Tingting Jiang


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Birth date
Age
25/09/1986 - SICHUAN (CHN) 
26
Height
Gender
173 cm / 5'8" 
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
3Teams2008Beijing, CHN97.334
4Duets2008Beijing, CHN96.334
World Championships
2Duets Free Routine2011Shanghai, CHN96.810
2Teams Technical Routine2011Shanghai, CHN96.800
2Teams Free Routine2011Shanghai, CHN96.580
2Free Routine Combination2009Rome, ITA97.667
3Duets Technical Routine2009Rome, ITA95.667
3Duets Free Routine2009Rome, ITA97.000
3Teams Technical Routine2009Rome, ITA96.667
3Teams Free Routine2009Rome, ITA97.167
Asian Games
1Duets2010Guangzhou, CHN193.375
1Teams2010Guangzhou, CHN192.000
1Free Routine Combination2010Guangzhou, CHN97.125
World Cup
1Duets2010Changshu, CHN96.650
2Teams2010Changshu, CHN96.500

Nickname

Her first coach Luo Xi called her 'Xiao Shunag' which means little twin. (todaysports.cn, 11 Mar 2008)

Hobbies

Listening to music and drawing. (Athlete, 11 Mar 2008)

Education

Coaching - Sichuan University of Physical Education, Chengdu, CHN

Language(s) spoken

Mandarin

Club name

Sichuan, Chengdu, CHN

Coach

Zheng Jia, Masayo Imura (JPN) (news.xinhuanet.com, 27 Jul 2011)

Other sports

Her duet partner Wenwen is her identical twin sister. (chinadaily.com.cn, 27 Apr 2011)

Debut

2005 for China, World Championships (Canada) (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

Injuries

She and her sister, performing partner Wenwen, had to skip national team training in 2011 because of an accumulation of injuries. (chinadaily.com.cn, 27 Apr 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began synchronised swimming in 1993 in Chengdu, China. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

Reason for taking up this sport
She and twin sister Wenwen were exceptionally thin as youngsters, so their mother took them to the Chengdu Co-curricular Sport School to try and strengthen their bodies. Synchro coach Luo Xi was convinced their body shape was ideal for synchronised swimming and persuaded them to give the sport a try. (thebeijingnews.com, 11 Mar 2008)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold with her sister in the duet event at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. (Athlete, 11 Mar 2008)

Hero
China's 110m hurdles world champion Liu Xiang. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

Most influential person in career
Her coach, her parents and her twin sister Wenwen. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

Superstitions / Rituals
She likes to listen to music before competitions. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Winning comes from perseverance." (Athlete, 16 Mar 2007)

General
WARNING
In May 2007 she and Wenwen were warned by team managers about a breach of team regulations after they provided a real estate agent in Chengdu with competition photos and appeared in an advertisement for the company. (todaysports.cn, thebeijingnews.com 11 Mar 2008)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2007 fast food chain McDonald's became one of the official partners of China's Olympic team and she and twin sister Wenwen were chosen as spokespersons for the restaurant's Fillet-O-Fish burger. (sports.163.com, 11 Mar 2008)

TWINS
People find it difficult to tell her apart from her twin sister Wenwen, but Wenwen says she is slightly longer in the face while Tingting's face is squarer. Wenwen also says that Tingting has a freckle on her forehead. (todaysports.cn, thebeijingnews.com, 11 Mar 2008)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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