Xie Siyi (; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese
diver. He has won four gold medals at the
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
and two Olympic gold medals.
Career
Xie's previous main event was 10m platform and his partner was
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 indiv ...
. However, due to a serious injury in 2012, he began focusing more on springboard. At the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
, he became a new world champion after winning the gold medal of 1m springboard. He also won a gold in
3m springboard at the
held in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
.
In 2018, Xie took part in his first
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
event held in Wuhan, and won a gold in the 3m synchro 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 ...
, as well as a gold in the individual 3m event.
At the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. held in
Gwangju
Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...
, South Korea, he again won gold in the
3m springboard event. Xie again partnered with Cao Yuan in the
3m synchro, and won gold with their last dive.
At the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, Xie won the gold in the
3m springboard event. He scored over 85 points with each of his six dives to reach a total score of 558.75 and broke the Men's Olympics 3m springboard record. He also partnered with
Wang Zongyuan
Wang Zongyuan (; born 24 October 2001) is a Chinese diver.
Wang competed in the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and won gold in the 1 metre springboard. He also competed at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also ...
in the
men’s 3m synchro event and the pair won gold.
References
External links
*
Chinese male divers
1996 births
Living people
World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
People from Shantou
Asian Games medalists in diving
Divers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Olympic divers of China
Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in diving
Olympic gold medalists for China
21st-century Chinese people
20th-century Chinese people
{{PRChina-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub