CAO Yuan

Olympic Games

Year	Location	3m Springboard	3m Synchro M	10m Synchro M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1st (547.60)	3rd (443.70)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	-	1st (486.78)

World Championships

Year	Location	3m Springboard	3m Synchro M	10m Synchro M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	2nd (517.85)	1st (439.74)	1st (486.93)
2017	Budapest, HUN	10th (453.70)	2nd (443.40)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	4th (523.95)	1st (471.45)	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	3rd (445.56)

Asian Games

Year	Location	3m Springboard	3m Synchro M
2018	Indonesia	2nd (540.05)	1st (479.52)

World Cup

Year	Location	3m Springboard	3m Synchro M
2018	Wuhan, CHN	2nd (544.60)	1st (448.74)

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Springboard	3m Synchro	10m Synchro
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	3 x 1st	2 x 1st
2018	2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd	4 x 1st	-
2017	1 x 1st, 3 x 3rd	3 x 1st, 1 x 3rd	-

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Springboard	3m Synchro
2017	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	3m Springboard	World Series	Beijing, CHN	541.95
1	2019	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Montreal, QC, CAN	457.14
1	2019	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Beijing, CHN	469.08
1	2019	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Sagamihara, JPN	446.82
1	2019	Synchronised 10m Platform	World Series	Beijing, CHN	494.55
1	2019	Synchronised 10m Platform	World Series	Sagamihara, JPN	465.24
1	2018	3m Springboard	World Series	Montreal, QC, CAN	531.20
1	2018	3m Springboard	World Series	Fuji, JPN	537.75
1	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Kazan, RUS	457.98
1	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Montreal, QC, CAN	463.38
1	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Fuji, JPN	433.02
1	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Beijing, CHN	497.34
1	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	420.84
1	2017	3m Springboard	World Series	Kazan, RUS	515.40
1	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Kazan, RUS	458.82
1	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Guangzhou, CHN	466.02
1	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Beijing, CHN	450.39

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Beijing Sport University, People's Republic of China

Mandarin

Beijing [People's Republic of China]

2009 for People's Republic of China (sports.eastday.com, 30 Jul 2012)

His training and performance was disrupted throughout 2017 due to several injuries, including to his forehead and ankle. (sports.qq.com, 21 Jul 2017; sports.qq.com, 31 Aug 2017)

Injuries to his hand and leg meant he was unable to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (news.cnool.ne, 30 Jul 2012)

He took up the sport at age five in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (sports.163.com, 31 Jul 2012)

His mother wanted him to learn self-discipline so she enrolled him in diving classes. (sports.163.com, 31 Jul 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sports.xinhuanet.com, 21 Jul 2019; sports.eastday.com, 19 Apr 2020)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Chinese diver Tian Liang. (yundongmi.com, 29 Mar 2013; sports.qq.com, 31 Aug 2017)

He was named Male Diver of the Year in both 2014 and 2018 by the International Swimming Federation [FINA]. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 16 Dec 2018; globaltimes.cn, 02 Dec 2014)

In 2017 he was named the Best Athlete of the Year by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports in the People's Republic of China. (sports.sina.com.cn, 12 Oct 2017)