Melissa Wu

Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu (born 3 May 1992) is an Australian diver who has represented Australia at five Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. She has also represented Australia at five Commonwealth Games, winning gold medals in 2010, 2018 and 2022 and silver medals in 2006 and 2010. Wu is a NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holder.

Early life and education Melissa Paige Li Kun Wu was born on 3 May 1992 in Penrith, New South Wales. Her father is of Chinese descent.

Wu is a NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holder, where she has trained under Chava Sobrino.

In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronised 10-metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.

Qualifying for her fourth Olympics, Wu competed in the individual 10-metre platform at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She achieved a bronze medal.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Wu teamed up with Charli Petrov in the synchronised 10-metre platform. Wu and Petrov achieved a gold medal. Wu prepared herself for her fifth Olympics, this time in Paris. No other Australian diver has been to five games. There were eight other divers in the team including Ellie Cole. Both Wu and Cole represented Australia in the ten metre platform.

Her club is the Perfect 10 Diving Club.

Personal life Wu lives in Sydney. Her nickname is "Woodles". Her brother, Joshua, and sister, Madeline, both train in weightlifting. She has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.