Hu Jia (water diver)

Hu Jia
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	January 10, 1983
Place of birth:	Wuhan
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	58 kg

Hu Jia ( Chinese  胡佳 , Pinyin Hú Jia ; born January 10, 1983 in Wuhan ) is a former Chinese water diver . He started in the 10 m tower and synchronized jumping. Hu Jia won two world titles and was Olympic champion in 2004.

He took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in Sydney in 2000 and won the silver medal in the 10-m synchronized diving with Tian Liang and in the 10-m high diving. In 2004 in Athens he achieved his greatest success. In diving he won gold in front of Mathew Helm and Tian Liang. He was also able to win four medals at swimming world championships. In 2001 in Fukuoka he won gold with Tian Liang in the 10m synchronized jumping , in 2003 in Barcelona the duo won bronze in the same competition. In 2005 in Montreal , Hu Jia became world champion in high diving and, this time with Yang Jinghui , also won silver in synchronized diving. Hu Jia was also successful at the Asian Games. In 2002 in Busan , he won gold in the 10 m synchronized jumping.

Hu Jia ended his active career after the 2005 World Cup.

Web links

• Hu Jia in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of the Chinese National Olympic Committee.
• Results overview on the-sports.org.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Hu is the family name here, Jia is the first name.