Yang Jian (; born 10 June 1994) is a Chinese diver. Yang started practicing gymnastics on his parents' will at age of 4, and 5 years later took up diving. His desire for risky jumps quickly brought him the nickname “King of Difficulty” amongst teammates. He won gold in the 10m platform event at the 2014 FINA Diving World Cup. Shortly after his international debut, he became the first one in history to accomplish a dive with difficulty of 4.1 since the regulation was introduced and set a world record for a single jump to 123 points. But in the following year, Yang finished his first tour to the world championships due to knee injury with the unexpected 10th place. Another right heel injury during training in November 2018 forced him to take surgery and rest for a month. In 2021, Yang won a silver medal in the 10m platform event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. References External links Chinese male divers 1994 births Living people Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2014 Asian Games Divers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Sportspeople from Sichuan Olympic divers of China Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in diving 20th-century Chinese people 21st-century Chinese people