Chang Yani
.jpg) Chang in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 2001 Xiantao, Hubei, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chang Yani (Chinese: 昌雅妮; pinyin: Chāng Yǎnī; born 7 December 2001) is a Chinese diver.
Chang won all four legs of the 2016 FINA Diving World Series in the 10 metre mixed platform synchronized event together with Tai Xiaohu. In the 2017 FINA Diving World Series Chang won two gold medals in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform event together with Ren Qian.
Together with Shi Tingmao she won two gold medals in the women's synchronized 3 metre springboard event. The pair became world champions at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[1] They won gold at the 2018 FINA Diving World Cup and the 2018 Asian Games as well.
At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Chang participated in the 1 metre springboard final, where she reached rank six. In the same discipline Chang won silver at the 2019 Military World Games.[2][3]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Chang together with Chen Yiwen won their first Olympic gold medals in the women's synchronized 3m springboard on 28 July 2024.[4] She then won the bronze in women's 3m springboard despite "a shaky first dive [that] saw her at the bottom of the standings".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chinese divers add two synchronized gold medals at the worlds[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn". China Daily. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Diving – Yani Chang (China)". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Database Diving, Datenbank Wasserspringen". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "China triumph in shooting and diving on golden opening day in Paris". The Straits Times. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Grace Goulding (9 August 2024). "Paris 2024 Diving: All Results, As Chen Yiwen Wins Women's 3m Springboard, Seventh Diving Gold for People's Republic of China".
External links
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- Chang Yani at World Aquatics
- Chang Yani at IAT Database Diving (in German)
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