Melissa Wu (diver)

Melissa Wu

Wu at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Melissa Paige Wu
Nickname(s)	Woodles, Mel
Born	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 25) Sydney, Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	10 m platform, 10 m synchro, 10 m mixed synchro
Club	Perfect 10 Diving Club
Team	NSWIS
Partner	Alexandra Croak
Coached by	Chava Sobrino
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform World Championships 2007 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform 2011 Shanghai 10 m synchro platform 2015 Kazan Mixed synchro 10 m platform Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 10 m synchro platform 2006 Melbourne 10 m synchro platform 2010 Delhi 10 m individual platform World Cup 2010 Changzhou 10 m synchro platform 2008 Beijing 10 m synchro platform 2010 Changzhou 10 m platform 2014 Shanghai 10 m platform 2016 Rio 10 m platform

Melissa Paige Wu (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian diver and silver medal winner at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Wu began diving in 2003. The same year she fractured the humerus bone in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline in 2003, and had to halt training for six months. After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the 10 metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006, finishing ahead of Olympic medallists Chantelle Newbery and Loudy Tourky. The win earned her a place on the Commonwealth Games team, where she won a silver medal on the synchronised 10 metre platform with Alexandra Croak and finished fifth in the individual 10 metre platform. In 2007, she defended the 10 metre platform title at the Australian Open. She was selected for the World Championships, where she won silver in the synchronised 10 metre platform and finished 11th in the individual event.

In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronized 10 metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving. She also competed in the women's 10 metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors. By age 16 she had medalled in every major international diving competition. In 2010 at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Wu won a gold medal in the synchronised 10 metre platform with her partner Alexandra Croak and a silver medal in the individual 10 metre platform. She placed fourth in the 10 m platform at the 2012 Olympics and fifth at the 2016 Rio Games. She suffered much of the 2013 season due to a back injury.