with a score of 343.32 on Tuesday, 31 July 2012. Espinosa won the

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in the 10-meter platform at the

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in Rome with a score of 428.25. The

was won by the Chinese athlete Chen Ruolin, who is also an Olympian, with a score of 417.60. The

was given to the Chinese athlete Kang Li, who had a score of 410.35. In 2011, she participated at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

where she won the

at the 10-meter platform individual and synchronized events, as well as gold in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event. She has won a total of 13 medals at the

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, 8 of them gold. On Tuesday, 31 July 2012, in the Olympic Games in London, she won a

in the 10-meter synchronized platform together with Alejandra Orozco, with a score of 343.32. She was also the champion of the Central America and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez 2010.

International Games

Olympic Games

* Beijing 2008: Espinosa won the

in synchronized jumps from the 10-meter platform along with Tatiana Ortiz during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. She was commissioned to lead the Mexican delegation during the opening ceremony, carrying the national

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. She was fourth in the individual event, with Tatiana placing fifth. * London 2012: She won a

in synchronized diving from the 10-meter level along with Alejandra Orozco during the London Olympic Games in 2012. She was competing in the Olympics while celebrating her 26th birthday. Espinosa thereby became the first

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athlete to get two medals in different Olympic events. In the individual jump, she came in sixth. * Río 2016: She competed in the 10-meter jump together with Alejandra Orozco during the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 and finished sixth, while individually she finished fourth.

World Championships

* Barcelona 2003: Together with Laura Sánchez, she achieved third place in the synchronized jump from 3 meters, and with this, won the

. * Rome 2009: Rome was the place where she became a world champion. Paola won first in the 10-meter platform with perfect scores. Her victory made her the first

diver to win a world title. * Shanghai 2011: During the 2011 championships, Paola was not able to defend her title. She finished third behind the Chinese divers Chen Ruolin and Hu Yadan.

Pan-American Games

During the

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which were held in Santo Domingo, she won, together with Laura Sánchez, two

s in synchronized diving, the first in 3-meter platform and the other in the 10-meter platform. Four years later, she was even more outstanding, having won three

s and one

. On 26 October 2011, in the city of

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, Mexico, she won the

in the 10-meter platform. Central American and Caribbean Games She was recognized as the first athlete with the most number of medals from Mexico in the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

. Her performance in the 21st edition of the games included earning a total of three medals; a gold in the 10-meter platform, a gold in the 1-meter springboard, and a gold in the 3-meter springboard. University At Kazan University in 2013, she won a

in the synchronized dive and fourth in the individual dive.

Swimwear

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