Xiong Ni

Xiong Ni, born on 11 January 1974 in Changsha, Hunan, is a Chinese diver who won his first Olympic medal at the age of fourteen at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and went on to compete at the Games of 1992, 1996 and 2000. His Olympic record stands at three gold medals, one silver and one bronze, with the golds coming in the 3 metre springboard in 1996 and in both the individual and synchronised 3 metre springboard in 2000, the latter with Xiao Hailiang. He also won ten gold medals in World Cup competition. He announced retirement in 1997, returned in 1998 and announced it again in 2001, and his rival Dmitri Sautin once said the title of King of Divers belongs to Xiong Ni.