Shi Tingmao Explained

Shi Tingmao
Nationality:Chinese
Birth Date:31 August 1991
Birth Place:Chongqing, China
Height:1.60 m
Weight:52 kg
Country:China
Sport:Diving
Event:1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro
Club:Chongqing
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Shi Tingmao (; born 31 August 1991) is a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team. She has been dominant in the 3 metre springboard events in the 2010s. She has won four gold medals in Olympic competitions, two at the 2016 Olympics and two more at the 2020 Olympics. She also holds eight golds in the World Championships.

Career

She won the gold medal in women's 1m springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese diver from provincial team to participate the World Championships.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in women's 3 metre synchronized springboard with Wu Minxia. She also won gold in the 3m Springboard.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Shi won her third consecutive World Championships gold in the 3m springboard event.[1] She also won gold in the 3m synchro with partner Wang Han.[2]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, celebrated in 2021, she repeated the 2016 success and won the gold medal in women's 3 metre synchronized springboard with Wang Han. She also won again the gold medal in the 3m Springboard.[3]

Accolades

Shi was named the Best Female Diver of the Year by FINA in six consecutive years from 2015 to 2021.[4] [5]

Personal life

After winning gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Shi revealed that she was struggling with depression and considered abandoning professional diving. She joined Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles in openly talking about mental health issues in women's elite competitions.[6]

Major achievements

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diving, Day 8: Third consecutive 3m title for Shi Tingmao (CHN) . FINA . 19 July 2019 .
  2. News: Wang Han/Shi Tingmao take China's 6th diving gold at FINA Worlds. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722163329/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/15/c_138228974.htm. dead. July 22, 2019. Xinhua. 15 July 2019 .
  3. Web site: Palmer . Dan . 2021-08-01 . Shi doubles up with second springboard diving title at Tokyo 2020 . 2022-09-07 . www.insidethegames.biz . Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
  4. News: China's Shi Tingmao awarded FINA Best Female Diver of 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181217015044/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/17/c_137678739.htm . dead . December 17, 2018 . Xinhua. 17 December 2018 .
  5. Web site: China's Shi wins sixth consecutive Best Female Diver of Year . 2022-09-07 . www.news.cn . Xinhua.
  6. Web site: 2021-08-02 . Tokyo 2020: Chinese Olympic diving champion Shi Tingmao tells of depression struggle . 2022-09-07 . WION . New Delhi . en . Agence France-Presse.