He Chong

He Chong
This is a Chinese name; the family name is He.
Medal record

He Chong
Men's Diving
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing 3 m springboard
World Championships
Gold 2005 Montreal 3 m springboard synchro
Gold 2009 Rome 3 m springboard
Gold 2011 Shanghai 3 m springboard
Silver 2007 Melbourne 1 m springboard
Bronze 2005 Montreal 3 m springboard
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha 3 m springboard
Gold 2006 Doha 3 m springboard synchro
Gold 2010 Guangzhou 3 m springboard
Universiade
Gold 2011 Shenzhen 3 m springboard

He Chong (simplified Chinese: 何冲; traditional Chinese: 何衝; pinyin: Hé Chōng; Yale: Ho4 Chung1; born June 10, 1987 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong) is a Chinese diver. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion in the 3m springboard.

He split with partner Wang Feng after they won a gold medal in the 3m synchronised springboard event at the 2005 World Championships. The two staged a reunion and won gold at the same event in the 2006 Diving World Cup in Changshu, China.

At the 2008 Olympics He Chong defeated an elite field of divers including, the two time world champion Alexandre Despatie, the 2006 world cup champion Qin Kai, and eight time Olympic medalist Dmitri Sautin.

He Chong lit the flame at the 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony.

Major performances

  • 2005 World Championships – 1st 3m springboard synchro;
  • 2005 National Games – 1st 1m springboard;
  • 2006/2008 World Cup – 1st 1m/3m springboard
  • 2008 Beijing Olympics 3m springboard Gold Medalist
  • 2009 FINA World Championships 3m springboard Gold medallist

References


v · d · eOlympic Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

1908: Albert Zürner (GER) • 1912: Paul Günther (GER) • 1920: Louis Kuehn (USA) • 1924: Albert White (USA) • 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA) • 1932: Michael Galitzen (USA) • 1936: Richard Degener (USA) • 1948: Bruce Harlan (USA) • 1952: David Browning (USA) • 1956: Bob Clotworthy (USA) • 1960: Gary Tobian (USA) • 1964: Kenneth Sitzberger (USA) • 1968: Bernard Wrightson (USA) • 1972: Vladimir Vasin (RUS) • 1976: Phil Boggs (USA) • 1980: Aleksandr Portnov (RUS) • 1984 – 1988: Greg Louganis (USA) • 1992: Mark Lenzi (USA) • 1996 – 2000: Xiong Ni (CHN) • 2004: Peng Bo (CHN) • 2008: He Chong (CHN)
v · d · eWorld Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

1973: Phil Boggs (USA)  • 1975: Phil Boggs (USA)  • 1978: Phil Boggs (USA)  • 1982: Greg Louganis (USA)  • 1986: Greg Louganis (USA)  • 1991: Kent Ferguson (USA)  • 1994: Yu Zhuocheng (CHN)  • 1998: Dmitri Sautin (RUS)  • 2001: Dmitri Sautin (RUS)  • 2003: Aleksandr Dobroskok (RUS)  • 2005: Alexandre Despatie (CAN)  • 2007: Qin Kai (CHN)  • 2009: He Chong (CHN) 2011: He Chong (CHN)
v · d · eWorld Diving Champions in Men's Synchronized 3 metre Springboard

1998: Xu Hao and Yu Zhuocheng (CHN)  • 2001: Peng Bo and Wang Kenan (CHN)  • 2003: Aleksandr Dobroskok and Dmitri Sautin (RUS)  • 2005: He Chong and Wang Feng (CHN)  • 2007: Qin Kai and Wang Feng (CHN)  • 2009: Qin Kai and Wang Feng (CHN)  • 2011: Qin Kai and Luo Yutong (CHN)
v · d · eUniversiade Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

 1961 – 1963: Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN) •  1965: Rick Gilbert (USA) •  1967: Keith Russell (USA) •  1970: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) •  1973: Vyacheslav Strakhov (URS) •  1977: ?? Bulatov (URS) •  1979: Aleksandr Kosenkov (URS) •  1981: Sergei Kuzmin (URS) •  1983: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1985 – 1987: Tan Liangde (CHN) •  1991: Li Deliang (CHN) •  1993: Xiong Ni (CHN) •  1995: Fernando Platas (MEX) •  1997: Imre Lengyel (HUN) •  1999: Wang Kenan (CHN) •  2001 – 2003: Wang Tianling (CHN) •  2005: Wang Feng (CHN) •  2007: Peng Bo (CHN) •  2009: Pan Zhaowei (CHN) •  2011: He Chong (CHN)


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