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{{short description|Chinese diver}}
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|birth_place      = [[Chaozhou]], [[Guangdong]]
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{{MedalCount
| [[Olympic Games]] | 2| - | -
| [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] | 3 | - | 1
| [[Summer Universiade]]|2|-|-
| [[FINA Diving World Cup]] | 3| 1 | -
| [[Asian Games]] | 2 | - | -
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{{MedalGold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10m synchro]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10m synchro]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|10m synchro}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]]|10m synchro}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|10m platform}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Diving at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Diving at the 2011 Summer Universiade|10 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Diving World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 FINA Diving World Cup|2006 Changshu]]|10m synchro}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 FINA Diving World Cup|2008 Beijing]]|10m synchro}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 FINA Diving World Cup|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|10m synchro}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 FINA Diving World Cup|2006 Changshu]]|10m platform}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|10m platform}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|10m synchro}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lin]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Lin Yue''' ({{zh|s=林跃|t=林躍|p=Lín Yuè|y= Lam4 Yuek6}}; born July 24, 1991, in [[Chaozhou]], [[Guangdong]]) is a Chinese [[diving (sport)|diver]] and a double Olympic gold medal winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/752 |title=2008 team |work=china.olympic.cn }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2016rioolympics/2016-08/09/content_26395820.htm |title=China wins second diving gold medal of Rio Games |work=China Daily |date=9 August 2016}}</ref> He competed for [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team China]] in [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] and won gold with [[Huo Liang]] in the [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|Men's synchronized 10 metre platform]].  He also won gold in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|same event]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio with [[Chen Aisen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/china-take-gold-tom-daley |title=Chinese pair Chen Aisen and Lin Yue take 10m synchro gold ahead of USA and Great Britain |agency=Associated Press |date=8 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826130405/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/china-take-gold-tom-daley |archivedate=26 August 2016 }}</ref>  
[[File:Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Chen Aisen and Lin Yue at the Rio Olympics]]

==Background==
Lin Yue started diving when he was little, training in a sporting school in his hometown, with a coach named Li Huansen ({{lang|zh|李焕森}}). In the following five years, he went to Guangdong Provincial Weilun Sporting School ({{lang|zh|广东省伟伦体育学校}}), under instructor Cao Ke ({{lang|zh|曹科}}). In the year 2004, he was selected in the Beijing Diving team. His current coach is Zhong Shaozhen ({{lang|zh|钟少珍}}).

==Major achievements==
He claimed the bronze medal in the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
He claimed the gold medal at the 2008 World Cup - 10m platform synchro.
He won gold medals in the Men's synchronized 10m platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He became the first diver to win a second Olympic gold medal in this event.

He also competed at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the men's 10 metre platform event.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Lin Yue Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/lin-yue-1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114093215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/lin-yue-1.html|archive-date=14 January 2020|access-date=30 May 2021|website=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Diving Men Synchronized 10 Metre Platform}}
{{Footer World Champions Platform Synchro Men}}
{{Asian Games Champions Diving 10 m Platform Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions Platform Synchro Men}}

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[[Category:1991 births]]
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[[Category:People from Chaozhou]]
[[Category:Divers from Guangdong]]
[[Category:Olympic divers for China]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in diving]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Asian Games divers for China]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in diving]]
[[Category:Divers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Divers at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in diving]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade]]


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