Career
Born in Baoding,Hebei province,on October 15,1981,she started training in competitive diving in 1988.She took up diving when she was six-years-old at the Baoding Training Base.In 1992,she was selected to dive for the Chinese national team.Her current coach is Zhong Shaozhen.
Guo represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics,earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Wu Minxia before finally winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 metre women's springboard.She is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team after Fu Mingxia.Currently her goal is to win medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.She also announced on November 23,2006 that she would retire following the 2008 Olympic Games.
Personal life
Guo has been signed up by McDonald's,though insiders have claimed she was cautioned for having too many advertising contracts and exposure since her Olympic win.
Guo's off-the-board affairs after the Summer Olympics have been the subject of scrutiny in Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong media outlets.She is reputed to be the girlfriend of Chinese diver Tian Liang,although it is a relationship she neither admits nor denies.
Guo made entertainment headlines with a paparazzi shot of her dining with Kenneth Fok Kai-kong,the playboy grandson of the Hong Kong business tycoon Henry Fok.This time,Guo did not deny the relationship,and has been photographed many times with Kenneth Fok in public.Most recent rumor mentioned that Fok has purchased an apartment in Bejing in October 2006 and has given it to Guo as a gift.
Major achievements
1995 World Cup – 1st Synchronized Platform & 3m Synchronized Springboard
1996 Olympic Games – 5th Platform
1998 World Championships – 2nd 3m Springboard
1999 World Cup – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 3rd 3m Springboard
2000 World Cup – 1st 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
2000 Olympic Games – 2nd 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2001 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2002 World Cup – 1st 1m & 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
2002 Asian Games – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2003 FINA Diving Grand Prix (Australia/China) – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2003 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2004 World Cup – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 2nd 3m Springboard
2004 Olympic Games – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2005 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
2006 Asian Games – 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard
2007 World Championships – 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
郭晶晶的简介
