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Qin Kai

Qin at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1986-01-31) January 31, 1986 (age 38) Xi'an, Shaanxi
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Spouse	He Zi ​(m. 2017)​
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	3 m, 3 m synchro
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 1 2 World Championships 7 – – Summer Universiade 2 - - Asian Games 1 2 – Total 12 3 2 Men's diving Representing  China Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 3 m synchro 2012 London 3 m synchro 2012 London 3 m springboard 2008 Beijing 3 m springboard 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro World Championships 2007 Melbourne 3 m springboard 2007 Melbourne 3 m synchro 2009 Rome 1 m springboard 2009 Rome 3 m synchro 2011 Shanghai 3 m synchro 2013 Barcelona 3 m synchro 2015 Kazan 3 m synchro Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 3 m synchro 2010 Guangzhou 1 m springboard 2006 Doha 1 m springboard Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team 2011 Shenzhen 3 m synchro

Qin Kai (Chinese: 秦凯; pinyin: Qín Kǎi; born January 31, 1986) is a Chinese diver. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

At the 2001 World Junior Championships, he won the gold on the 3m Springboard and the silver medal on the Platform. At the 2006 National Championships, he won the silver medal on the springboard. At the 2006 World Cup, he won the gold on the 3m springboard. At the 2007 World Championships, he won the gold on the springboard and in the synchro springboard. At the 2008 World Cup, he won the gold in the 3m Synchro Springboard.

He is the 2008 Olympic Champion on the 3m Synchronized Springboard, with Wang Feng, and won bronze in the Men's 3m Springboard.

In 2009, he again won the 3m Synchronized Springboard with Wang Feng at the World Championships in Rome. He also won the individual gold at the 1m Springboard at the same championships.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the men's 3 m synchronised springboard and the men's individual 3 m springboard. He retained his synchronised springboard title, this time with Luo Yutong, and won the silver medal in the individual event.

In 2013, he won gold with He Chong at the men's 3m synchro springboard World Championships in Barcelona.

In 2015, he partnered with Cao Yuan on the men's 3m synchro springboard at the World Championships in Kazan and won gold.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Qin won bronze in 3m synchronized dive with Cao Yuan. He retired from international competition after the Olympics.

Personal life

Qin Kai proposed to fellow diver and girlfriend of 6 years, He Zi, right after she won silver in the women's 3m individual springboard at the Rio Olympics. They married in June 2017, and their daughter was born in October 2017.

Accolades

In 2011, Qin was named Top Ten Athlete of Shanxi province. In 2012, he was awarded the May 1st Labour Medal in the People's Republic of China.

References

1. "Qin Kai". Chinese Olympic Committee.
2. ^ "Qin Kai Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
3. "Qin, Wang top U.S. team for title". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 July 2009.
4. "China's Qin takes one-meter springboard gold in Rome". BC Local News. Reuters. 17 July 2009.
5. "Chinese winning machine adds two more golds in Barcelona". Reuters. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019.
6. "Qin Kai/Cao Yuan snatch sixth gold for China diving at Kazan worlds". Xinhuanet. 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2015.
7. "Qin Kai, Cao Yuan claim bronze in men synchronized 3m springboard diving". CRIEnglish. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016.
8. ^ "Kai Qin". Fina.
9. Watch: The beautiful moment unsuspecting swimmer gets proposed to - minutes after winning medal tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2021
10. "China's Olympic champion diver He Zi retires". China.org.cn. July 25, 2017.
11. "秦凯何姿女儿6个月能做平板支撑 周继红带她试水". Sina. April 28, 2018.

External links

• Qin Kai at World Aquatics
• Qin Kai at Olympedia (archive)
• Qin Kai at Olympics.com
• Qin Kai at Beijing 2008 Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-01-05)

• 1986 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Xi'an
• Chinese male divers
• Olympic divers for China
• Olympic medalists in diving
• Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• Olympic silver medalists for China
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for China
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Asian Games medalists in diving
• Divers at the 2010 Asian Games
• Divers at the 2006 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Summer World University Games medalists in diving
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
• Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
• 20th-century Chinese people
• 21st-century Chinese sportsmen