Melissa Wu
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Full name | Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Woodles, Mel[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Sydney, Australia[3] | 3 May 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m platform, 10 m synchro, 10 m mixed synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Perfect 10 Diving Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | NSWIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Chava Sobrino[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian 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.[5]
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.[2] 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 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.
In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronized 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] 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 Alexandra Croak and a silver medal in the individual 10-metre platform. She placed fourth in the 10-metre platform at the 2012 Olympics[1] and fifth at the 2016 Rio Games.[4] She suffered much of the 2013 season due to a back injury.[2]
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.[6]
Wu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and competed in the Women's 10-metre platform. She achieved a bronze medal.[7]
Personealerreeno life
Wu lives in Sydney. Her mother is Australian, and her father is Chinese. She is the cousin of Australian Olympic rugby sevens player James Stannard and the second cousin of Australian hurdler Jana Pittman.[8] Her brother Joshua and sister Madeline train in weightlifting.[3]
Wu started her career in diving in 2003, when she was 10 years old.[9]
She has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f "Melissa Wu". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Melissa Wu". Rio2016.olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Melissa Wu". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ Roll of honour – AIS Roll of Honour for the Olympics. ausport.gov.au
- ^ "Melissa Wu". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ ABC Beijing 2008 preview – Diving. Abc.net.au.
- ^ "Melissa Wu". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian female divers
- Australian Institute of Sport divers
- Australian people of Chinese descent
- Australian people of English descent
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of Australia
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Divers from Sydney
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- People from Redland City
- 20th-century Australian women
- 21st-century Australian women