Qiu Bo

Qiu Bo
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	January 31, 1993
Place of birth:	Sichuan
Size:	160 cm
Weight:	60 kg

Qiu Bo ( Chinese  邱 波 , Pinyin Qiū Bō ; born January 31, 1993 in Sichuan ) is a Chinese diver . He starts in 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Bo first took part in the World Swimming Championships in Rome in 2009 . In an exciting finale, he finished second behind Thomas Daley in high diving . At the home world championship in 2011 in Shanghai he was then world champion for the first time. He won the 10-meter synchronized diving with Huo Liang and was also unbeatable in the 10-meter high diving.

In 2010 he started at the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . There he won gold confidently from the 3 m board and the 10 m tower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , he had to admit defeat to American David Boudia in a high-class final in high diving and won the silver medal.

Web links

• Chinese Olympic Committee Athletes Database.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diving : Gold for high diver Boudia, bronze to Daley on sport.sf.tv, August 11, 2012 (accessed on August 12, 2012).

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