{{short description|Chinese diver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Expand Chinese|topic=bio|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chen Ruolin | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Chen in 2021 | image= Chen Ruolin 01.png | native_name = 陈若琳 | native_name_lang = | nationality = Chinese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|12|12}} | birth_place = Nantong, Jiangsu, China | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | years_active = | website = | country = | sport = Diving | event = 10 m, 10 m synchro | club = | coach = Ren Shaofen | retired = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount | Olympic Games | 5 | – | – | World Championships | 6 | 3 | 1 | Summer Universiade|2|-|- | FINA Diving World Cup | 8 | 1 | – | Asian Games | 2 | 1 | – }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|10 m platform}} {{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|10 m platform}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|10 m synchro}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Melbourne|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2009 Rome|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2011 Shanghai|10 m}} {{MedalGold|2011 Shanghai|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2013 Barcelona|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|10 m synchro}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Melbourne|10 m}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Rome|10 m}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Barcelona|10 m}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Kazan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FINA Diving World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2006 Changshu|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|10 m platform}} {{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2010 Changzhou|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|10 m platform}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2014 Shanghai|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|10 m synchro}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Changzhou|10 m platform}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2006 Doha|10 m synchro}} {{MedalGold|2010 Guangzhou|10 m synchro}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Doha|10 m platform}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2011 Shenzhen|Team}} {{MedalGold|2011 Shenzhen|10 m synchro}} | show-medals = yes | height = 1.58 m | weight = 47 kg<ref name="london">{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chen-ruoling-1072148/ |title=Ruoling Chen |work=London 2012 Olympics |access-date=24 July 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128053256/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chen-ruoling-1072148/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}}
'''Chen Ruolin''' ({{zh|s=陈若琳|p=Chén Ruòlín}}; born 12 December 1992) is a Chinese platform diver and coach. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2012 and 2016), ten-time World championship medalist (including six golds), nine-time World Cup medalist (eight golds), four-time Asian Games medalist (three golds) and two-time Universiade gold medalist, making her one of the most accomplished female divers in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chen-ruolin/ |title=Profile: Chen Ruolin |work=Forbes |accessdate=16 August 2024}}</ref>
After retiring from the sport in 2016 due to neck injury,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/five-time-gold-medalist-diver-chen-ruolin-retires/ |title=Five-Time Gold Medalist Diver Chen Ruolin Retires |date=21 October 2016 |last=Rieder |first=David |publisher=Swimming World |accessdate=16 August 2024}}</ref> Chen became a diving coach in 2021 and has been personally training 2020 Olympic gold medalist Quan Hongchan and multi-FINA world champion Lian Junjie, who have since both won gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/aquatics/article/3273551/paris-olympics-chen-ruolin-coach-behind-quan-hongchan-back-limelight-again |title=Paris Olympics: Chen Ruolin, coach behind Quan Hongchan, back in the limelight again |date=7 August 2024 |last=Ma |first=Sylvia |publisher=South China Morning Post |accessdate=16 August 2024}}</ref> On September 19, 2016, Chen Ruolin announced her retirement via social media.
==Career== Chen was born in Nantong, Jiangsu. She won the gold medals in the women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Team China, then duplicated the double gold performance at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics diving: Chen Ruolin wins second gold in 10m platform making it the 200th medal acquired by the Chinese team. |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18914231 |access-date=10 August 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 August 2012}}</ref>
In the 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Shanghai, Chen won two gold medals for Women's 10 m platform and Women's 10 m synchro platform (partnering Wang 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 the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre.
In the 2016 Summer Olympics she won her fifth Olympic gold medal at the 10m synchronised platform event with her partner Liu 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.
==Performance timeline==
===Women's 10 m platform=== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !width=160|Tournament !2007 !2008 !2009 !2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !SR |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|Olympics |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held !2 / 2 |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|World Championships |bgcolor=silver|S |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=silver|S |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=silver|S |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |A !1 / 4 |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|FINA Diving World Cup |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=silver|S |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |A |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH !2 / 3 |}
===Women's 10 m synchro platform=== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !width=160|Tournament !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 !2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !SR |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|Olympics |colspan=2 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|Not Held |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' !3 / 3 |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|World Championships |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH !5 / 5 |- |bgcolor=efefef align=left|FINA Diving World Cup |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' |colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|NH |bgcolor=gold|'''G''' !6 / 6 |}
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080819215306/http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/746 2008teamchina]
==External links== {{commons category|Chen Ruolin}} {{wikiquote}} * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{ISS}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box | before = ''First award'' | after = {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Minxia | title = FINA Diver of the Year | years = 2010 }} {{s-sports|oly}} {{Succession box|title=Final Youth Olympic torchbearer|before=Egon Zimmermann &<br />Franz Klammer|after=Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway|years=Nanjing 2014}} {{Succession box|title=Final Summer Youth Olympic torchbearer|before=Darren Choy|after=Santiago Lange<br /> & Paula Pareto|years=Nanjing 2014}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Ruolin}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Nantong Category:Chinese female divers Category:Olympic divers for China Category:Olympic medalists in diving Category:Olympic cauldron lighters Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for China Category:Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Asian Games silver medalists for China Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China Category:Asian Games divers for China Category:Asian Games gold medalists in diving Category:Asian Games silver medalists in diving Category:Divers at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Divers at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Divers at the 2014 Asian Games Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Summer World University Games medalists in diving Category:Nanjing Sport Institute alumni Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Category:Renmin University of China alumni