Jia Tong

Jia Tong
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	1990

Jia Tong ( Chinese  贾 童 , Pinyin Jiă Tóng ; * 1990 ) is a former Chinese water diver who started in 10 m tower and synchronized diving. She won two world titles between 2005 and 2007 .

In 2005, while still a junior, Jia made her breakthrough to the top of the world. At the World Championships in Montreal , she won the bronze medal in singles from the tower and her first world title in the synchronous competition with Yuan Peilin . Jia continued her success the following year. First she won the individual title from the tower at the World Cup in Changshu , and later also at the Asian Games in Doha . At the 2007 World Cup in Melbourne , she was able to repeat the title in the 10-meter synchronous competition with her new dubbing partner Chen Ruolin .

Jia lost the team-internal duel for qualification for the Olympic Games in 2008 against Wang Xin . She no longer started in international competitions.

Web links

• Profile of Jia Tong at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Portrait on www.the-sports.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diving: Jia clinches 10m platform title. Retrieved March 14, 2012 (English). 

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