Qin Kai (diver)

Qin Kai

Personal information
Nationality Chinese
Born (1986-01-31) January 31, 1986
Xi'an, Shaanxi
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Spouse(s) He Zi
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s) 3 m, 3 m synchro
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 2
World Championships 7 – –
Asian Games – 1 –
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 3 m synchro
2012 London 3 m synchro
2012 London 3 m springboard
2008 Beijing 3 m springboard
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro
World Championships
2007 Melbourne 3 m springboard
2007 Melbourne 3 m synchro
2009 Rome 1 m springboard
2009 Rome 3 m synchro
2011 Shanghai 3 m synchro
2013 Barcelona 3 m synchro
2015 Kazan 3 m synchro
Asian Games
2006 Doha 1 m springboard
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen 3 m synchro
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Qin.

Qin Kai (simplified Chinese: 秦凯; traditional Chinese: 秦凱; pinyin: Qín Kǎi; born January 31, 1986) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving.[1] He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[2] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Career

Cao Yuan and Qin Kai at the 2016 Olympics

At the 2001 World Junior Championships, he won the gold on the 3m Springboard and the silver medal on the Platform. At the 2006 National Championships, he won the silver medal on the springboard. At the 2006 World Cup, he won the gold on the 3m springboard. At the 2007 World Championships, he won the gold on the springboard and in the synchro springboard. At the 2008 World Cup, he won the gold in the 3m Synchro Springboard.

He is the 2008 Olympic Champion on the 3m Synchronized Springboard with Wang Feng and won bronze in the Men's 3m Springboard.

In 2009, he again won the 3m Synchronized Springboard with Wang Feng at the World Championships in Rome.[3] He also won the individual gold at the 1m Springboard at the same championships.[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the men's 3 m synchronised springboard and the men's individual 3 m springboard. He retained his synchronised springboard title, this time with Luo Yutong, and won the silver medal in the individual event.[2]

In 2013, he won gold with He Chong at the men's 3m synchro springboard World Championships in Barcelona.[5]

In 2015, he partnered with Cao Yuan on the men's 3m synchro springboard at the World Championships in Kazan and won gold.[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Qin won bronze in 3m synchronized dive with Cao Yuan.[7]

Personal life

Qin Kai proposed to fellow diver and girlfriend of 6 years He Zi, right after she won silver in the women's 3m individual springboard at the Rio Olympics.[8]

Accolades

In 2011, Qin was name Top Ten Athlete of Shanxi province. In 2012, he was awarded the May 1st Labour Medal in the People's Republic of China.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Qin Kai". Chinese Olympic Committee.
  2. 1 2 "Qin Kai Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. ↑ Associated Press (18 July 2009). "Qin, Wang top U.S. team for title". ESPN.
  4. ↑ Reuters (17 July 2009). "China's Qin takes one-meter springboard gold in Rome". BC Local News.
  5. ↑ "Chinese winning machine adds two more golds in Barcelona". Reuters. 23 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Qin Kai/Cao Yuan snatch sixth gold for China diving at Kazan worlds". Xinhuanet. 29 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Qin Kai, Cao Yuan claim bronze in men synchronized 3m springboard diving". CRIEnglish. 11 August 2016.
  8. ↑ The beautiful moment unsuspecting swimmer gets proposed to - minutes after winning medal
  9. ↑ "Kai Qin". Fina.
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