Shi Tingmao

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|nationality = Chinese

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|31|df=y}}

|birth_place = Chongqing, China

|height = 1.60 m

|weight = 52 kg

|country = China

|sport = Diving

|event = 1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro

|club = Chongqing

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| Olympic Games| 4 | 0 | 0

| World Championships | 8 | 1 | 0

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| Asian Games | 5 | 1 | 0

| FINA Diving World Cup | 6 | 0 | 0

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Shi Tingmao ({{zh|s=施廷懋|p=Shī Tíngmào}}; born 31 August 1991) is a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team. She has been dominant in the 3 metre springboard events in the 2010s. She has won four gold medals in Olympic competitions, two at the 2016 Olympics and two more at the 2020 Olympics. She also holds eight golds in the World Championships.

Career

She won the gold medal in women's 1m springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese diver from provincial team to participate the World Championships.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in women's 3 metre synchronized springboard with Wu Minxia. She also won gold in the 3m Springboard.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Shi won her third consecutive World Championships gold in the 3m springboard event.{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/news/diving-day-8-third-consecutive-3m-title-shi-tingmao-chn |title=Diving, Day 8: Third consecutive 3m title for Shi Tingmao (CHN) |work=FINA |date=19 July 2019 }} She also won gold in the 3m synchro with partner Wang Han.{{cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/15/c_138228974.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722163329/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/15/c_138228974.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2019|title=Wang Han/Shi Tingmao take China's 6th diving gold at FINA Worlds|work= Xinhua|date=15 July 2019 }}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, celebrated in 2021, she repeated the 2016 success and won the gold medal in women's 3 metre synchronized springboard with Wang Han. She also won again the gold medal in the 3m Springboard.{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Dan |date=2021-08-01 |title=Shi doubles up with second springboard diving title at Tokyo 2020 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111079/diving-shi-tingmao-tokyo-2020 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.insidethegames.biz |location=Tokyo Aquatics Centre}}

Accolades

Shi was named the Best Female Diver of the Year by FINA in six consecutive years from 2015 to 2021.{{cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/17/c_137678739.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217015044/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/17/c_137678739.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |title=China's Shi Tingmao awarded FINA Best Female Diver of 2018|work=Xinhua|date=17 December 2018 }}{{Cite web |title=China's Shi wins sixth consecutive Best Female Diver of Year |url=http://www.news.cn/english/2021-12/18/c_1310381086.htm |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.news.cn |publisher=Xinhua}}

Personal life

After winning gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, Shi revealed that she was struggling with depression and considered abandoning professional diving. She joined Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles in openly talking about mental health issues in women's elite competitions.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=Tokyo 2020: Chinese Olympic diving champion Shi Tingmao tells of depression struggle |url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/tokyo-2020-chinese-olympic-diving-champion-shi-tingmao-tells-of-depression-struggle-402429 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=WION |location=New Delhi |language=en |agency=Agence France-Presse}}

Major achievements

2008 National Diving Championships – {{Bronze3}} 3rd 3m Springboard
2009 National Diving Championships – {{Bronze3}} 3rd 1m Springboard
2009 National Games – {{Bronze3}} 3rd 1m Springboard; 4th 3m Springboard
2010 National Diving Championships – {{Silver2}} 2nd 1m springboard
2010 Asian Games – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; {{Silver2}} 2nd 3m Springboard
2011 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 1m Springboard
2013 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchro Springboard (with Wu Minxia)
2014 Asian Games – {{Gold1}} 1st 1m Springboard; {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard
2015 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchro Springboard (with Wu Minxia)
2015 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Springboard
2015 World Aquatics Championships – {{Silver2}} 2nd 1m Springboard
2016 Summer Olympics – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchro Springboard (with Wu Minxia)
2016 Summer Olympics – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Springboard
2017 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchro Springboard (with Chang Yani)
2017 World Aquatics Championships – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Springboard
2018 Asian Games – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Women's Springboard
2020 Summer Olympics – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Synchro Springboard (with Wang Han)
2020 Summer Olympics – {{Gold1}} 1st 3m Springboard