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Thomas Bimis
Thomas Bimis (Θωμάς Μπίμης), born 1975 in Athens, Greek diver; with Nikos Siranidis won gold in men's synchronized 3 m springboard at Athens 2004 with 353.34 points, Greece's first gold of those Games and the first Olympic diving medal.
Tian Liang
Tian Liang (田亮, born 1979, Chongqing), Chinese diver and actor; two Olympic golds in 10m platform events (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 synchro), four Olympic medals, three world titles, ISHOF Honor Diver 2012.
Tom Daley
Tom Daley (born 1994, Plymouth), British diver; five Olympics 2008-2024, five medals, Tokyo 2020 synchro gold with Matty Lee, Paris 2024 silver, retired 2024, knitter.
Trimix (breathing gas)
Trimix is a three-gas diving mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, and helium, used below about 60 m to reduce nitrogen narcosis and breathing resistance; hypoxic mixes need travel gases, and helium adds cost, heat loss, and HPNS risk.
Ulrika Knape
Ulrika Knape (Knape-Lindberg), born 1955 in Gothenburg, Swedish diver; 1972 Munich Olympic gold on 10 m platform and silver on 3 m springboard, 1976 Montreal platform silver, 1973 world champion, later Sweden's national diving head coach.
Underwater diving
Underwater diving: descending below the water surface for work, research, or recreation by breath-hold (freediving), scuba, or surface-supplied gas; key hazards are barotrauma and decompression sickness, treated by hyperbaric recompression.
Vera Ilyina
Vera Ilyina (Вера Сергеевна Ильина), Russian springboard diver born 1974 in Moscow; 2000 Olympic synchronized 3 m springboard champion with Yuliya Pakhalina, 2004 silver, four Games, four world silvers.
Vicki Draves
Vicki Draves (Victoria Manalo Draves, 1924-2010), Filipino-American diver, won 1948 Olympic gold in both 3m springboard and 10m platform, first woman to take the double and first Asian American woman Olympic medalist.
Vladimir Vasin
Vladimir Vasin is a Soviet diver who won the gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics. He was the first Soviet diver to win an Olympic gold in diving.
Wang Hao (olympedia 122301)
Wang Hao (汪皓), Chinese diver born 1992 in Tianjin; won women's synchronized platform gold at the 2012 London Olympics with Chen Ruolin, plus 2011 Shanghai Worlds and 2010 Asian Games synchronized platform titles. Distinct from the table tennis player Wang Hao (王皓).
Wang Zongyuan
Wang Zongyuan (王宗源), Chinese springboard diver born 2001 in Xiangyang, Hubei; double Olympic synchronized 3m champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), twice Olympic 3m silver medallist, nine-time world champion.
Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia (吴敏霞), Chinese diver born 1985 in Shanghai, five-time Olympic champion on 3 m springboard; most decorated female Olympic diver with 7 medals (2004–2016), plus 14 World Championship medals.
Xiao Hailiang
Xiao Hailiang (肖海亮), Chinese diver born 1977 in Wuhan, bronze medalist in 10m platform at Atlanta 1996 and Olympic gold medalist in synchronized 3m springboard with Xiong Ni at Sydney 2000; retired 2001.
Xie Siyi
Xie Siyi (谢思埸), Chinese diver born 1996 in Shantou, three-time Olympic springboard gold medalist (Tokyo 2020 individual and synchro, Paris 2024) and 2019 FINA Best Male Diver.
Xiong Ni
Xiong Ni (熊倪), Chinese diver born 1974 in Changsha, Hunan; won five Olympic medals (3 gold) at four Games 1988-2000, back-to-back 3m springboard titles 1996 and 2000, and synchronized springboard gold with Xiao Hailiang.
Xu Yanmei
Xu Yanmei (许艳梅), Chinese platform diver born 1971 in Nankang, Jiangxi; won the 1988 Seoul Olympic women's 10 m platform gold, China's first gold of those Games, later an international diving referee and ISHOF honoree.
Yang Jinghui
Yang Jinghui (楊景輝, born 1983, Guangzhou) is a retired Chinese platform diver. He won gold in men's synchronized 10 m platform with Tian Liang at Athens 2004 (383.88 points), silver at the 2005 Montreal Worlds, and retired in 2005 with a shoulder injury.
Yelena Vaytsekhovskaya
Yelena Vaytsekhovskaya (Елена Сергеевна Вайцеховская, born 1958, Lviv) is a Soviet diver and sports journalist, 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in women's 10 m platform and the first Soviet Olympic diving champion.
Yevgeny Kuznetsov
Yevgeny Kuznetsov (Евгений Кузнецов) names two Russian Olympic medalists: a diver born 1990 (2012 synchro springboard silver, 2017 world champion) and a footballer born 1961 (1988 Olympic gold with the USSR).
Zhou Jihong
Zhou Jihong (周继红), Chinese diver born 1965 in Wuhan, won the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics women's 10m platform with 435.51 points, China's first Olympic diving gold; later national team leader and ISHOF class of 1994.