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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 27th Sydney Olympic Games
2001, eight gold medals at the 9th World Championships
2002, all eight gold medals at the 14th Asia Games
2003, four gold medals at the 10th 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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Name:Zhou Jihong
Gender:F
Birth Date:January 1, 1965
Birth Place :Wuhan, Hubei Province
Sport:Diving
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