Chen Ruolin

Chen Ruolin
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	12 December 1992; Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	10 m, 10 m synchro
Coached by	Ren Shaofen
Olympic Games
World Championships
FINA Diving World Cup
Asian Games
Universiade

Chen Ruolin (simplified Chinese: 陈若琳; traditional Chinese: 陳若琳; pinyin: Chén Ruòlín; born 12 December 1992) is a female diver, she won the champion of synchronized 10 metre platform diving with her partner Liu Huixia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Chen was born in Nantong, Jiangsu. She won the gold medals in the women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Team China, then duplicated the double gold performance at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

In the 2011 World Aquatics Championships 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 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics she won her fifth Olympic gold medal at the 10m synchronised event and became only the third Chinese athlete to win 5 Olympic gold medals. In October 2016 Chen announced her retirement from diving due to a neck injury.

Performance Timeline

Women's 10 m platform

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR
Olympics	NH	G	Not Held			G	Not Held			2 / 2
World Championships	S	NH	S	NH	G	NH	S	NH	A	1 / 4
FINA Diving World Cup	NH	G	NH	S	NH	G	NH	A	NH	2 / 3

Women's 10 m synchro platform

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR
Olympics	NH		G	Not Held			G	Not Held			G	3 / 3
World Championships	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	5 / 5
FINA Diving World Cup	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	6 / 6

References

"Ruoling Chen". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
"Olympics diving: Chen Ruolin wins second gold in 10m platform making it the 200th medal acquired by the Chinese team". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

2008teamchina

Awards
Preceded by First award	FINA Diver of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Wu Minxia
Olympic Games
Preceded by Egon Zimmermann & Franz Klammer	Final Youth Olympic torchbearer Nanjing 2014	Succeeded by Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Preceded by Darren Choy	Final Summer Youth Olympic torchbearer Nanjing 2014	Succeeded by Santiago Lange & Paula Pareto

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[london-1] "Ruoling Chen". Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[2] "Olympics diving: Chen Ruolin wins second gold in 10m platform making it the 200th medal acquired by the Chinese team". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.