Yu Zhuocheng

Yu Zhuocheng
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	7th December 1975
Size:	164 cm
Weight:	60 kg

Yu Zhuocheng ( Chinese  余卓成 , Pinyin Yú Zhuóchéng , born December 7, 1975 ) is a former Chinese water diver . He started in artificial jumping from the 1 m and 3 m board and in 3 m synchronized jumping. Between 1994 and 1998 he won three world championship titles and an Olympic silver medal.

Yu Zhuocheng experienced his international breakthrough in 1994. At the Asian Games in Hiroshima , he won silver from the 3-meter board, at the World Championships in Rome he was the first world champion in the same competition. He was the first Chinese world champion in jumping and the youngest title holder from the 3-meter board.

He took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . From the 3-meter board, he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Xiong Ni . Two years later, Yu Zhuocheng played his second world championship in Perth . He won gold from the 1-meter board and with Hao Xu in 3-meter synchronized jumping . After the Asian Games in Bangkok , where he again won silver from the 3-meter board, Yu Zhuocheng ended his active career.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yu Zhuocheng: World Cup and I am married to a collision is difficult to predict which team is the strongest. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 17, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

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