Australian diver Melissa Wu has won one Olympic medal, a silver in women's synchronized platform diving at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Her partner was Bree Cole.
Matt Fuss
By starting young. He began diving at his local swimming pool when he was seven. He has since developed into an Olympic medal winning Diver.
1984 Games in Los Angeles. China's first Olympic medal in diving was a silver by Tan Liangde in men's platform at the 1984 Games. This was followed two days later by a gold in women's platform by Zhou Jihong.
Diver Melissa Wu of Australia competed at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She won a silver medal in women's synchronized platform diving with partner Bree Cole.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Matthew Mitcham has won 1 Olympic medal ... a gold in men's platform diving at the 2008 Games.
Matthew Mitcham, the Australian Olympic diver is gay. He came out in an interview with an Australian newspaper before the Beijing Olympic games. His boyfriend Lachlan Fletcher was with him when he won the gold medal (10 meter) diving in Beijing in August 2008.
Tom has just finished his Diving events at the London 2012 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 10 meter platform event.
In the first post-Rome 2009 World Championships edition of the FINA World Diving Rankings for the ten-metre platform, Daley reached a new career best ranking of number one. He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the 10 metre synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10m Individual Platform competition. Tom has been winning Diving competitions in the UK and abroad since he was 9-years-old. He has entered two Olympics and has a bronze medal from London 2012.
That was Marjorie Gestring of the United States who won gold in 3 meter springboard diving at the 1936 Games in Berlin. She the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic history, man or woman.
Chantelle Newbury has won one Olympic gold medal, that at the 2004 Games in Athens in 10 meter platform diving. She also won a bronze at the 2004 Games in synchronized springboard diving. She qualified for the 2008 Games in 3 meter springboard but wound up 14th in the semi-finals and did not qualify for the finals.
Yes. So far (August 20) in the 2008 Games, Mexico has won two medals: 1) Guillermo Pérez Espinoza - gold medal in men's taekwondo 2) Paola Espinosa Sánchez and Tatiana Ortiz Galicia - bronze medal in women's synchronized 10 meter platform diving