Lin Yue

Lin Yue

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 Chaozhou, Guangdong
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	10 m, 10 m synchro
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 - - World Championships 3 - 1 Summer Universiade 2 - - FINA Diving World Cup 3 1 - Asian Games 2 - - Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 10m synchro Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m synchro World Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 10m synchro Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 10m synchro Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 10 m synchro Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 10m platform Summer Universiade Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen 10 m synchro FINA Diving World Cup Gold medal – first place 2006 Changshu 10m synchro Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 10m synchro Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m synchro Silver medal – second place 2006 Changshu 10m platform Asian Games Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 10m platform Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 10m synchro

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Yue (simplified Chinese: 林跃; traditional Chinese: 林躍; pinyin: Lín Yuè; born July 24, 1991, in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner. He competed for Team China in Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won gold with Huo Liang in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform. He also won gold in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with Chen Aisen.

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Chen Aisen and Lin Yue at the Rio Olympics

Background

Lin Yue started diving when he was little, training in a sporting school in his hometown, with a coach named Li Huansen (李焕森). In the following five years, he went to Guangdong Provincial Weilun Sporting School (广东省伟伦体育学校), under instructor Cao Ke (曹科). In the year 2004, he was selected in the Beijing Diving team. His current coach is Zhong Shaozhen (钟少珍).

Major achievements

He claimed the bronze medal in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. He claimed the gold medal at the 2008 World Cup - 10m platform synchro. He won gold medals in the Men's synchronized 10m platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He became the first diver to win a second Olympic gold medal in this event.

He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform event.