Li Kongzheng

Li Kongzheng
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Artistic diving / high diving
Birthday:	May 4th 1959
Size:	164 cm
Weight:	58 kg

Li Kongzheng ( Chinese  李 孔 政 , Pinyin Lǐ Kǒngzhèng , born May 4, 1959 ) is a former Chinese diver . He jumped first in the 10-meter high diving and later also in artificial jumping from the 3-meter board. Li took part in two Olympic Games and won a medal. He was also able to win a medal at world championships.

Li learned to dive at a sports school in Beijing . At the age of 15 he took part in the Asian Games in Tehran and immediately won the gold medal from the 10-meter tower. He was also able to win a medal at the following Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978 and in Delhi in 1982 , but this time from the 3-meter board. At the 1982 World Cup in Guayaquil , he just missed a medal in fourth from the 3-meter board and sixth from the 10-meter tower. In 1984 he played his first Olympic Games in Los Angeles and won the bronze medal from the 10-meter tower. He also won another medal at the 1986 World Cup in Madrid with silver from the tower. His last international competition was the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , where he finished sixth from the 10-meter tower.

After his active career, Li Kongzheng worked as a coach for the US Association. He initially worked at the University of Minnesota and later at the Columbus Performance Center . For several years he also coached the Australian national team in Melbourne . Since 2010 he has been a coach at the University of Michigan .

Web links

• Li Kongzheng in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Results overview on www.the-sports.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kongzheng "KZ" Li named new head diving coach at Michigan. Retrieved February 13, 2012 . 
2. ↑ In only six years, Chinese divers have sprung from nowhere to beat the US. Retrieved February 13, 2012 . 

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