Wu Minxia

Wu Minxia (November 10, 1985 -), native of Shanghai, is a former Chinese female diver and holder of multiple international diving awards. In her career, she has won four consecutive Olympic medals, two gold medals (2012, 2016), one silver medal (2004), and one bronze medal (2008). She has won seven World Swimming Championships (2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015), and six-time Diving World Cup champion (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). She is the double Grand Slam winner in the women's diving single three-meter springboard and synchronized three-meter springboard. She has won a total of 22 world championships in her career; 16 of them are pairs championships, ranking first in the world. At the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won the synchronized three-meter springboard championship with Guo Jingjing. In the 2012 London Olympics, her partner He Zi won the synchronized three-meter springboard championship and won the single three-meter springboard championship. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, she and Shi Tingmao defended the synchronized three-meter springboard event. On December 15, 2016, Wu Minxia officially announced her retirement. Wu Minxia is the athlete who has won the most Olympic gold medals in the history of world diving. She is the first athlete in Olympic history to win four consecutive championships in diving. Together with Zou Kai and Chen Ruolin, she is tied with 5 gold medals as the Chinese athlete with the second most Olympic gold medals, second only to Ma Long, who has won 6 gold medals. Together with Huang Xuechen, she is tied with 7 medals as the Chinese athlete with the most Olympic medals. She is also one of the most successful female athletes in the history of world diving. Following Gao Min, Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing, she is China's fourth generation "Queen of Diving".