WENBO CHEN

WENBO CHEN Born in Zhan Jiang, Guang Dang, China, Wenbo trained and dived for the Chinese National Team 1973-1983. He was a two-time National Champion in 1977and 1980. From there he began his coaching career by coaching the Chinese National Diving Team from 1985 until 1991. Chen has trained Chinese National, Olympic and Asian Champions. He added to his many experiences by coaching Internationally in Germany, Austria, Italy, USSR, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States. He decided to make Moultrie his home and brought his wife, Wen Yin Han and daughter Amy Yao to be a part of Moss Farms Diving in 1994. The recent addition of his second daughter Annie, has given Moss Farms another future diving tiger.

Wenbo has added to his accomplishments while here by being selected as the 1997 Senior National Indoor Diving Coach of Excellence by his peers and led our women's team to earn the points to finish second at the 1997 Speedo National Diving Championships in Auburn, AL. That same year Brooke Bassham was a National Champion on 1M. Jud Campbell, a former Moss Farms Diver under Wenbo's instruction & now diving for the University of Georgia, was the 1M South Eastern Conference Champion in 1999. Chen was an integral part of leading Clayton Moss to triple Gold medals in the Can-Am-Mex International Diving Championships and Katie Beth Bryant finishing with 1 Gold and Lane Bassham with a Silver and Bronze at the Can-Am-Mex. He has coached the team of Lane Bassham and Lauryn McCalley to a Gold Medal in 2000 in the Synchronized Diving 3M event at the Senior Indoor National Championship qualifying them for the Senior National Team. For two years prior, Bassham & McCalley were 3M Silver Medallists in Synchronized Diving also qualifying them for the Sr. National Team. And finally, Chen coached Lane Bassham at the 2000 Olympic Trails at Federal Way, Seattle, WA.