Esther Qin

Esther Qin won the gold medal in the Women's 3m springboard, 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Personal information
Native name	覃帆 (Qín Fān)
Full name	Fan Esther Qin[1] (or Esther Qin = 艾丝特·覃)[2]
Born	(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32) Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Team	Diving Australia[1]
Medal record Women's Diving Representing  Australia World Championships 2015 Kazan 3m synchronized Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 3m springboard 2018 Gold Coast 3m synchronized springboard 2014 Glasgow 1m springboard 2018 Gold Coast 1m springboard Universiade 2013 Kazan 3m synchronized

Esther Qin (Chinese: 覃帆; pinyin: Qín Fān; lit. 'Qin Sail';^[2] born 18 November 1991) is a Chinese-born Australian retired diver.^[3]

Qin was born in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China to a Zhuang family. Her family moved to Australia in 2009, as her father had found a position as a chef.^[4]

Qin started diving at the age of eleven in China and competed in several national competitions.^[5]

Qin competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, won a silver medal in the 3m synchronised with Samantha Mills.^[6] She also competed in the 1 m and 3 m springboard.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the gold medal in the women's 3m springboard, a bronze medal in women's 1m springboard^[3] and came 4th in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard alongside Anna Gelai.^[7] She was coached by Chava Sobrino at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.^[8]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Kazan, Russia, she won a bronze medal in the 3m synchronized with Samantha Mills.^[9]

She competed at the 2016 Olympics where she finished 6th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.^[10]

Qin partnered with Georgia Sheehan in the 2018 Commonwealth Games to achieve first place and received a gold medal in the 3m synchronised springboard event.^[11] Qin also won a bronze medal in the women's 1m springboard event and came 5th in the women's 3 metre springboard event.^[12]

Qin qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she came 12th in the women's 3-metre springboard event.^[13]

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she came 5th in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard evnt alongside Brittany O'Brien and 6th in the women's 1 metre springboard event.^[14]

Qin announced her retirement from international diving on December 5 2022.^[15]

• Esther Qin at World Aquatics
• Esther Qin at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Esther Qin at Olympics.com
• Esther Qin at Olympedia
• Esther Qin at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Esther Qin at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Esther Qin at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Fan Qin at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games