Quan Hongchan

Quan Hongchan (simplified Chinese: 全红婵; traditional Chinese: 全紅嬋; pinyin: Quán Hóngchán;[2] born 28 March 2007) is a Chinese diver, national champion, and Olympic champion.[3] She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the individual 10-metre platform event.[4]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Quan.

Quan Hongchan
Personal information
Native name全红婵
NationalityChinese
Born (2007-03-28) 28 March 2007
Mazhang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
Height143 cm (4 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
CountryChina
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo10 m platform

Early life

Quan was born on 28 March 2007 in Mazhang District of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.[5][3] She is the third of five children born to a family of farmers.[6]

Quan was discovered when a sports academy recruited a group of freshmen to participate in a summer camp for diving.[6] Her parents were very supportive of her decision to start competitive diving. Hongchan's brother Quan Jinhua has said, "She liked diving the first time she tried diving. When we go fishing and she sees water, she likes to play in the water. She likes to go to the beach too."[6]

Career

In July 2014, at age seven, she started training in diving.[6] In 2018, she joined the Guangdong provincial team.[3][7]

In October 2020, at age 13, she won the National Diving Championship in the 10-metre platform event.[8] She was encouraged by her coach to participate and had learned all the moves in the three weeks leading up to the competition. In the same month, she joined the national diving team.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Quan was the youngest athlete in the Chinese delegation. On 5 August 2021, she won the gold medal in the individual 10-metre platform event with an overall score of 466.20 points, also breaking the previous Olympic record of 447.70 set by Chen Ruolin during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Of her five dives, three were perfect dives, two of which earned straight scores of 10 from all seven judges.[4][9]

At the 2021 National Games of China, Quan won gold in the team event representing Guangdong. She scored a 413.90 on the 10-metre platform, leading a field that included Olympic teammates Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi.[10]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Quan has mentioned making more money to treat her mother's illness as a motivation.[12] Her mother was hit by a car on the way to work in 2017 and suffered a serious injury.[6] She mentioned her mother was hospitalized several times but her family did not tell her because they did not want her to worry while training. In August 2021, it was reported that Quan's family has been refusing numerous offers of properties and £30m cash from individuals and corporate organizations for her valiant display at the Olympics.[13] The family wants the focus to be on her and her sports career.

Like many of her peers, Quan enjoys playing video games in her free time, particularly PUBG and Honor of Kings.[5]

References
  1. Nitta, Yuki; Naidu, Richa (5 August 2021). "Diving-China's teenage diving queens bag 10m platform gold and silver". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. 跳水奥运选拔赛 - 14岁全红婵女子10米台夺冠 Quan Hongchan won the women's 10m platform | Tokyo 2020 | China. CGTN Sports Scene (in Chinese). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  3. "QUAN Hongchan". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. DeMeyer, Tess (5 August 2021). "Quan Hongchan achieves perfection, shatters Olympic record in women's 10m platform diving final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. Liu, Ailin (6 August 2021). Liu, Yan (ed.). "天才少女全红婵 夺冠靠天赋加苦练". Beijing Youth Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. Xie, Zhen, ed. (5 August 2021). "14岁全红婵夺冠！"三十年一遇"的天才少女：挣钱给妈妈治病，没去过游乐园动物园". 21st Century Business Herald (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. Hu, Xuerong (5 August 2021). Zhang, Fan (ed.). "东京奥运会跳水女子10米台：全红婵、陈芋汐包揽冠亚军". People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  8. "The strongest dark horse! 13-year-old Zhanjiang girl Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the National Diving Championship". yqqlm. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. Atkin, Nick (5 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Chinese 14-year-old Quan Hongchan produces three perfect-10 dives, wins gold in 10m platform final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. https://info.2021shaanxi.com/#/sports/result/unit?module=schedule&discipline=DIV&date=&event=DIVWTEAM--------------&unit=DIVWTEAM--------------FNL-000200--&key=result&ScheduleStatus=[object%20HTMLLIElement]
  11. "Tokyo Olympics: Top 10 moments". FINA. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  12. "穷人的孩子早当家 全红婵摘金全力为母治病成佳话". Sohu Sports (in Chinese). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  13. Llewellyn, Liam (11 August 2021). "Family of 14-year-old diving star reject free property and £30m cash after Olympic heroics". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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