Name：Fu Mingxia

Gender：F

Height：1.60m

Weight：48kg

Date of birth：August 16, 1978

Place of birth：Wuhan, Hubei Province

Sport：Diving

Sports career：

Took up gymnastics in Wuhan Spare-time Sports School in 1985. Switched to diving before being selected as a member of the Hubei provincial diving team in 1987. Stood 1.37m and aged 12, she won the platform event of group B in the National Junior Competition in 1990. Following that, she was selected for intensified training by the national team.

Personal best：

1992, 1996 & 2000 Olympic Games - 1st platform

High performances：

1989 National Junior Games - 5th platform

1990 US International Invitational - 1st platform

1990 Canada International Open - 2nd platform

1990 US International Open - 1st platform

1990 Jinan International Open - 3rd platform

1990 US Goodwill Games - 1st platform (443.04 pts, youngest titlist in Games history)

1990 Beijing Asian Games - 3rd platform

1991 Perth World Swimming Championships - 1st (426.50 pts, going down in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest world champion in swimming history)

1991 China International Open - 2nd springboard, 3rd platform

1992 National Inter-city Games - 1st springboard & platform

1992 National Championships - 1st springboard & platform

1992 Barcelona Olympic Games - 1st platform (winning China's third Olympic platform gold in succession)

1993 World Cup - 1st team & mixed team, 3rd platform,

1993 National Games - 2nd springboard & platform

1994 Rome World Swimming Championships - 1st platform

1994 Hiroshima Asian Games - 2nd springboard

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st springboard & platform

2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st springboard

Reputed as "Diving Queen"

Honours：

1990-1991 - Twice named World Best Woman Platform Diver by US magazine Swimming World

At present：

Retired after the Sydney Olympics and settled down in Hong Kong.

(Source: en.beijing-2008.org)