Elizabeth Jimie

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Elizabeth Jimie
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Born (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 33)
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Diving
Event
Springboard
Partner Leong Mun Yee
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha 1 m springboard
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha 3 m spring synchro
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Bangkok 3 m spring synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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

  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.