Gao Min
Gao Min
Gao Min, born in Zigong, Sichuan Province on September 7, 1970, is a Chinese diver, world champion and Olympic champion.
Gao Min began to practice swimming at the age of 4. At the age of 9, he was selected by his enlightening tutor Yang Qiang to receive diving training. In 1980, he was selected into the diving team of Sichuan Province. In November 1985, he entered the "national diving juvenile training group". In 1986, she won the champion of springboard diving in the 5th World Swimming Championships and won the champion of women's team with her teammates. In 1988, he won the gold medal of springboard diving with 580.23 points in the 24th Olympic Games, becoming the first gold medal winner of springboard diving in China. In 1992, she won the women's 3m springboard championship in the 25th Olympic Games. He retired in 1992.
Gao Min won more than 70 gold medals in his career of springboard diving, setting a seven-year record of total victory in the Asian Games, the World University Games, the world cup, the world championships and the Olympic Games. She won the women's springboard diving champion in 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. She is the first gold medalist in China's Olympic springboard diving and the first woman athlete in the world to break through the 600 point mark.
Early experience
Gao Min was born in Zigong City, Sichuan Province. At the age of 4, he began to practice swimming. At the age of 6, he entered Zigong teenagers' amateur sports school to practice gymnastics. However, the boring daily training of the gymnastics class did not attract Gao Min at all, especially the joint pressure, which made him unbearable. Finally, Gao Min said goodbye to gymnastics. At the age of 9, Yang Qiang, the enlightenment tutor, chose to receive diving training.
In 1980, Gao Min was selected into the diving team of Sichuan Province. In 1983, Gao Min took part in the fourth World Swimming Championships for different ages and won two Diving Championships in his age group. In the same year, he won the title of master athlete. In the summer of 1985, Gao Min took part in the first National Youth Games and won the seventh place in springboard and the last place in 10 meter platform. He was selected into the national training team in 1985.
Sports career
In November 1985, Gao Min entered the "National Junior diving training group". With poor basic skills, she arrived at the training ground 10 minutes earlier every day, reducing 10 minutes of preparation time, so that she could practice 20 minutes more than others every day.
In 1986, Gao Min won the champion of springboard diving in the 5th World Swimming Championships, won the first gold medal of the world championships for the Chinese team, and won the women's team championship with his teammates.
In 1986, Gao Min won the former Democratic Germany international diving competition and Canada cup international diving competition. In the same year, the fifth World Swimming Championships won the springboard diving champion with 582.42 points, becoming the highest score in the history of the world championships.
In 1987, Gao Min won the gold medal of springboard diving in the 5th World Cup.
In 1988, Gao Min won the gold medal of springboard diving with 580.23 points in the 24th Olympic Games, becoming the first gold medal winner of women's springboard diving in China.
In 1988, Gao Min won the women's springboard diving championship in the international diving Invitational competitions in New Zealand and Australia and the international diving competition in Canada.
In 1989, in the 6th World Cup diving competition, Gao Min won the women's 1-meter springboard and 3-meter springboard individual champion, women's team champion and mixed team champion.
In 1990, in the Australian international diving competition, Gao Min won the 1-meter springboard and 3-meter springboard.
In 1990, Gao Min won the 3m springboard champion in China international diving competition and the 3m springboard champion in Jinan four nations diving competition.
In 1990, Gao Min won two gold medals in the 1-meter springboard and 3-meter springboard at the second friendship Games held in the United States.
In 1990, in the diving competition of the 11th Asian Games held in Beijing, Gao Min won two gold medals in the 1-meter springboard and 3-meter springboard. Among them, the 3-meter springboard got 630 points and won the women's team gold medal together with his teammates.
In 1991, Gao Min won the women's 3m springboard championship in the world swimming championships.
In 1992, at the 25th Olympic Games, Gao Min came out with injuries and won the women's 3m springboard championship.
In 1992, after the Barcelona Olympic Games, Gao Min, 22, retired and ended her sports career.
In 1998, Gao Min put on a new robe for his country and made a short comeback. He represented China in the world diving Grand Prix after suffering from a cold and fever for three days, but he did not win the prize.
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Personal life
Emotional life
In 1995, Gao Min married Su Dong, a translator, and gave birth to his son Chaochao the next year.
