Fu Mingxia (Chinese: 伏明霞; pinyin: Fú Mingxiá; born 16 August 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China). She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall (5'2").
At an early age, Fu learned to swim at a nearby river under the instruction of her father, Fu Yijun. She started gymnastics at age 5 but soon switched to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at the age of 9 to train in Beijing. She was later professionally ...
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Fu Mingxia (Chinese: 伏明霞; pinyin: Fú Mingxiá; born 16 August 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China). She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall (5'2").
At an early age, Fu learned to swim at a nearby river under the instruction of her father, Fu Yijun. She started gymnastics at age 5 but soon switched to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at the age of 9 to train in Beijing. She was later professionally coached by Jian Li You.
Fu won her first world champion title in 1991 at the World Swimming Championships. At age 12, she became the youngest world champion ever in any sport. In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13. That prompted the international governing body to rule divers must turn 14 by the year of Olympic, World Championship or World Cup competition to participate. Fu also won the 10-meter platform gold in both the...
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