Huo Liang

Huo Liang
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	September 29, 1989
Place of birth:	Shanghai
Size:	155 cm
Weight:	50 kg

Huo Liang , Chinese  火 亮 , Pinyin Huǒ Liàng , (born September 29, 1989 in Shanghai ) is a Chinese diver .

Liang Huo has been one of the world's top diving players since 2005. At the 2007 World Cup in Melbourne , the Beijing man and his partner Lin Yue won the gold medal in synchronized diving from the tower. So far, he has won twelve competitions in the Grand Prix series, including two individual competitions. Liang came second five times. In the World Series he won four events - including an individual competition - and came second once. He won two synchronized jumping competitions in the World Cup. He celebrated his greatest success with his partner Yue Lin by winning the gold medal in tower synchronized diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in his native Beijing. At the following World Championships in Rome in July 2009, both also won the high diving competition. Huo Liang defended this title with his new dubbing partner Qui Bo at the 2011 home world championship in Shanghai.

Web links

• Profile of Huo Liang at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
• Huo Liang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

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