Shi Tingmao

Shi Tingmao

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 32) Chongqing, China
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro
Club	Chongqing
Medal record Women's diving Representing  China Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 0 0 World Championships 8 1 0 Summer Universiade 2 0 0 Asian Games 5 1 0 FINA Diving World Cup 6 0 0 Total 25 2 0 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m springboard 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro 2020 Tokyo 3m Springboard 2020 Tokyo 3 m synchro World Championships 2011 Shanghai 1 m springboard 2013 Barcelona 3 m synchro 2015 Kazan 3 m springboard 2015 Kazan 3 m synchro 2017 Budapest 3 m springboard 2017 Budapest 3 m synchro 2019 Gwangju 3 m springboard 2019 Gwangju 3 m synchro 2015 Kazan 1 m springboard Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 3 m synchro 2014 Incheon 1 m springboard 2014 Incheon 3 m synchro 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 3 m springboard 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 3 m synchro 2010 Guangzhou 3 m springboard FINA Diving World Cup 2014 Shanghai 3 m springboard 2014 Shanghai 3 m synchro 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m springboard 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro 2018 Wuhan 3 m springboard 2018 Wuhan 3 m synchro Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team 2011 Shenzhen 1 m springboard

Shi Tingmao (Chinese: 施廷懋; pinyin: 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.^[1] She also won gold in the 3m synchro with partner Wang Han.^[2]

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.^[3]

Accolades

Shi was named the Best Female Diver of the Year by FINA in six consecutive years from 2015 to 2021.^[4][5]

Personal life

After gold-winning in the 2020 Summer Olympics she revealed that she was struggling with depression and considered abandoning professional diving. Shi joined Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles in openly talking about mental health issues in women's elite competitions.^[6]

Major achievements

References

External links

• Shi Tingmao at World Aquatics
• Shi Tingmao at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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