Chen Ruolin (; born 12 December 1992) is a Chinese platform diver and coach. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist (

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), ten-time

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medalist (including six golds), nine-time

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medalist (eight golds), four-time

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medalist (three golds) and two-time

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gold medalist, making her one of the most accomplished female divers in history. After retiring from the sport in 2016 due to neck injury, Chen became a diving coach in 2021 and has been personally training 2020 Olympic gold medalist Quan Hongchan and multi- FINA world champion Lian Junjie, who have since both won gold medals at the 2024 Summper Olympics in

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Career

Chen was born in

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. She won the gold medals in the women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the

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in Beijing for Team China, then duplicated the double gold performance at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. In the

2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming ...

held in Shanghai, Chen won two gold medals for Women's 10 m platform and Women's 10 m synchro platform (partnering Wang Hao). She became the first Chinese female diver who claimed all the gold medals in women's platform events in Olympic Games, World Cup and World Championships. In 2014, she lit the torch at the

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in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. In the

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she won her fifth Olympic gold medal at the 10m synchronised platform event with her partner

Liu Huixia Liu Huixia (, born 30 January 1997) is a Chinese female diver. As the partner of Chen Ruolin at synchronized 10 metre platform, she won the gold medal at the Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's synchronized 10 metre platfo ...

, and became only the third Chinese athlete to win five Olympic gold medals. In October 2016 Chen announced her retirement from diving due to a neck injury.

Performance Timeline

Women's 10 m platform

Women's 10 m synchro platform

References

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