| Melissa Wu |
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| Personal information |
| Full name: |
Melissa Paige Wu |
| Nickname(s): |
Mel or Woodles |
| Country Represented: |
 Australia |
| Former Country(ies) Represented: |
Australia |
| Date of birth: |
3 May 1992 (1992-05-03) (age 16) |
| Place of birth: |
Sydney, Australia |
| Hometown: |
Redlands in Brisbane, Australia |
| Residence: |
Brisbane, Australia |
| Height: |
135cm (4'8) |
| Event(s): |
10m platform, 10m synchro |
| Club: |
Perfect 10 Diving Club NSW |
| Synchro Partner: |
Briony Cole |
| Former Synchro Partner(s): |
Alexandra Croak |
| Head coach(es): |
Xiangning Chen |
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Melissa Wu (born 3 May 1992 in Sydney, NSW) is an Australian diver who has won silver medals at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Her father is of Chinese descent.
Wu began diving only in 2003 . After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, her first big breakthrough came with a win in the 10m platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006 where she finished 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 10m platform with Alexandra Croak and finished fifth in the individual 10m platform.
In 2007, she defended her 10m platform title at the Australian Open and was selected for the World Championships where she won silver in the synchronised 10m 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 10m platform, becoming the youngest Australian 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. At age 16 she has medalled in every major international diving competition.
Wu attended Coverdale Christian School for her primary education then during her high school education she attended Christian Outreach College Brisbane, until 2007 where she took on home schooling, Brisbane school of distance education (BSDE)
Wu lives in Brisbane and is second cousin to Australian hurdler Jana Rawlinson.[1]
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