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{{Short description|Chinese diver (born 1981)}}
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| name = Guo Jingjing
| image = Guo Jingjing 2010.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Guo in 2010
| full_name = Guo Jingjing
| country = [[People's Republic of China]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|15}}
| birth_place = [[Baoding]], [[Hebei]], China
| hometown = 
| residence = Beijing
| training = 
| death_date = 
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| height = 5 ft 4 in
| event = 3m springboard, <br />3m synchro
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| partner = [[Wu Mingxia]]
| former_partner = [[Wu Mingxia]]
| assistcoach = 
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| coach = Zhou Jihong<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guo-Jingjing | title=Guo Jingjing &#124; Chinese diver &#124; Britannica }}</ref>
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|[[Diving at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]| 4 | 2 | 0
|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] | 10 | 1 | 0
|[[Summer Universiade]]| 11 | 0 | 0
|[[Diving at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] | 4 | 0 | 0
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{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2004|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m Springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2008|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m Synchro Springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2008|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3m Springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2000|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m Synchro Springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2000|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m Springboard]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | Synchro  Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | Synchro  Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montréal]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montréal]] | Synchro  Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]] | Synchro Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]] | Synchro Springboard }}
{{MedalSilver|[[1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]]|3m Springboard}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Diving at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Diving at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Diving at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m Springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Diving at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Diving at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m Springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Diving at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Diving at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m Synchro Springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m Synchro Springboard]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | 1m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | 3m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | Platform Synchro }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]] | 1m Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Izmir]] | Synchro Springboard }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Daegu]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Daegu]] | Synchro Springboard }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Daegu]] | 1m Springboard }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Daegu]] | 3m Springboard }}
}}

{{family name hatnote|[[Guo]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Guo Jingjing''' ({{lang-zh|c=郭晶晶|p=Guō Jīngjīng}}; born October 15, 1981, in [[Baoding]], [[Hebei]]) is a retired Chinese [[diving (sport)|diver]], and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Guo is tied with her partner [[Wu Minxia]] for winning the most [[Olympics|Olympic]] medals (6) of any female diver<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/diving/7565650.stm|title= Guo may dive on after record gold|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]|author=BBC | date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> and she won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011.

==Career==
[[File:Guo Jingjing.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Guo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing]]
She took up diving when she was six years old at the Baoding Training Base.<ref>{{cite book |author=Yuan Yi ({{lang|zh|袁艺}})|date=2008 |script-title=zh:《青年文摘》 |trans-title=Youth Literary Digest |language=zh |location=Beijing |publisher=China Youth Press|pages=55–58 |script-chapter=zh:《美丽笑容背后的郭晶晶》|chapter=Guo Jingjing Behind the Beautiful Smile|isbn=978-7-5006-6471-0}}</ref> She started training in competitive diving in 1988, and was selected to dive for the Chinese national team in 1992. Guo first competed at the Olympics in [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46077 |title=Guo Jingjing |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> Had she duplicated her performances from many other events, including the 1995 Chinese Nationals, 1995 Dive Canada, or 1996 Chinese Olympic Trials, she would have easily won gold ahead of teammate Fu Mingxia, but had a disastrous final, missing all 5 dives, and finished in 5th place.  Her coach leading up to the 2008 Olympics was Zhong Shaozhen.

During the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] she won a gold medal in the 3-meter women's synchronized springboard along with [[Wu Minxia]], before winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3-meter women's springboard.<ref name="athens">{{Cite web|url=http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/15/content_365579.htm|title=After 8 years, Guo finally makes it in Olympics|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=China Daily|year=2004|author=Xinhua}}</ref>

[[File:郭晶晶19_05.png|thumb|right|Guo in 2019]]
After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guo became a Chinese national sports figure, with a contract with [[McDonald's]], as well as multiple other endorsement contracts. She was later banned by the national team for excessive commercial activities, but was accepted back to the team when she agreed to focus on diving and give up many promotional activities.<ref name="espncom">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=china/part2&redirected=true|title=Hanging by a Thread|access-date=2008-02-28|publisher=ESPN|author=ESPN|year=2007}}</ref> She was also made to surrender nearly 4 million dollars she had earned from her endorsements. [[Tian Liang]], a fellow Olympic gold medalist offered the same deal as Guo, declined to pay back the money to the government, and was excluded from the Olympic games. Guo is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team, and is known in China as "The Princess of Diving". Guo announced on November 23, 2006, she would retire following the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="ppldret">{{Cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/26/eng20061126_325224.html|title=Asian Games-bound diver Guo Jingjing to retire after 2008 Olympics|author=Xinhua|access-date=2008-02-28|publisher=People's Daily|year=2006}}</ref>

