46 years ago today, on September 8, 1979 (July 17, 1979, the lunar calendar), Chen Xiaoxia won the first diving world championship for my country. China's first world diving champion-Chen Xiaoxia Chen Xiaoxia, born in 1962, is a China female diver. On September 8, 1979, she won the women's 10-meter platform diving championship at the 10th World University Games, becoming the first world champion in my country's diving event. In 1980, she won the International Diving Competition and in 1981, she won the Women's Platform Diving Championship of the 11th World University Games. In 1979 and 1980, he was named the top ten athletes in the country.