Qin Kai (diver)

Qin Kai (left) at the Olympic Games in Beijing He Chong and Alexandre Despatie (2008)

Qin Kai (Chinese秦 凯, Pinyin Qín Kǎi, born January 31, 1986 in Shaanxi ) is a Chinese diver. It starts in the art of jumping from 1 m and 3 m- board and in the 3-meter synchronized diving. At a height of 1.70 m his competition weight is 65 kg.

Qin Kai began in 1990 in children with gymnastics in Xi'an, before he in the province of Shaanxi team turned to the art of jumping four years later. In 2005 he managed to jump into the Chinese national team after he had already in 2001 the individual competition from the 3- meter board and a second place from the tower is at the Junior World Championships. Since 2006, Qin is the partner of seven years older Wang Feng. The duo has since been a great success in the synchronized diving granted by the 3- meter board, to count since 2007, six victories in the World Series, two Grand Prix wins and the world championship title in Melbourne. On 13 August 2008, Qin and Wang were able to decide for themselves also consider the competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing native.

After five second places in the 2008 season in Grand Prix and World Series competitions Qin was at the games in Beijing as one of the possible candidates for a medal in the individual competition and won the victory of his compatriot He Chong the bronze medal. The rise in the world as a single peak Springer succeeded Qin 2006, when he was able to achieve victory from the 3 m board at the Italian Grand Prix and the World Cup Competition in the domestic Changshu. A year later he won at the World Championships in Australia in addition to the synchronous and the individual competition from the 3 m board before the Canadians Alexandre Despatie and the Russian Dmitri Sautin. Latter counts Qin to his models.

In July 2009, succeeded Qin on past successes to tie and won at the World Swimming Championships in Rome, the competition from the 1 m- board in front of his compatriot Zhang Xinhua and the Australian Matthew Mitcham. In synchronized diving from the 3 m board he won with his partner Wang Feng. In 2011 he repeated this victory, he won gold in Shanghai in the 3 -meter synchronized diving, this time on the side of Luo Yutong. In single from the 3 -meter board, he missed a fourth medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, he joined with Luo to also synchronized diving from the 3- meter board. With 477.00 points they won by a large margin the gold medal. In single from the 3- meter board Qin led to the last jump of the competition, before he was even caught by the Russians Ilya Zakharov and had to make do with silver, ahead of his teammate He Chong.

Qin Kai lives in Beijing and is currently coached by Hu Enyong. His hobbies include Qin, who is considered by the public as shy, the basketball and football games.