Wang Xin ();

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Wang Ruoxue (), born in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

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) is a Chinese athlete who competes in

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. She initially trained at

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with controversial diving coach Yu Fen before moving to the national team in 2006. She competed for Team China at the

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Major achievements

# 2008-02-20 Silver medal at the 2008 16th FINA Diving World Cup (Good Luck Beijing) - 10m platform event. # 2008-02-21 Gold medal at the 2008 16th FINA Diving World Cup (Good Luck Beijing), paired with Chen Ruolin - 10m platform synchro event. # 2008-08-11 Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, paired with Chen Ruolin - 10m platform synchro event. # 2008-08-21 Bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics - 10m platform event.

References

1992 births Living people Chinese female divers Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in diving Asian Games medalists in diving Sportspeople from Wuhan Divers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in diving FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Universiade bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub