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{{Short description|Australian diver}}
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| name = Melissa Wu
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| birth_place = [[Sydney]], Australia<ref name=prof>{{Cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |title=Melissa Wu |website=Rio2016.olympics.com.au |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225161647/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], Australia
| residence = Sydney, Australia<ref name=prof>{{Cite web |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |title=Melissa Wu |website=Rio2016.olympics.com.au |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225161647/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| weight = 46 kg
| weight = 46 kg
| event = 10 m platform, 10 m synchro, 10 m mixed synchro
| event = 10 m individual platform, 10 m synchro platform, 10 m mixed synchro platform
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| club = Perfect 10 Diving Club<ref name=sr/>
| club = Perfect 10 Diving Club<ref name=sr/>
| team = NSWIS
| team = NSWIS
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| coach = Chava Sobrino<ref name=nbc/>
| coach = Chava Sobrino<ref name=nbc/>
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{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Beijing Olympic Games|2008 Beijing]]|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Beijing Olympic Games|2008 Beijing]]|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|10&nbsp;m platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|10&nbsp;m individual platform]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|10 m synchro platform}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|10 m synchro platform}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Mixed synchronized 10 metre platform|Mixed synchro 10 m platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Mixed synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m mixed synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Diving at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 m synchro platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Diving at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 m synchro platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|2010 Changzhou]]|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m synchro platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|2010 Changzhou]]|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m synchro platform|10 m synchro platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 FINA Diving World Cup|2008 Beijing]]|10 m synchro platform}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 FINA Diving World Cup|2008 Beijing]]|10 m synchro platform}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Changzhou|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Changzhou|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m individual platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Shanghai|[[2014 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Shanghai|[[2014 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m individual platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio|[[2016 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m platform]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio|[[2016 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 10 m platform|10 m individual platform]]}}
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'''Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu''' (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian [[diving (sport)|diver]] and silver medal winner at the [[2007 World Aquatics Championships]], the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. She is an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120323175401/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics Roll of honour – AIS Roll of Honour for the Olympics]. ausport.gov.au</ref>
'''Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu''' {{post-nominals|list=[[OLY]]}} (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian [[diving (sport)|diver]] who has represented Australia at five Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]] and a bronze medal at the [[2020 Olympic Games]]. She has also represented Australia at five Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in 2010, 2018 and 2022 and silver medals in 2006 and 2010. Wu is a [[NSW Institute of Sport]] (NSWIS) scholarship holder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melissa Wu {{!}} Athlete Profile |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) |language=en}}</ref>


==Diving==
==Diving==
Wu began diving in 2003. The same year she fractured her [[humerus bone]] in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline, and had to halt training for six months.<ref name=nbc/> After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the 10-metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006, finishing ahead of Olympic medallists [[Chantelle Newbery]] and [[Loudy Tourky]]. The win earned her a place on the Commonwealth Games team, where she won a silver medal on the synchronised 10-metre platform with [[Alex Croak|Alexandra Croak]] and finished fifth in the individual 10-metre platform. In 2007, she defended the 10-metre platform title at the Australian Open. She was selected for the World Championships, where she won silver in the synchronised 10-metre platform and finished 11th in the individual event.
Wu began diving in 2003. The same year she fractured her [[humerus bone]] in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline, and had to halt training for six months.<ref name=nbc/> After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the individual 10-metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006. The win earned her a place on the team for the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]], where she won a silver medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with [[Alex Croak|Alexandra Croak]] and finished fifth in the individual 10-metre platform.<ref name="Melissa Wu {{!}} Athlete Profile">{{Cite web |title=Melissa Wu {{!}} Athlete Profile |url=https://www.nswis.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) |language=en}}</ref>


In 2008, along with [[Briony Cole]], Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|synchronized 10-metre platform]], becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.<ref name=nbc/> She also competed in the women's 10-metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors.<ref name=sr/> By age 16 she had medalled in every major international diving competition. In 2010 at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Wu won a gold medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with her partner [[Alex Croak|Alexandra Croak]] and a silver medal in the individual 10-metre platform. She placed fourth in the 10-metre platform at the 2012 Olympics<ref name=sr/> and fifth at the 2016 Rio Games.<ref name=rio/> She suffered much of the 2013 season due to a back injury.<ref name=nbc/>
In 2008, along with [[Briony Cole]], Wu won a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]] for the synchronised 10-metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.<ref name=nbc/> She also competed in the women's 10-metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors.<ref name=sr/>


Wu competed at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], winning gold in the individual 10-metre platform and, with Teju Williamson, placing 4th in the synchronised 10-metre platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Melissa Wu |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/diving/athlete-profile-n6031208-melissa-wu.htm |work=Athlete profile |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
At the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]], Wu won a gold medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with her partner [[Alex Croak|Alexandra Croak]] and a silver medal in the individual 10-metre platform.<ref name="Melissa Wu {{!}} Athlete Profile"/>


Wu placed fourth in the 10-metre individual platform at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic Games]] in [[London]] and fifth in the same event at the [[2016 Olympic Games]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name="sr" />
Wu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and competed in the Women's 10-metre platform. She achieved a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref>


Wu competed at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], winning gold in the individual 10-metre platform and, with Teju Williamson, placing fourth in the synchronised 10-metre platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Melissa Wu |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/diving/athlete-profile-n6031208-melissa-wu.htm |work=Athlete profile |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
Wu lives in [[Sydney]]. Her mother is Australian, and her father is Chinese. She is the cousin of Australian [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics|Olympic rugby sevens]] player [[James Stannard]] and the second cousin of Australian [[hurdler]] [[Jana Pittman]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108001040/http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/sports/diving/team.htm ABC Beijing 2008 preview – Diving]. Abc.net.au.</ref> Her brother Joshua and sister Madeline train in weightlifting.<ref name=prof/>


Wu started her career in diving in 2003, when she was 10 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melissa Wu |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/melissa-wu/ |access-date=2021-09-01 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Qualifying for her fourth Olympics, Wu competed in the individual 10-metre platform at the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Olympic Games]] in [[Tokyo]]. She achieved a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}</ref>

At the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], Wu teamed up with [[Charli Petrov]] in the synchronised 10-metre platform. Wu and Petrov achieved a gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Binner |first=Andrew |date=7 August 2022 |title=Commonwealth Games 2022: Melissa Wu and Charli Petrov win women's 10m platform title |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/commonwealth-games-melissa-wu-charli-petrov-win-10m-platform-diving |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>

In June 2024, she competed at Adelaide in the Australian Open Championships. She won the Women’s 10-Metre Platform becoming the Australian Champion. The runner up was Ellie Cole who was 17 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Diving |title=AUSTRALIAN DIVER MELISSA WU CROWNED AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION |url=http://www.diving.org.au/news/australian-diver-melissa-wu-crowned-australian-champion- |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=www.diving.org.au |language=en}}</ref> Wu prepared herself for her fifth Olympics, [[2024 Summer Olympics|this time in Paris]]. No other Australian diver has been to five games. There were eight other divers in the team including Ellie Cole. Both Wu and Cole represented Australia in the [[Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|ten metre platform.]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-17 |title=Melissa Wu named to record fifth Olympics team |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-17/sport-paris-olympics-diving-team-announced-mel-wu/103986814 |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

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==Personal life==
Wu lives in [[Sydney]].<ref name="rio2016.olympics.com.au">{{Cite web |date=2017-02-25 |title=Melissa Wu {{!}} AUS Team {{!}} Rio 2016 |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225161647/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/melissa-wu1 |archive-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref> Her father is of Chinese descent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Benjamin |date=2021-07-02 |title=Olympic diver Melissa Wu: 'I'm not great with heights' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/olympic-diver-melissa-wu-i-m-not-great-with-heights-20210514-p57s3e.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> She is the cousin of Australian Rugby Union player [[James Stannard]] and the second cousin of Australian runner [[Jana Pittman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-23 |title=Bio - WU Melissa {{!}} NBC Olympics |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=wu-melissa-1193240/index.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923080904/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=wu-melissa-1193240/index.html |archive-date=23 September 2016 }}</ref> Her brother, Joshua, and sister, Madeline, both train in weightlifting.<ref name="rio2016.olympics.com.au"/>


Wu has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.<ref name="nbc" /> She also has a tattoo across her left rib featuring the words 'only as much as I dream can I be.'<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutherl |first=y |date=2021-07-07 |title=A chat with Melissa Wu, Olympic diver and entrepreneur |url=https://au.godaddy.com/blog/a-chat-with-melissa-wu-olympic-diver-and-entrepreneur/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Blog}}</ref>
She has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.<ref name=nbc/>


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* [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200603/s1586173.htm Melissa Wu: Thinking big - ABC Sport Online - Commonwealth Games 2006]


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Latest revision as of 09:44, 11 August 2024

This article is about the Australian diver. For the fictional character, see Flight 29 Down § Melissa Wu.

Melissa Wu
OLY
Wu at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Paige Li Kun Wu[1]
Nickname(s)Woodles, Mel[2]
Born (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32)[1]
Sydney, Australia
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m individual platform, 10 m synchro platform, 10 m mixed synchro platform
ClubPerfect 10 Diving Club[1]
TeamNSWIS
Coached byChava Sobrino[2]
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 10 m individual platform
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 10 m mixed synchro platform
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 10 m synchro platform
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 10 m individual platform
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 10 m synchro platform
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 10 m individual platform
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Changzhou 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Changzhou 10 m individual platform
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai 10 m individual platform
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 10 m individual platform

Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu OLY (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian diver who has represented Australia at five Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. She has also represented Australia at five Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in 2010, 2018 and 2022 and silver medals in 2006 and 2010. Wu is a NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holder.[5]

Diving

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Wu began diving in 2003. The same year she fractured her humerus bone in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline, and had to halt training for six months.[2] After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the individual 10-metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006. The win earned her a place on the team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where she won a silver medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with Alexandra Croak and finished fifth in the individual 10-metre platform.[6]

In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronised 10-metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.[2] She also competed in the women's 10-metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors.[1]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Wu won a gold medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with her partner Alexandra Croak and a silver medal in the individual 10-metre platform.[6]

Wu placed fourth in the 10-metre individual platform at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and fifth in the same event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Wu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, winning gold in the individual 10-metre platform and, with Teju Williamson, placing fourth in the synchronised 10-metre platform.[7]

Qualifying for her fourth Olympics, Wu competed in the individual 10-metre platform at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She achieved a bronze medal.[8]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Wu teamed up with Charli Petrov in the synchronised 10-metre platform. Wu and Petrov achieved a gold medal.[9]

In June 2024, she competed at Adelaide in the Australian Open Championships. She won the Women’s 10-Metre Platform becoming the Australian Champion. The runner up was Ellie Cole who was 17 years old.[10] Wu prepared herself for her fifth Olympics, this time in Paris. No other Australian diver has been to five games. There were eight other divers in the team including Ellie Cole. Both Wu and Cole represented Australia in the ten metre platform.[11]

Personal life

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Wu lives in Sydney.[12] Her father is of Chinese descent.[13] She is the cousin of Australian Rugby Union player James Stannard and the second cousin of Australian runner Jana Pittman.[14] Her brother, Joshua, and sister, Madeline, both train in weightlifting.[12]

Wu has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.[2] She also has a tattoo across her left rib featuring the words 'only as much as I dream can I be.'[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Melissa Wu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Melissa Wu". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Melissa Wu". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Melissa Wu". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Melissa Wu | Athlete Profile". NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Melissa Wu | Athlete Profile". NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Melissa Wu". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ Binner, Andrew (7 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022: Melissa Wu and Charli Petrov win women's 10m platform title". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  10. ^ Australia, Diving. "AUSTRALIAN DIVER MELISSA WU CROWNED AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION". www.diving.org.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Melissa Wu named to record fifth Olympics team". ABC News. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Melissa Wu | AUS Team | Rio 2016". 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  13. ^ Law, Benjamin (2 July 2021). "Olympic diver Melissa Wu: 'I'm not great with heights'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Bio - WU Melissa | NBC Olympics". 23 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  15. ^ Sutherl, y (7 July 2021). "A chat with Melissa Wu, Olympic diver and entrepreneur". Blog. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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