Zhang Jiaqi ( born 28 May 2004) is a Chinese diver. She won the gold medals of Women's 10m Platform and Women's 10m Synchronised Platform in

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Sports career

In 2008, Zhang was sent by her mother to a gymnastics club in Dongcheng District of Beijing for gymnastics training. But after practicing for a period of time, she was retired by the coach as she was deemed not fit to do gymnastics. As a result, Zhang was sent to the diving club of the

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to learn swimming and diving. In 2010, the Beijing diving team went to the club where Zhang was located to select young athletes. Zhang, who was less than seven years old, was selected in the second team of the Beijing diving team and officially began professional diving training. In 2014, she entered the first team of the Beijing diving team. On 8 May 2016, she won the finals of the National Diving Championships women's single meter platform with 408.55 points. On 24 February 2017, at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Germany, Zhang won the silver medal in the women's singles 10-meter platform runner-up with 352.3 points. On 26 February, Zhang and her partner Zhang Minjie won the women's doubles at 10-meter platform with 327.84 points. On 14 May, Zhang won the finals of the women's singles 10-meter platform of the National Diving Championship with 413.3 points. On 18 May, during the women's individual all-around competition, Zhang was as a runner-up with 700.8 points. On 22 August, in the 13th National Games diving competition, Zhang Jiaqi and her partner Zhang Minjie won the women's double 10-meter platform championship with 356.58 points, On 25 August at the 13th National Games Women's Single 10, Zhang Jiaqi scored three full points in the final jump and finally won the championship with 427.45 points. At the

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, Zhang and Zhang Minjie won the gold medal at the women's 10m synchro platform. At the same time, she also finished her first National Games with two championships. In June 2018, at the

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, Zhang won gold medals in the women's 10m platform with 427.30 points and women's 10 m synchro with 366.12 points alongside Zhang Minjie. On 4 November, at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in

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, Zhang won the women's singles 10m platform with 400.75 points. At the

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, she won the gold medal together with

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in the synchronized 10 metre platform event. At the 2021 National Games of China in

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, Zhang won the silver medal in the women's single 10m platform, while representing the Beijing diving team on 6 September. On 9 September, she and Chen Yuxi won the gold medal in the women's 10m platform.

Awards and Honors

*Best Athlete in the Summary Conference of the Beijing Sports Delegation to the 13th National Games (12 October 2017) *China Youth May Fourth Medal (9 August 2021) *Advanced Worker of National Sports System (29 August 2021) * (September 2021) *China Youth May Fourth Medal (2022)

Other activities

On 19 November 2021, Zhang and French footballer

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became godmother and godfather respectively to two baby

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s at

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in Paris, as part of the campaign to create publicity and awareness for the species. On 26 December 2021, the music video for

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

"See You in Beijing" sung by 55 Olympic champions, including Zhang Jiaqi, was released. On 31 December 2021, she participated in the "2022 Winter Olympics BRTV Global New Year's Eve Ice and Snow Festival", where sang the classic song "My Motherland and Me" with

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and Zhang Ye. On 3 February 2022, Zhang served as the third torchbearer at the

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section of the

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during the

torch relay. On 24 February 2022, Zhang was among the list of the candidates who passed the preliminary examination for the admission of outstanding athletes at the

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. In April 2022, she was selected for the Undergraduate Recommended List of Outstanding Athletes. Zhang announced her intention to proceed with her higher studies at the Beijing Sports University.

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