Name: Guo Jingjing

Sport: Diving

Date of birth: October 15, 1981

Home: Baoding, Hebei Province

Height: 1.63 meters

Weight: 49 kg

Experience:

1988: Began diving at the Baoding Training Base, Hebei Province. Coach: Li Fang

1992: Joined the Hebei Diving Team. Coach: Li Fang

1993: Selected for the National Diving Team. Coach: Yu Fen

Major achievements:

1995 World Cup: Champion, women's 10-meter synchronized platform/3-meter synchronized springboard/women's group/mixed group

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games: Fifth, women's 10-meter platform

1998 World Championships: Second, women's 3-meter springboard

1999 World Cup: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard synchronized/mixed group; third, individual

2000 World Cup: Champion, 3-meter springboard individual/women's group/mixed group; second, synchronized

2000 Sydney Olympics: Second, 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2001 Ninth National Games: Champion, women's 1-meter springboard/3-meter springboard

2001 Ninth World Swimming Championships: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2002 National Diving Championships: Champion, women's 1-meter springboard/3-meter springboard

2002 World Cup: Champion, women's 1-meter/3-meter springboard individual; second, synchronized

2002 Busan Asian Games: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2003 FINA Diving Grand Prix, Australia: Champion, women's individual/synchronized

2003 FINA Diving Grand Prix, China: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2003 World Championships: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2004 World Cup: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard synchronized; second, individual

2004 Athens Olympics: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2005 FINA Diving Grand Prix, Canada: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

2005 FINA Diving Grand Prix, United States: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard synchronized

2006 Doha Asian Games: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard synchronized

2007 World Swimming Championships: Champion, women's 3-meter springboard individual/synchronized

Guo's first Olympic competition was at the Atlanta Games in 1996, where, at the age of 15, she finished fifth in the women's 10-meter platform. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she won a silver medal in the women's 3-meter springboard. She also won silver in the women's 3-meter synchronized springboard, a new event, with partner Fu Mingxia, finishing behind Russians Yulia Pakhalina and Vera Ilina. At the 2004 Athens Games, she was the number one diver on the Chinese women's team and finally won gold medals in the 3-meter individual and synchronized events.

With regard to her future, Guo Jingjing always keeps a stable and calm mind. "I'd like to learn law," she says. "I know that's quite a difficult subject and it would not be easy to learn. However, with the experience of diving practice, hardship is nothing for me."

Upon being asked if she would like to join the entertainment industry after retirement, she raised her head and said slowly, but firmly, "No. I'm quite sure that my disposition is not fit for that."

(China.org.cn July 9, 2008)