Elizabeth Jimie

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Elizabeth Jimie
Personal information
Nationality Malaysia
Born (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 31)
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportDiving
EventSpringboard
PartnerLeong Mun Yee
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Malaysia
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 1 m springboard
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 3 m spring synchro
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 3 m spring synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok 1 m springboard

Elizabeth Jimie (born 28 June 1992 in Kuching, Sarawak) is a Malaysian diver, who specialised in individual and synchronised springboard events.[1] She won the gold medal, along with her partner Leong Mun Yee, in the women's 3 m synchronised springboard event, and added the bronze for the 1 m springboard at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. She is also a two-time bronze medalist at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

Jimie qualified for the women's 3 m individual springboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after finishing fifth in the Olympic test event.[2] She finished twenty-first in the preliminary rounds of the competition, with a score of 253.50 points, tying a position with her diving partner Leung Mun Yee.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Jimie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Four divers make it to the Olympics". The Malaysian Insider. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

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