Yang Wenyi (simplified Chinese: 杨文意; traditional Chinese: 楊文意; pinyin: Yáng Wényì; born January 11, 1972, in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in the same year she won the same event at the 4th Asian Championships.[1]
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She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle when she was 20 years old.[2] She was one of "Five Golden Flowers" of Chinese swimming.[1]
She was born in 1972 in Shanghai and she joined the national team and began intense training in 1986. During her career she broke national swimming records eighteen times.[3]
After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd",[1] holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in Minhang, Shanghai.
High performances
edit- Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay
- 1988 – Asian Swimming Championships
- Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.98 WR)
- Gold – 100 m backstroke (1:03.08, Asian best)
- Gold – 4x100 m medley relay
- Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay
- 1988 – Seoul Olympic Games
- Silver – 50 m freestyle
- 1990 – Beijing Asian Games
- Gold – 50 m freestyle
- Gold – 100 m backstroke
- Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay
- 1991 – World University Games
- Gold – 50 m freestyle
- 1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games
- Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.79 WR)
Honours
edit- 1989 – Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes
- 1989 – Voted one of forty Sports Stars in forty years since the founding of new China in 1949
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Yang Wenyi". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "Wenyi YANG | Results | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "Yang Wenyi". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-07-05.