Melissa Wu

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Melissa Wu
2008 Summer Olympics Australian Parade in Sydney - Melissa Wu - Diving 2.jpg
Wu at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Paige Wu[1]
Nickname(s)Woodles, Mel[2]
Born (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 29)[1]
Sydney, Australia[3]
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[4]
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportDiving
Event(s)10 m platform, 10 m synchro, 10 m mixed synchro
ClubPerfect 10 Diving Club[1]
TeamNSWIS
Coached byChava Sobrino[2]
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 10 m platform
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan Mixed synchro 10 m platform
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 10 m synchro platform
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 10 m individual platform
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 10 m individual platform
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Changzhou 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Changzhou 10 m platform
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio

Melissa Paige Wu (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian diver and silver medal winner at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[5]

Diving[]

Wu began diving in 2003. The same year she fractured her humerus bone in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline, and had to halt training for six months.[2] After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the 10-metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006, finishing ahead of Olympic medallists Chantelle Newbery and Loudy Tourky. The win earned her a place on the Commonwealth Games team, where she won a silver medal on the synchronised 10-metre platform with Alexandra Croak and finished fifth in the individual 10-metre platform. In 2007, she defended the 10-metre platform title at the Australian Open. She was selected for the World Championships, where she won silver in the synchronised 10-metre platform and finished 11th in the individual event.

In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronized 10-metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.[2] She also competed in the women's 10-metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors.[1] By age 16 she had medalled in every major international diving competition. In 2010 at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Wu won a gold medal in the synchronised 10-metre platform with her partner Alexandra Croak and a silver medal in the individual 10-metre platform. She placed fourth in the 10-metre platform at the 2012 Olympics[1] and fifth at the 2016 Rio Games.[4] She suffered much of the 2013 season due to a back injury.[2] Wu has now been picked for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Wu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland, winning gold in the individual 10-metre platform and, with Teju Williamson, placing 4th in the synchronised 10-metre platform.[6]

Personal life[]

Wu lives in Sydney. Her mother is Australian, and her father is Chinese. She is the cousin of Australian Olympic rugby sevens player James Stannard and the second cousin of Australian hurdler Jana Pittman.[7] Her brother Joshua and sister Madeline train in weightlifting.[3]

Wu started her career in diving in 2003, when she was 10 years old.[8] She attended Coverdale Christian School for her primary education and attended Citipointe Christian College in Brisbane until 2008. At the end of grade 9, Wu took on homeschooling via the Brisbane School of Distance Education (BSDE). She is currently completing a Bachelor of Business degree at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Melissa Wu. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f Melissa Wu Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ a b c Melissa Wu. rio2016.olympics.com.au
  4. ^ a b Melissa Wu. rio2016.com
  5. ^ Roll of honour – AIS Roll of Honour for the Olympics. ausport.gov.au
  6. ^ "Melissa Wu". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ ABC Beijing 2008 preview – Diving. Abc.net.au.
  8. ^ "Melissa Wu". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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