Lin Yue (; born July 24, 1991, in

Chaozhou Chaozhou ( zh, t=潮州), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, ...

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) is a Chinese diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner. He competed for Team China in

Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. Competition format The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing: *3m Springboard ...

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and won gold with

Huo Liang Huo Liang (; born September 29, 1989, in Shanghai) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. In addition to his gold medal in the 10m Platform Sync. event at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games ...

in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform. He also won gold in the same event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio with

Chen Aisen Chen Aisen (, born 22 October 1995) is a Chinese Diving (sport), diver. He is a double gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform competition with diving partner Lin Yue, as well as gold in t ...

Background

Lin Yue started diving when he was little, training in a sporting school in his hometown, with a coach named Li Huansen (). In the following five years, he went to Guangdong Provincial Weilun Sporting School (), under instructor Cao Ke (). In the year 2004, he was selected in the Beijing Diving team. His current coach is Zhong Shaozhen ().

Major achievements

He claimed the bronze medal in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. He claimed the gold medal at the 2008 World Cup - 10m platform synchro. He won gold medals in the Men's synchronized 10m platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He became the first diver to win a second Olympic gold medal in this event. He also competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the men's 10 metre platform event.

References

1991 births Living people People from Chaozhou Divers from Guangdong Olympic divers for China Chinese male divers Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2006 Asian Games Divers at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{PRChina-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub