Hu Yadan

Hu Yadan
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	January 19, 1996
Place of birth:	Zigong
Size:	145 cm
Weight:	32 kg

Hu Yadan ( Chinese  胡亞丹 , Pinyin Hú Yàdān ; born January 19, 1996 in Zigong ) is a Chinese diver . She starts in 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Hu Yadan won gold from the 10-meter tower at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou at the age of 14 . As part of the FINA Diving Grand Prix, she also won five individual and synchronous competitions from the tower in 2010 and 2011 and, thanks to her good performance, qualified for the 2011 home world championships in Shanghai . There she was in the final of the 10-meter individual competition after three of five rounds on the gold course, but the fourth jump failed and Hu Yadan fell back to third. After a good last jump she finally won the silver medal behind her compatriot Chen Ruolin and in front of Paola Espinosa from Mexico.

Web links

• 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, Yadan is the first name.