Xie Siyi
Xie Siyi (second right) in (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) Shantou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 10 m, 10 m synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Guangdong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Cao Yuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Zhou Jihong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simplified Chinese | 谢思埸 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 謝思埸 | ||||||||
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Xie Siyi (Chinese: 谢思埸; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese diver. He has won four gold medals at the World Championships and two Olympic gold medals.[1][2]
Career
Xie's previous main event was 10m platform and his partner was Chen Aisen. However, due to a serious injury in 2012, he began focusing more on springboard. At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, he became a new world champion after winning the gold medal of 1m springboard.[3] He also won a gold in 3m springboard at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest.[4]
In 2018, Xie took part in his first World Cup event held in Wuhan, and won a gold in the 3m synchro partnered with Cao Yuan, as well as a gold in the individual 3m event.[5]
At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, he again won gold in the 3m springboard event.[6] Xie again partnered with Cao Yuan in the 3m synchro, and won gold with their last dive.[7]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 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.[8][9] He also partnered with Wang Zongyuan in the men's 3m synchro event and the pair won gold.[10][11]
References
- ^ hermesauto (3 August 2021). "Olympics: China's Xie Siyi wins diving gold in the men's 3m springboard". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Olympics-Diving-China wins gold in men's 3 metre synchronised springboard". CNA. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "The official result of 2015 World Aquatics Championships". www.omegatiming.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (21 July 2017). "Tears of joy as Xie Siyi lands China's seventh world championships gold" – via South China Morning Post.
- ^ "China sweeps two more golds at FINA Diving World Cup 2018". Xinhua. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Xie Siyi retains 3m springboard title to make it seven in a row for China". Xinhua. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019.
- ^ "China snatch three diving golds on offer in Gwangju worlds". Xinhua. 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Xie Siyi nails every dive, breaks springboard Olympic record | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "China Goes One-Two in Men's 3m Springboard, Closing With Breathtaking Dives". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Olympics-Diving-China wins gold in men's 3 metre synchronised springboard". CNA. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "XIE Siyi wins men's 3m springboard gold, WANG Zongyuan clinches silver". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
External links
- Xie Siyi at World Aquatics
- Xie Siyi at IAT Database Diving (in German)
- Xie Siyi at Olympics.com
- Xie Siyi at Olympedia
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- 1908: Albert Zürner (GER)
- 1912: Paul Günther (GER)
- 1920: Louis Kuehn (USA)
- 1924: Albert White (USA)
- 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA)
- 1932: Michael Galitzen (USA)
- 1936: Richard Degener (USA)
- 1948: Bruce Harlan (USA)
- 1952: David Browning (USA)
- 1956: Bob Clotworthy (USA)
- 1960: Gary Tobian (USA)
- 1964: Kenneth Sitzberger (USA)
- 1968: Bernard Wrightson (USA)
- 1972: Vladimir Vasin (URS)
- 1976: Phil Boggs (USA)
- 1980: Aleksandr Portnov (URS)
- 1984: Greg Louganis (USA)
- 1988: Greg Louganis (USA)
- 1992: Mark Lenzi (USA)
- 1996: Xiong Ni (CHN)
- 2000: Xiong Ni (CHN)
- 2004: Peng Bo (CHN)
- 2008: He Chong (CHN)
- 2012: Ilya Zakharov (RUS)
- 2016: Cao Yuan (CHN)
- 2020: Xie Siyi (CHN)
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