1. Cao Yuan is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won four golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics.
12 Facts About Cao Yuan
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Cao Yuan has won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups.
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Cao Yuan was born on February 7,1995 in Hunan province.
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Cao Yuan's mother wanted him to learn discipline, so she enrolled him in diving classes.
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Cao Yuan is the only diver in history to win 3 gold medals in a single World Diving Series event by winning gold medals in 3m synchro, 10m synchro, and 10m individual events of the 2014 World Diving Series in Canada.
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Cao led throughout the competition in the men's 3m springboard event, and won gold with a score of 547.60.
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Cao Yuan won bronze in the 3m springboard synchronized dive with Qin Kai.
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In 2017, at the World Championships in Budapest, Cao Yuan won silver pairing with Xie Siyi in the 3m synchro.
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At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Cao Yuan won gold in both the men's synchronised diving events.
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Cao Yuan won gold in individual 10m platform with 582.35 points.
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Cao Yuan became the first athlete since Greg Louganis to win consecutive gold medals in this event.
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Cao Yuan received the 4 May Youth Medal of Beijing in the People's Republic of China in 2014.