Zhang Yanquan

Zhang Yanquan
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	June 13, 1994
Place of birth:	Guangdong Province
Size:	158 cm
Weight:	52 kg

Zhang Yanquan ( Chinese  张雁 全 , Pinyin Zhāng Yànquán , born June 13, 1994 in Guangdong Province ) is a Chinese water diver who competes in 10 m tower and synchronized diving.

Zhang has been participating in international competitions since 2009. He specializes exclusively in 10-meter synchronized jumping, where he starts alongside Cao Yuan . The duo has so far achieved nine victories and two second places in eleven FINA Diving Grand Prix and FINA World Series competitions. It also won superior gold at the 2010 World Cup in Changzhou and 2012 in London . At the Chinese Olympic elimination, Zhang secured participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 10 m synchronized jumping.

The synchronous duo Zhang and Cao jump a program with a very high level of difficulty, including a 2 ½ Auerbach pike with 3 screws with a level of difficulty of 3.8, which none of their competitors have in the program. In the domestic press they already have the nickname Dream Team . At the Olympic Games in 2012 , the favored team won the gold medal.

Web links

• Profile of Zhang Yanquan at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yanquan Zhang. (No longer available online.) In: london2012.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013 ; accessed on July 24, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Diving 'Dream Team' continues golden run. In: china.org.cn. February 24, 2012, accessed October 3, 2018 . 

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