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| Yuxi
CHEN |
| Sport |
Diving |
| NOC |
China
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 11 Sep 2005
in Shanghai, CHN |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Shanghai, CHN |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
Mandarin |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport at age four. |
Why this sport? |
She was scouted by Shi Meiqin, a coach from the Shanghai diving team in the People's Republic of China. |
Club / Team |
Shanghai: China |
Name of coach |
Liu Ben [national], CHN; Yu Xiaoling [national], CHN |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Lele (Weibo profile, 02 Feb 2022; sports.sina.cn, 19 Jul 2019) |
Hobbies |
Listening to music, reading novels, drawing, chatting with friends, playing games, taking photos. (thepaper.cn, 22 Dec 2021; sports.sina.cn, 19 Jul 2019; 360kuai.com, 11 Aug 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
Chinese trampoline gymnast Gao Lei, Chinese divers Wu Minxia and Chen Ruolin. (sohu.com, 27 Jul 2021; jfdaily.com.cn, 18 Jul 2019; chinanews.com, 18 Jul 2019) |
Injuries |
She was affected by wrist and ankle injuries in 2018. (olympics.com, 29 Jul 2021) |
Awards and honours |
In 2019 she was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 09 Jan 2019) |
Famous relatives |
Her father Chen Jian has served as a senior gymnastics coach in a sports school in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Her mother Dong Chunhua has worked as an associate professor specialising in gymnastics studies at Shanghai University of Sport. (jfdaily.com.cn, 18 Jul 2019) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
10m Platform |
425.40 |
| 1 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
10m Platform Synchro |
363.78 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 1 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
10m Platform |
417.25 |
| 1 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
10m Platform Synchro |
368.40 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
10m Platform |
439.00 |
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