Ren Qian

Ren Qian
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	February 20, 2001
Place of birth:	Cheng you
Size:	165 cm
Weight:	49 kg

Ren Qian ( Chinese  任 茜 , Pinyin Rèn Qiàn ; born February 20, 2001 in Chengdu ) is a Chinese water diver . She won the gold medal in diving at the 2016 Olympic Games . At the age of 15, she was the youngest ever Olympic champion in these games.

Career

Ren switched from gymnastics to diving in 2007. In 2014 she took part in international competitions for the first time. In 2015 she won her first medal at the world championships , the silver medal in high diving. At the 2016 Olympics, she took part in the final of high diving and became the youngest female Olympic champion in these games. The following year she won medals in synchronized jumping from the tower at the 2017 World Championships .

Web links

• Ren Qian in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ren Qian, the Chinese super talent. Retrieved July 28, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Rio Olympics 2016: Ren Qian of China wins 10m platform diving aged 15 . In: BBC Sport . August 18, 2016 ( bbc.com [accessed July 28, 2020]).
3. ↑ Ren Qian | fina.org - Official FINA website. Retrieved July 28, 2020 . 

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