Guo Jingjing

About Guo Jingjing

Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶; pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng, born October 15, 1981) is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.

Born in Baoding, Hebei province, on October 15, 1981, she started training in competitive diving in 1988. She took up diving when she was six years old at the Baoding Training Base. In 1992, she was selected to dive for the Chinese national team. Her current coach is Zhong Shaozhen.

Guo represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Fu Mingxia before finally winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 metre women's springboard. She is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team after Fu Mingxia. Currently her goal is to win medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She also announced on November 23, 2006 that she would retire following the 2008 Olympic Games.