Shi Tingmao

Shi Tingmao is a Chinese diver, born on 31 August 1991, who represents the Chongqing diving team and has dominated the 3 metre springboard events in the 2010s. At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai she won the 1 metre springboard, becoming the first Chinese diver from a provincial team to compete at the World Championships. She won the 3 metre synchronized springboard with Wu Minxia and the individual 3 metre springboard at the 2016 Olympics, and repeated both at the 2020 Games, in the synchro with Wang Han. In all she has four Olympic golds and eight golds at the World Championships. FINA named her Best Female Diver of the Year for six consecutive years from 2015 to 2021. After her Tokyo win she spoke openly about depression and about considering giving up professional diving.