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{{short description|Chinese diver (born 1990)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[He (surname)|He]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name             = He Zi
|spouse           = {{marriage|[[Qin Kai (diver)|Qin Kai]]|2017}}
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|caption          = He Zi at the [[2009 World Aquatics Championships]]
|nationality      = Chinese
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|12|11}}
|birth_place      = [[Nanning]], [[Guangxi]], China
|residence        = [[Tianjin]]
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|event            = 1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro
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|medaltemplates   = {{MedalCount
|total=yes
| [[Olympic Games]] | 1 | 2 | –
| [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] | 4 | 2 | 1
| [[Summer Universiade]]|3|-|-
| [[FINA Diving World Cup]] | 3 | 2 | –
| [[Asian Games]] | 1 | 2 | –
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{{MedalSport|{{MedalSport|Women's [[Diving (sport)|diving]]}}}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Diving at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2012}}|[[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2012}}|[[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2016}}|[[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|1 m springboard}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 m synchro springboard|3 m synchro springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1 m springboard|1 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 m springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 m springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1 metre springboard|1 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Diving at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Diving at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 1 metre springboard|1 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Asian Games 2006|2006 Doha]]|[[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Diving at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Diving at the 2011 Summer Universiade|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Diving at the 2011 Summer Universiade|3 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Diving World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|2010 Jiangsu]]|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|2010 Jiangsu]]|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 metre synchronized springboard|3 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 FINA Diving World Cup|2012 London]]|[[2012 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 metre synchronized springboard|3 m synchro]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 FINA Diving World Cup|2012 London]]|[[2012 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 m springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 FINA Diving World Cup|2014 Shanghai]]|[[2014 FINA Diving World Cup – Women's 3 m springboard|3 m springboard]]}}
}}
'''He Zi''' ({{zh|s=何姿|p=Hé Zī}}; born 11 December 1990) is an Olympic medal winning Chinese female [[Diving (sport)|diver]], specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.<ref name=TheSports>{{Cite web | url = http://www.the-sports.org/diving-zi-he-results-identity-s10-c2-b4-o65-w22977.html | title      = Diving – He Zi (China) : season totals | work = the-sports.org | access-date = 23 November 2010}}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:2012 Summer Olympics Women's Springboard Victory Ceremony 3.jpg|left|thumb|He Zi during the victory ceremony for [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|women's 3 metre springboard at the 2012 Summer Olympics]].]]
Among her achievements are:
* 2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} and 3 m<ref name=beijing2008>{{Cite web
|url         = http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/diving/n214277318.shtml
|title       = He Zi wins women's 3m springboard gold at National Diving Championships – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
|work        = en.beijing2008.cn
|access-date  = 23 November 2010
|url-status     = dead
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404010503/http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/diving/n214277318.shtml
|archive-date = 4 April 2008
}}</ref> springboard events of the [[Diving at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]].
* 2007 – gold medal in the women's 1 m springboard event of the [[Diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships|World Aquatics Championships]].<ref name=TheSports/>
* 2009 – gold medal in the women's 3 m springboard event of the [[FINA Diving World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web
|url         = http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2283&Itemid=611
|title       = Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2009 – Rankings
|work        = fina.org
|access-date  = 23 November 2010
|url-status     = dead
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052643/http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2283&Itemid=611
|archive-date = 24 September 2015
}}</ref>
* 2010 – won gold in 3 m springboard and gold (with [[Wu Minxia]]) in the synchronised 3 m springboard at the [[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|17th FINA Diving World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web
|url        = http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2929&Itemid=658
|title      = Fédération Internationale de Natation – fina.org – FINA Diving World Series 2010 – Rankings
|work       = fina.org
|access-date = 23 November 2010
}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2011 – won gold (with [[Wu Minxia]]) in the synchronised 3 m springboard and silver in the 3 m springboard at the [[2011 World Aquatics Championships]].
* 2012 – won gold (with [[Wu Minxia]]) in women's 3m springboard synchronized diving at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].
* 2012 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].
* 2013 - won gold in 1m springboard in 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, beating Tania Cognotto of Italy by just 0.1 points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=382&layout=blog&Itemid=1509|title=Barcelona 2013|website=fina.org - official FINA website|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-19|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320054238/http://archives.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=382&layout=blog&Itemid=1509|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2016 – won silver in 3m in women's 3m springboard diving at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].
==Personal life==
Right after she won silver in the 3m springboard dive on 14 August 2016, He Zi accepted a marriage proposal by boyfriend and fellow diver [[Qin Kai (diver)|Qin Kai]], whom she has dated for 6 years.<ref>[https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/watch-beautiful-moment-unsuspecting-swimmer-gets-proposed-minutes-after-winning-medal?autoPlay=5082975244001 Watch: The beautiful moment unsuspecting swimmer gets proposed to - minutes after winning medal] ''tvnz.co.nz''. Retrieved 26 July 2021</ref> They married in June 2017, and in July she announced her retirement from international competition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2017-07/25/content_41283850.htm |title= China's Olympic champion diver He Zi retires|work= China.org.cn|date= 25 July 2017}}</ref> Their daughter was born in October 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/diving/2018-04-28/doc-ifzvpatq5222496.shtml |title=秦凯何姿女儿6个月能做平板支撑 周继红带她试水 |date=28 April 2018|work=Sina }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[China at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[China at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Chinese Olympic Committee|744|en_archive=20200714190632|zh_archive=20080501132746}}
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{{succession box
| before = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Minxia]]
| after = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Huixia]]
| title = [[List of FINA Athletes of the Year#Diving|FINA Female Diver of the Year]]
| years = 2013
}}
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