Xie Siyi (Chinese: 谢思埸; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese diver. He has won four gold medals at the World Championships and two Olympic gold medals.[1][2]
![]() Xie Siyi (second right) in Hong Kong (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 26) Shantou, Guangdong, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 10 m, 10 m synchro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Guangdong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Cao Yuan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Zhou Jihong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simplified Chinese | 谢思埸 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 謝思埸 | ||||||||
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Xie's previous main event was 10m platform and his partner was Chen Aisen. However, due to a serious injury in 2012, he began focusing more on springboard. At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, he became a new world champion after winning the gold medal of 1m springboard.[3] He also won a gold in 3m springboard at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest.[4]
In 2018, Xie took part in his first World Cup event held in Wuhan, and won a gold in the 3m synchro partnered with Cao Yuan, as well as a gold in the individual 3m event.[5]
At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, he again won gold in the 3m springboard event.[6] Xie again partnered with Cao Yuan in the 3m synchro, and won gold with their last dive.[7]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Xie won the gold in the 3m springboard event. He scored over 85 points with each of his six dives to reach a total score of 558.75 and broke the Men's Olympics 3m springboard record.[8][9] He also partnered with Wang Zongyuan in the men’s 3m synchro event and the pair won gold.[10][11]
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World diving champions in men's 1 metre springboard | |
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World diving champions in men's 3 metre springboard | |
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World diving champions in men's synchronized 3 metre springboard | |
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