Guo Jingjing
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Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶, pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng) (born October 15, 1981) is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in diving. Born in Baoding, Hebei province, she left her family at the age of eleven in order to train.
Guo represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Wu Minxia before finally winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 metre women's springboard. She's the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team after Fu Mingxia.
Guo's off-the-board affairs after the Summer Olympics have been the subject of scrutiny in Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong media outlets. She is reputed to be the alleged girlfriend of Chinese diver Tian Liang, although it is a relationship she neither admits to nor denies. Guo made entertainment headlines recently with a paparazzi shot of her dining with the grandson of Henry Fok, a Hong Kong tycoon, and insiders claimed she was cautioned for having too many advertising contracts and exposure since her Olympics win.
High Performances
- 1995 World Cup – 1st Team/Mixed Team, Synchronized Platform, 3m Synchronized Springboard
- 1996 Olympic Games – 5th Platform
- 1998 World Championships – 2nd 3m Springboard
- 1999 World Cup – 1st Mixed Team, 3m Synchronized Springboard; 3rd 3m Springboard
- 2000 World Cup – 1st Team/Mixed Team, 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
- 2000 Olympic Games – 2nd 3m Springboard/Synchronized Springboard
- 2001 National Games – 1st 1m/3m Springboard
- 2001 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard/Synchronized Springboard
- 2002 National Champions Tournament – 1st 1m/3m Springboard
- 2002 World Cup – 1st 1m/3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
- 2002 National Championships – 1st 3m Springboard
- 2002 Asian Games – 1st 3m Springboard/Synchronized Springboard
- 2003 Fina Diving Grand Prix (Australia/China) – 1st 3m Springboard/Synchronized Springboard
- 2003 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard/Synchronized Springboard
- 2004 World Cup – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 2nd 3m Springboard
- 2004 Olympic Games – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
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