Zhou Jihong
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Updated: 2007-07-29 18:20

Personal Best : 

    Gold Medal Winner of 10m platform Women, diving, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

    Sports Career:

    Sports career of this Olympic gold winner could be traced back to her primary school age, when Zhou Jihong first started practicing gymnastics. However, it was the time spent in Wuhan Amateur Sports School when Zhou changed her major to diving that discovered the talent of this future world Olympic diving queen. 1997, the same year that Zhou began her diving time, Zhou was selected to join the provincial diving team of Hubei Province, later in 1982 she enrolled in the national team.

    High Performances:

    1981       National Winner Competition       Gold, Diving

    1982      The 9th Asia Games        Gold, Platform diving

    1982      The 4th World Swimming Championship       Bronze, Platform diving

    1983      The 3rd FINA World Cup       -Gold, Women's platform -Gold, Mixed team -Gold, Women's team

    1984      The 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games    -Gold, Platform diving

    1985      The 4th FINA World Cup        -Gold, Mixed team-Gold, Women's team

    Honors:

    The well-known 'diving swallow' reputed by the public

    1984, 1984 Female World Platform Diver, named by the International Swimming Hall of Fame

     1985, Grand Prix  Athl¨¨te, by Acad¨|mie des sports de France

    1994, Honor Diver 1994, by the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHF). Zhou is the first Chinese diver to be officially inducted into ISHF.

    Coaching Highlights:

    2000, five gold medals at the 27^th Sydney Olympic Games

    2001, eight gold medals at the 9^th World Championships

    2002, all eight gold medals at the 14^th Asia Games

    2003, four gold medals at the 10^th World Championships

    At Present:

    Retiring in July 1986, Zhou Jihong became the diving coach of provincial diving team of Hubei. Later in September 1986, she was enrolled in the English Department in Peking University and began her campus life. After 4-year study, the graduated kept coaching the national diving team. Since 2000 till now, Zhou has been work at the position of director of the National Diving Team.

    Zhou Jihong, the first Chinese woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10 meter platform diving event, as well is the first diving gold medalist for China.

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