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Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing. She was selected into the Chinese Junior diving team in 1989 at the age of 11. Fu's hard work began to pay off 12 days before her 12th birthday ...
Guo Jingjing was the fourth diver to win four Olympic gold medals (following Fu Mingxia, Greg Louganis and Pat McCormick) and at her retirement, was the female diver with the most Olympic medals (trailing only Dmitry Sautin among men). Uniquely, Guo won her medals on the springboard (3 m) only, while the others also medaled in the platform (10 ...
1978-Chinese diver. Chinese diver Fu Mingxia had international success at such a young age that she prompted world diving. Fu Mingxia officials to create rules requiring divers to be fourteen before they could appear in major competitions. At her first Olympic appearance in 1992, she was only thirteen, but was credited with advancing the difficulty of dives being performed in competitions.
9 de jun. de 2016 · Biographie. C'est par la gymnastique que Mingxia Fu a débuté la pratique du sport. Á l'âge de 9 ans, elle se tourne vers le plongeon et en 1991, du haut de ses 12 ans, elle devient la plus jeune championne du monde de l'histoire.
After the 2000 Games, her partner Fu Mingxia retired. Guo then paired up with Wu Mingxia and did not miss a beat. Enduring grueling training sessions, sometimes lasting six to eight hours a day, ...
Fu Mingxia completed a remarkable diving career that earned her the title “Queen of Diving.” Over a period of three Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000) she earned four gold and one silver medal, more than any other diver in history.
27 de jul. de 1992 · 28 from 17 countries. Format. 10 metre platform. China’s Fu Mingxia had won the 1990 Asian Games and Goodwill Games before her 12th birthday. She then won the 1991 World Championships on platform. She was so young that the diving authorities changed the rules requiring divers to be 14-years-old during the Olympic year in order to compete.