Guo won two more gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in [[Beijing]]. At the end of the Beijing Games, Guo became the most decorated female Olympic diver,<ref name="chinadaily">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-08/19/content_6948208.htm|title=Talkin' 'bout our generations of divers|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=China Daily|year=2008|author=Lei Lei}}</ref> and tied fellow Chinese athlete [[Fu Mingxia]], and Americans [[Pat McCormick (diver)|Pat McCormick]] and [[Greg Louganis]] with the most gold medals (four).<ref name="ca">{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/tsnstory.html?id=6458788|title=China's Guo claims gold, Olympic diving record|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=Canwest Publishing Inc.|year=2008|author=Canwest Publishing Inc..}}</ref>  Guo won the gold medal in the women's 3-meter springboard with a total of 415.35 points. The silver medal was awarded to [[Yuliya Pakhalina]] of Russia, whose score was 398.60, followed by Wu Minxia of China with 389.85 for the bronze medal.<ref name="nbc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/diving/news/newsid=227453.html#guo+golden+again|title=Guo golden again|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=[[NBC]]|year=2008|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>  In synchronized diving, the defending champions Guo, and Wu, who won the event in the 2004 Athens Olympics and three World Championships, had led the entire competition in Beijing, winning the gold medal, with Yuliya Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia, who posted 323.61, winning Silver.<ref name="nbc2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/diving/news/newsid=190819.html#chinas+beloved+guo+adds+legacy|title=China's beloved Guo adds to legacy|access-date=August 19, 2008|publisher=NBC|author=Alan Paul}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=5549926 |title=China Wins 1st Diving Medal at Beijing Olympics |access-date=August 19, 2008 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |year=2008 |author=Beth Harris for the [[Associated Press]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926221450/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=5549926 |archive-date=September 26, 2008 }}</ref>

It was confirmed in January 2011 that Guo had decided to retire, and she would not compete in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].  She was quoted as saying, "I think I have fulfilled my task, so the London Games is not what I have in mind now. The chances should be left to other talents in the team."<ref name="Xinhua_retire">{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2011-01/23/c_13703422.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219040103/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2011-01/23/c_13703422.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2011|title=Chinese diving queen Guo decides to retire|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|date=2011-01-23|access-date=2011-01-26}}</ref>

In 2016, she and her husband [[Kenneth Fok]] participated in ''[[The Amazing Race China 3]]'', based on a [[CBS]]'s [[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|travel-reality program of the same name]]. After competing ten Olympic-themed legs, they emerged as the winning team of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0708/c40606-28535262.html|script-title=zh:霍启刚郭晶晶"妇唱夫随" 为推广奥运献综艺首秀|publisher=[[People's Daily]]|language=zh|date=July 8, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Guo_Jingjing_&_Kenneth_Fok.png|thumb|Guo with her husband Kenneth Fok in 2020]]
Guo's social activities after the Athens Olympics were the subject of scrutiny in Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong media news outlets.<ref name="chinadks">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425558.htm|title=Diving prince Tian Liang's new fling revealed in hot kiss|access-date=2008-02-28|publisher=[[China Daily]]|year=2005|author=Echo Shan}}</ref> Guo made entertainment headlines in China when the [[paparazzi]] published a photograph of her dining with [[Kenneth Fok|Kenneth Fok Kai-kong]], the grandson of Hong Kong tycoon [[Henry Fok]]. Guo did not deny the relationship, and has been photographed many times with Kenneth Fok in public.<ref name="timesrel">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article3295429.ece|title=Diving princess Guo Jingjing enters love's troubled waters|access-date=2008-02-28|author=Flora Bagenal|work=[[The Times]]|format=ece | location=London | date=February 3, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The couple married in Hong Kong on November 8, 2012. On August 27, 2013, Guo gave birth to a baby boy. She had a second baby, a girl, on April 21, 2017, and a third baby, another daughter, on January 1, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guo Jingjing and Kenneth Fok's surprisingly normal life – Andy Lau and Jackie Chan might have attended the Olympic diving champion and Hong Kong entrepreneur's lavish wedding, but now the celebrity couple keep a low profile|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3120745/guo-jingjing-and-kenneth-foks-surprisingly-normal-life?module=perpetual_scroll&pgtype=article&campaign=3120745|date=8 February 2021|work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>

During Guo's history in diving, including long-term high-pressure training, damaged her knees, her retina and contributed to her myopia. In September 2008, Guo had to undergo surgery to repair a detached retina in both her eyes and her surgery was undertaken by Hong Kong ophthalmologist [[Dennis Lam]]. Earlier in 2001, she underwent surgery to repair a detached retina in her right eye, but spent only a few months out of the water. Since then, her eyesight has declined markedly.<ref>{{cite news|title=Diving queen threatened by detached retina again|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2008-09/12/content_7022982.htm|date=12 September 2008|work=China Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A high price for Chinese gold|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-26-fg-hardship26-story.html|date=26 August 2008|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Major achievements==
*1995 World Cup &ndash; 1st Synchronized Platform & 3m Synchronized Springboard
*1996 Olympic Games &ndash; 5th Platform
*1998 World Championships &ndash; 2nd 3m Springboard
*1999 World Cup &ndash; 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 3rd 3m Springboard
*2000 World Cup &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
*2000 [[Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] &ndash; 2nd 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2001 World Championships &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2002 World Cup &ndash; 1st 1m & 3m Springboard; 2nd 3m Synchronized Springboard
*2002 Asian Games &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2003 FINA Diving Grand Prix (Australia/China) &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2003 World Championships &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2004 World Cup &ndash; 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard; 2nd 3m Springboard
*2004 [[Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2005 [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2006 [[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]] &ndash; 1st 3m Synchronized Springboard
*2007 [[Diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard
*2008 Olympic Games 1st [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|Women's 3m Synchronised Springboard]]
*2008 Olympic Games 1st [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|Women's 3m Springboard]]
*2009 World Championships &ndash; 1st 3m Springboard & Synchronized Springboard

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012105526/http://www.nbcolympics.com/diving/news/index.html |title=2008 Beijing Olympics Diving News, images, and scores from NBC}}
* [https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825697,00.html "Guo Jingjing", number 9 on ''Time''’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"]
* {{ISHOF}}
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|jingjing-guo}}

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