Chen Yiwen (; born 15 June 1999) is a Chinese diver.

Early life

Born in 1999, Chen's father was from

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

, while her mother was from Zhanjiang, Guangdong. When she was almost nine years old, she went to

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for training and entered sports school in the

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of Zhanjiang to begin training for her diving career. In August 2008, she officially entered the

Zhongshan Zhongshan ( zh, c=中山 ), alternately romanized via Cantonese as Chungshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is n ...

diving team. Soon after entering the Zhongshan team, Chen was selected into the Guangdong Provincial Sports School. In October 2010, Chen entered the Guangdong diving team and in 2014, she officially became a professional athlete.

Sports career

In November 2016, Chen was selected into the national diving team. On 17 May 2017, she won the women's 1m springboard diving at the 2017 China Diving Championship. In June 2018, she won the men's and women's mixed all-around diving at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup in

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. At the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

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, Chen won the silver medal in 1m springboard.On 13 July 2019, she won the gold medal at the women's 1m springboard championship at

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

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. In May 2021, at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in

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, she and

Chang Yani Chang Yani (; born 7 December 2001) is a Chinese Diving (sport), diver. Chang won all four legs of the 2016 FINA Diving World Series in the 10 metre mixed platform synchronized event together with Tai Xiaohu. In the 2017 FINA Diving World Serie ...

won the women's double 3m diving, and she also won women's 3m springboard diving. In August 2021, Chen won gold medal in women's 3m springboard diving at the 14th National Games of China in

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. At the 19th FINA World Championships 2022 held in

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, Chen took part in the women's 3m springboard and won the gold medal with 366.90 points. She also won the gold medal at the women's synchronized 3m springboard alongside Chang Yani with 343.14 points. In 2023, at the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

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, Chen won gold in the 3 metre springboard and another gold with Chang in 3 metre synchro. At the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, Chen and Chang won their first Olympic gold medals in the women's synchronized 3m springboard on 28 July 2024. Chen then won a gold medal in women's 3m springboard on 9 August 2024.

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