Xie Siyi (; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese diver. He has won four gold medals at the

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and three

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gold medals.

Career

Xie's previous main event was 10m platform and his partner was

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. However, due to a serious injury in 2012, he began focusing more on springboard. At the

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, he became a new world champion after winning the gold medal of 1m springboard. He also won a gold in 3m springboard at the

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held in

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. In 2018, Xie took part in his first

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event held in Wuhan, and won a gold in the 3m synchro partnered with

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, as well as a gold in the individual 3m event. At the

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held in

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, South Korea, he again won gold in the 3m springboard event. Xie again partnered with Cao Yuan in the 3m synchro, and won gold with their last dive. At the

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, 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. He also partnered with

Wang Zongyuan Wang Zongyuan (; born 24 October 2001) is a Chinese diver. Wang competed in the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and won gold in the 1 metre springboard. He also competed at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and won gold in the Men's 3m synchro ...

in the men's 3m synchro event and the pair won gold. After the

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, Xie announced his retirement from the Chinese national diving team. He subsequently returned to the sport two years later after spending his time completing a master’s degree and participating in youth coaching. At the

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, Xie won gold again in the 3m springboard event with a score of 543.60, surpassing his compatriot,

, who took the silver.

References

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* Chinese male divers 1996 births Living people World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving People from Shantou Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic divers for China Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in diving Olympic gold medalists for China 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub