Esther Qin
![]() Esther Qin won the gold medal in the Women's 3m springboard, 2014 Commonwealth Games. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | 覃帆 (Qín Fān) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Fan Esther Qin[1] (or Esther Qin = 艾丝特·覃)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China | 18 November 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Diving Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Esther Qin (Chinese: 覃帆; pinyin: Qín Fān; lit. 'Qin Sail';[2] born 18 November 1991) is a Chinese-born Australian diver.[3]
Personal life[]
Esther was born and raised in a family of Zhuang people, an ethnic minority of China. She is attending RMIT in Melbourne.[citation needed]
Diving career[]
In China[]
Qin started diving at the age of eleven in China and competed in several national competitions until her family immigrated to Australia in 2009.[4]
For Australia[]
Qin competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, won a silver medal in the 3m synchronised with Samantha Mills.[5] She also competed in the 1 m and 3 m springboard.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the gold medal in the 3m springboard and a bronze medal in 1m springboard.[3] She was coached by at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.[6]
At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Kazan, Russia, she won a bronze medal in the 3m synchronized with Samantha Mills.[7]
Qin partnered with Georgia Sheehan in the 2018 Commonwealth Games to achieve first place and received a gold medal in the 3m synchronised springboard event.[8] Qin also won a bronze medal in the 1m springboard.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "QIN Fan Esther". universiade2013.sportresult.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 专访跳水华裔美少女覃帆 喀山是爱情开始的地方. Sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ether Qin results". 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Outstanding Diver of the NSWCHS Championships". DET NSW School Sports Unit website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Honour Roll – Esther Quin". Australian University Sport website. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi. "Australia's Esther Qin claims diving gold". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Women's 3m Synchro Springboard" (PDF). 16th FINA World Championships website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Pentony, Luke (11 April 2018). "Aussie duo take gold after compatriots bomb final dive". ABC Online. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- 1991 births
- Australian female divers
- Living people
- Divers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Australian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- People from Liuzhou
- World Aquatics Championships medalists
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic divers of Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Universiade medalists in diving
- Universiade silver medalists for Australia
- Zhuang people
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics