He Zi

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|birth_place = Nanning, Guangxi, China

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He Zi ({{zh|s=何姿|p=Hé Zī}}; born 11 December 1990) is an Olympic medal winning Chinese female diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.{{Cite web | url = http://www.the-sports.org/diving-zi-he-results-identity-s10-c2-b4-o65-w22977.html | title = Diving – He Zi (China) : season totals | work = the-sports.org | access-date = 23 November 2010}}

Career

File:2012 Summer Olympics Women's Springboard Victory Ceremony 3.jpg.]]

Among her achievements are:

2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} and 3 m{{Cite web

|url = http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/diving/n214277318.shtml

|title = He Zi wins women's 3m springboard gold at National Diving Championships – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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|access-date = 23 November 2010

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|archive-date = 4 April 2008

}} springboard events of the Asian Games.

2007 – gold medal in the women's 1 m springboard event of the World Aquatics Championships.
2009 – gold medal in the women's 3 m springboard event of the FINA Diving World Series.{{Cite web

|url = http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2283&Itemid=611

|title = Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2009 – Rankings

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|access-date = 23 November 2010

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2010 – won gold in 3 m springboard and gold (with Wu Minxia) in the synchronised 3 m springboard at the 17th FINA Diving World Cup.{{Cite web

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|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130112175115/http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2929&Itemid=658

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|title = Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2010 – Rankings

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|access-date = 23 November 2010

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2011 – won gold (with Wu Minxia) in the synchronised 3 m springboard and silver in the 3 m springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
2012 – won gold (with Wu Minxia) in women's 3m springboard synchronized diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2012 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2013 - won gold in 1m springboard in 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, beating Tania Cognotto of Italy by just 0.1 points.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=382&layout=blog&Itemid=1509|title=Barcelona 2013|website=fina.org - official FINA website|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-19|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320054238/http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=382&layout=blog&Itemid=1509|url-status=dead}}
2016 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Right after she won silver in the 3m springboard dive on 14 August 2016, He Zi accepted a marriage proposal by boyfriend and fellow diver Qin Kai, whom she has dated for 6 years.[https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/watch-beautiful-moment-unsuspecting-swimmer-gets-proposed-minutes-after-winning-medal?autoPlay=5082975244001 Watch: The beautiful moment unsuspecting swimmer gets proposed to - minutes after winning medal] tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2021 They married in June 2017, and in July she announced her retirement from international competition.{{cite news |url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2017-07/25/content_41283850.htm |title= China's Olympic champion diver He Zi retires|work= China.org.cn|date= 25 July 2017}} Their daughter was born in October 2017.{{cite news |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/diving/2018-04-28/doc-ifzvpatq5222496.shtml |title=秦凯何姿女儿6个月能做平板支撑周继红带她试水 |date=28 April 2018|work=Sina }}