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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 (or Esther Qin = 艾丝特·覃)
Born	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
Medal record
Women's Diving
Representing Australia
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
Universiade

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

Esther was born and raised in a family of Zhuang people, an ethnic minority of China. She is attending RMIT in Melbourne.^{[citation needed]}

Qin started diving at the age of eleven in China and competed in several national competitions until her family immigrated to Australia in 2009.^[4]

Qin competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, won a silver medal in the 3m synchronised with Samantha Mills.^[5] 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 3m springboard and a bronze medal in 1m springboard.^[3] She was coached by Chava Sobrino at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.^[6]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Kazan, Russia, she won a bronze medal in the 3m synchronized with Samantha Mills.^[7]

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.^[8] Qin also won a bronze medal in the 1m springboard.

^ ^a ^b "QIN Fan Esther". universiade2013.sportresult.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b 专访跳水华裔美少女覃帆喀山是爱情开始的地方. Sina.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). 2 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Ether Qin results". 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Outstanding Diver of the NSWCHS Championships". DET NSW School Sports Unit website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Honour Roll – Esther Quin". Australian University Sport website. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ Paxinos, Stathi. "Australia's Esther Qin claims diving gold". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Women's 3m Synchro Springboard" (PDF). 16th FINA World Championships website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ Pentony, Luke (11 April 2018). "Aussie duo take gold after compatriots bomb final dive". ABC Online. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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