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Native name | 李世鑫 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Maoming, Guangdong, China | 12 February 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1 m, 1 m synchro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Li Shixin ( Chinese: 李世鑫; pinyin: Lǐ Shìxīn; born 12 February 1988) is a Chinese-born Australian diver who specialises in the 1 metre springboard event. Li won gold medals in the 1 metre springboard event in the 2011 [1] [2] and 2013 World Aquatics Championships. [3]
In 2019, he chose to represent Australia in international competitions. [4]
Li qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the Men's 3m Springboard. He came 27th. [5] [6]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 1 metre springboard event. [3]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with diving competition held in August, Shixin ranked first in the preliminaries of the 1 metre springboard with a score of 388.70 points and qualified for the final. [7] [8] He won the silver medal in the final with a score of 437.05 points, which was 10.00 points behind gold medalist Jack Laugher of England. [9] [10] [11] With partner Sam Fricker in the 3 metre synchronised springboard the following day, the duo won the bronze medal with a score of 374.52 points. [12] [13] In the morning on day three of diving competition, he scored 456.65 points in the preliminaries of the 3 metre springboard, qualifying for the final ranking first. [14] [15] He placed fifth in the final with a score of 448.50 points, less than 12 points behind fourth-place finisher James Heatly of Scotland. [16] The final day, he won a silver medal in the mixed 3 metre synchronised springboard with partner Maddison Keeney, scoring 304.02 points. [17] [18]