Lin Yue

Lin Yue
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 (age 33)
Chaozhou, Guangdong
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m, 10 m synchro
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 - -
World Championships 3 - 1
Summer Universiade 2 - -
FINA Diving World Cup 3 1 -
Asian Games 2 - -
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m synchro
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 10 m synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 10m platform
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen 10 m synchro
FINA Diving World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Changshu 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 10m synchro
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m synchro
Silver medal – second place 2006 Changshu 10m platform
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 10m platform
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 10m synchro
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Yue (simplified Chinese: 林跃; traditional Chinese: 林躍; pinyin: Lín Yuè; born July 24, 1991, in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese diver and a double Olympic gold medal winner.[1][2] He competed for Team China in Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won gold with Huo Liang in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform. He also won gold in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with Chen Aisen.[3]

Chen Aisen and Lin Yue at the Rio Olympics
  1. ^ "2008 team". china.olympic.cn.
  2. ^ "China wins second diving gold medal of Rio Games". China Daily. 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Chinese pair Chen Aisen and Lin Yue take 10m synchro gold ahead of USA and Great Britain". Rio 2016. Associated Press. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.