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Chen Ruolin (Chinese:陈若琳;pinyin:Chén Ruòlín; born 12 December 1992) is a Chineseplatformdiver andcoach. She is a five-timeOlympic gold medalist (2008,2012 and2016), ten-timeWorld championship medalist (including six golds), nine-timeWorld Cup medalist (eight golds), four-timeAsian Games medalist (three golds) and two-timeUniversiade gold medalist, making her one of the most accomplished female divers in history.[2]
After retiring from the sport in 2016 due to neck injury,[3] Chen became a diving coach in 2021 and has been personally training2020 Olympic gold medalistQuan Hongchan and multi-FINA world championLian Junjie, who have since both won gold medals at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis.[4]
Chen was born inNantong,Jiangsu. She won the gold medals in the women's10m platform and10m synchronized platform at the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing forTeam China, then duplicated the double gold performance at theLondon 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
In the2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Shanghai, Chen won two gold medals forWomen's 10 m platform andWomen's 10 m synchro platform (partneringWang Hao). She became the first Chinese female diver who claimed all the gold medals in women's platform events in Olympic Games, World Cup and World Championships.
In 2014, she lit the torch at the2014 Summer Youth Olympics in theNanjing Olympic Sports Centre.
In the2016 Summer Olympics she won her fifth Olympic gold medal at the10m synchronised platform event with her partnerLiu Huixia, and became only the third Chinese athlete to win five Olympic gold medals.
In October 2016 Chen announced her retirement from diving due to a neck injury.
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR |
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| Olympics | NH | G | Not Held | G | Not Held | 2 / 2 | ||||
| World Championships | S | NH | S | NH | G | NH | S | NH | A | 1 / 4 |
| FINA Diving World Cup | NH | G | NH | S | NH | G | NH | A | NH | 2 / 3 |
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR |
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| Olympics | NH | G | Not Held | G | Not Held | G | 3 / 3 | |||||
| World Championships | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | 5 / 5 |
| FINA Diving World Cup | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | NH | G | 6 / 6 |
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| Preceded by First award | FINA Diver of the Year 2010 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Final Youth Olympic torchbearer Nanjing 2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Darren Choy | Final Summer Youth Olympic torchbearer Nanjing 2014 | Succeeded by |
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