In 1997, because Su Dong was determined to go to Singapore for development, they parted peacefully, and the child followed Gao min.
In 1997, at a Chinese gathering, Gao Min met Chen Zhigang, a professor at Edmonton University and a researcher at the United Nations World Trade and economic organization, who was 10 years older than herself. They married in 1998. After remarriage, they had a son. In 2005, the Gaomin family returned to Beijing from Edmonton.
daily life
Near the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Gao Min, who was extremely entangled, thought of suicide, but after several hesitations, he held those pills in his hand for a night, and finally did not take them.
Gao Min fell in love with badminton after retirement. He once revealed that his private coach was very famous on the variety show. Gao Min once revealed that Zhang Ning is his head coach and Li Yongbo is his team leader, but his level is limited.
After retiring in 1992, tired of all kinds of social activities, she chose to go to a completely strange place to start over, so she went to Indiana, USA. in January 1995, she became a student of sports management in Boer University. Because of my poor English, I dare not take the bus, for fear that I can't find my way back after I go out. At this time, some universities invited her to teach in diving club, and she improved her level in teaching and communication.
In 1997, after her divorce, Gao Min took her son to Edmonton, Canada, to become the head coach of the Golden Gate diving club. Although the club had no requirements for the results, Gao Min was very good at teaching. Two years later, she made the club rank second in Canada. Seven of her athletes entered the Canadian national team. Mayor Edmonton wrote a letter of thanks to her.
In 1998, Gao Min's statue entered the International Swimming Federation's "Hall of fame" in Florida to recognize her contribution to diving.
In 2013, Gao Min was invited by Jiangsu Satellite TV as one of the judges and star coaches of star diving cube.
On December 6, 2016, jointly sponsored by people's network, global times, global network and global time news client, the 2016 global fashion annual grand ceremony hosted by global network was held, and was awarded "fashion leader".
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social activities
public benefit activities
Gao Min, who retired in November 1992, auctioned the gold medal won in the sixth World Swimming Championships in Tianjin at a price of 770000 yuan. Part of the donation was used to support China's bid for the Olympic Games, and the other part was used for the "Gao Min scholarship" established in Chengdu Institute of physical education in 1993, aiming to help young people realize their ideals and promote the development of China's basic physical education.
In 2013, in the large-scale studio program "public welfare China" launched by Phoenix Satellite TV, Gao Min acted as the judge of "public welfare China". He found good public welfare projects with creativity and development, and contributed to the budding projects. Gao Min expressed his willingness to be the incubator of their dreams.
In 2013, as one of the judges and star coaches of star diving cube, Gao Min joined hands with several other Olympic champion coaches, more than 30 star athletes and all staff to donate 1 million yuan to Ya'an earthquake stricken area in Sichuan Province for post disaster reconstruction.
On October 16, the fourth China poverty eradication award unveiling party was held in Beijing. Gao Min, as a guest of the party, said that it was a great honor to be invited by the activity Party of the poverty eradication award and act as a love ambassador.
In December 2013, Gao Min, as a guest, attended CCTV's 2013 annual promotion activity of "looking for the people of agriculture, rural areas and farmers in central and southern China".
In 2014, the fourth "Dongfeng Nissan · Tianlai special appointment" star Citizen Award Ceremony launched by Nandu entertainment was held in Beijing Meilanfang theater, and Gao Min was invited to be the guest of the ceremony.
On the morning of September 13, 2014, the 16th Beijing hope marathon, a charity run for cancer patients and cancer prevention and treatment research, was held in Chaoyang Park, with Gao Min taking the lead.
On April 15, 2015, the first issue of Chinese sports value list "2015 Chinese athletes' communication influence list", jointly sponsored and sponsored by Tencent and China Sports Press, was released in Beijing. Gao Min attended the press conference as a guest and said that "2015 China athletes communication influence list" is a kind of affirmation and encouragement for athletes, and clearly tells athletes their own market value and social benefits.
On May 30, 2015, Gao Min was the sponsor and athlete representative of the "champion athlete fund" project of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation.
On January 24, 2016, the award ceremony of "2015 CCTV sports man of the year" was held in the National Stadium, with Gao Min as the judge.
In 2016, Gao Min initiated the establishment of "Beijing champion sportsman public welfare foundation" and served as the director of the Committee.
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