Melissa Wu

Melissa Wu

Personal information
Full name	Melissa Paige Wu
Nickname(s)	Mel
Born	3 May 1992 Sydney, Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Australia
Event(s)	10m platform, 10m synchro
Club	Perfect 10 Diving Club /NSWIS
Team	NSWIS
Partner	Alexandra Croak
Former partner(s)	Briony Cole
Medal record Women's Diving Competitor for  Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 10m Synchronized platform World Championships 2007 Melbourne 10m Synchronized platform 2011 Shanghai 10m Synchronized platform 2015 Kazan Mixed synchro 10 m platform Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 10m Synchronized Platform 2006 Melbourne 10m Synchronized platform 2010 Delhi 10m platform World Cup 2010 Changzhou 10m Synchronized platform 2008 Beijing 10m Synchronized platform 2010 Changzhou 10m Individual platform 2014 Shanghai 10m Individual platform 2016 Rio 10m Individual 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.^[1]

Wu began diving in 2003. 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 in history 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 women's 10 metre individual.

Country music singer John Williamson wrote and recorded a song about Wu called "Little Swallow, Baby Wu" during the sessions for his "Hillbilly Road" album. The song has yet to see an official release.

Wu lives in Sydney. Her mother is Australian and her father is of Chinese descent. She is the cousin of Australian Rugby 7's player James Stannard and the second cousin of Australian hurdler Jana Rawlinson.^[2] Wu attended Coverdale Christian School for her primary education and attended Christian Outreach College Brisbane until 2008. At the end of grade 9, Wu took on home schooling via the Brisbane School of Distance Education (BSDE). She is currently completing a Bachelor of Media at Macquarie University, Sydney.

References

1. AIS at the Olympics
2. ABC Beijing 2008 preview – Diving

External links

• Six Sides Managing Group Managing Agent
• ABC Commonwealth Games profile