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The winner of seven Olympic medals (five of them gold) and 14 World Championship medals (eight of them gold), China’s Wu Minxia is the most decorated female athlete in the history of diving.
Wu Minxia (simplified Chinese: 吴敏霞; traditional Chinese: 吳敏霞; pinyin: Wú Mǐnxiá; born 10 November 1985) is a retired Chinese diver, specializing in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard, and synchronized 3 metre springboard events.
Wu Minxia (born November 10, 1985, Shanghai, China) is the most-decorated female athlete in the history of diving and became the most-decorated Chinese athlete in Olympic history at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. There she won her seventh medal overall, more than any other Chinese athlete.
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The undisputed queen of the 3m springboard events, China's Wu Minxia claimed at least one medal in eight consecutive editions of the FINA World Championships...
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Aug 8, 2016 · RIO DE JANEIRO — Wu Minxia of China ended her record-setting Olympic career the way it began: with a gold medal. Shi Tingmao and Wu totaled 345.60 points to win the women’s 3-meter synchronized...
China’s Wu wins record fifth diving gold. China’s Wu Minxia has splashed into the Olympic record books at Rio 2016, bypassing legends Greg Louganis of the USA and her “big sister”, compatriot Guo Jingjing, to become the first person to win five diving gold medals.
