Hu Jia (diver)

Hu Jia
Personal information
Nationality  China
Born (1983-01-10) January 10, 1983
Wuhan, Hubei
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s) 10 m, 10 m synchro
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hu.

Hu Jia (Chinese: 胡佳; pinyin: Hú Jia; born January 10, 1983 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a male Chinese diver who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in sixth place at the end of the preliminary round, and fourth place after the semi-finals, but put in an excellent performance in the finals to take first place.

Hu also won two silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the 10m Platform and 10 m Platform Synchronized.


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