The same year she fractured her humerus bone in her left arm after accidentally landing on a trampoline, and had to halt training for six months.

[2] After winning a number of junior and state titles in 2004 and 2005, she won the individual 10-metre platform at the Australian Open Diving Championships in 2006.

[6] In 2008, along with Briony Cole, Wu won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the synchronised 10-metre platform, becoming the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving.

[2] She also competed in the women's 10-metre platform, making it into the finals, ending up ranked sixth out of twelve competitors.

[8] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Wu teamed up with Charli Petrov in the synchronised 10-metre platform.

[12] Wu has a tattoo of the Olympic rings shaped as hearts on her right leg.