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Zhou Jihong (simplified Chinese: 周继红; traditional Chinese: 周繼紅; pinyin: Zhōu Jìhóng, born 11 January 1965) is a Chinese diver who won the first gold medal for Chinese diving.

Not to be confused with Zhu Jinhong.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Jihong
Zhou in 2021
Personal information
Born (1965-01-11) January 11, 1965 (age 57)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  China
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles 10 m platform
World Championships
1982 Guayaquil 10 m platform
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi 10 m platform
Universiade
1983 Edmonton 10 m platform

Sports career


Born in Wuhan on 1965, Zhou originally practiced gymnastics before switching to diving. In 1977, she entered the Hubei diving team and began to receive professional diving training. She won the national championship in 1981 and entered the Chinese women's diving team in 1982.

In 1984, during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she replaced Lü Wei, after Lü suffered from an injury. In the women's 10 metre platform, she won the gold medal with a total score of 435.51 points becoming the first Chinese diver to win a gold medal in the Olympics. On the same year, she was named the best athlete of the year in women's platform diving by magazine Swimming World.[1]

In 1998, she became the team leader of the Chinese diving team. Under her leadership, Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing won gold and silver medals in the women's 3 metre springboard at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the Chinese diving team won 6 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zhou led the Chinese diving team in winning 7 gold medals.[1][2]

In March 2014, Zhou was appointed chairman of the Athlete Committee by FINA and in November 2017, she served as the chairman of the Chinese Swimming Association. In January 2019, she served as a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee and in January 2020, she served as the chairman of China Diving Association. On 5 June 2021, at the FINA Congress held in Doha, Qatar, Zhou was elected Vice President of FINA, becoming the first female vice president in the organization's history.[3][4][5][6]

On 14 July 2021, Zhou was assigned as the diving team leader within the Chinese sports delegation for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]


Personal life


In 1986, she retired briefly in order to complete her studies in English at Peking University. After graduating in 1990, she continued to serve as the coach of the Chinese National Diving Team. [8]

In 1992, Zhou married to Tian Bingyi, a former Chinese badminton player and now the coach of Chinese national badminton team. In 1994, she gave birth to her son.[9]


Controversy


In May 2022, New Zealand diving judge Lisa Wright revealed that during the 2020 Summer Olympics, Zhou allegedly launched a verbal tirade at Wright at the conclusion of the men's 10m platform final. Wright alleged that Zhou verbally abused her for underscoring Chinese divers. As a result, Zhou was later ordered by a FINA Ethics Panel to write a letter of apology to Wright. A recommendation was also made by the Ethics Panel to disestablish Zhou's position as Diving Bureau Liaison for FINA.[10]

Former diver, judge and current member of FINA's Diving Technical Committee from New Zealand Simon Latimer sent a whistleblower complaint to FINA's executive director Brent Nowicki in December 2021 detailing Zhou's alleged "unethical behavior" which also contained allegations that Zhou has routinely coached Chinese divers during the Olympics and has manipulated judging panels in order to benefit Chinese athletes. In their findings the FINA Ethics Panel determined it had no jurisdiction to decide on any of the complaints under the Rules of Protection from Harassment and Abuse. It also stated there was not enough evidence to sustain complaints, saying the incident during the men's platform final was "unfortunate" and led to a "misunderstanding mixed with misjudgement" between Wright and Zhou.[11][12]

Subsequent to Latimer's complaint, video evidence emerged and was posted online showing Zhou coaching Chinese divers during competition sessions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, a behavior considered unethical given her neutral role as a FINA Vice President and Diving Bureau Liaison.[13]


See also



References


  1. "中国跳水第一个奥运冠军--记跳水队领队周继红". Sina Sports (in Chinese). Sina. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. "非凡之队: 追逐完美的中国跳水梦之队". Olympics.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. "泳联盛典发布会在京举行 周继红任中国泳协主席" (in Chinese). iFeng. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. "中国奥委会委员名单更新 郎平李宁武大靖上榜" (in Chinese). CCTV. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. "周继红当选中国跳水协会主席，东京奥运会成首要任务" (in Chinese). Beijing Evening News. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. "周继红成为国际泳联历史上第一位女性副主席". baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. "东京奥运会中国体育代表团名单来了" (in Chinese). CCTV. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. "周继红25年：一个女人的斗争史". 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  9. ""Iron Lady" Zhou Jihong: Her husband is a gold medal coach, the guilt and tears behind the glory". INF News. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  10. Hack, Raymond (6 April 2022). "FINA Ethics Panel Finding on Zhou Jihong" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  11. Ramsay, George (12 May 2022). "She apologized for verbally abusing an Olympic judge, but questions over the conduct of China's 'Iron Lady' of diving remain". CNN. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  12. Houston, Michael (9 May 2022). "Exclusive: New complaint filed against FINA vice-president Zhou over conduct at Tokyo 2020". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  13. Sutherland, James (18 April 2022). "Video shows FINA VP Zhou Jihong coaching Chinese diver at Tokyo Olympic Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 1 June 2022.



На других языках

- [en] Zhou Jihong

[it] Zhou Jihong

Zhou Jihong[1] (周继红S, Zhōu JìhóngP; 11 gennaio 1965) è un'ex tuffatrice cinese.

[ru] Чжоу Цзихун

Чжо́у Цзиху́н (кит. упр. 周继红, пиньинь Zhōu Jìhóng) (род. 1 января 1965 года, КНР) — китайская прыгунья в воду.


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