Zhang Yiyao (born 13 March 2002) is a Chinese artistic swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the mixed duet technical routine and a bronze medal in the mixed duet free routine. In 2018, she won two silver medals in mixed duet events at the World Junior Championships and four gold medals, two in mixed duet events and two in team events, at the leg of the 2018 Artistic Swimming World Series held in Beijing.
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Artistic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Shi Haoyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editCareer
edit2018
editAt the second leg of the 2018 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series, held in Beijing in April, Yiyao won two gold medals in team events, the team technical routine and the team free routine, contributing in a reserve role for each event.[2][3] In the mixed duet technical routine, she and her partner Shi Haoyu won the gold medal with a score of 76.9274 points.[4] They followed up their performance with another gold medal, this time in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 77.8667 points.[5] Later in the year, in July at the 2018 World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, she won silver medals in the mixed duet technical routine, with a score of 79.3538 points, and the mixed duet free routine, with a score of 81.4667 points, competing with partner Shi Haoyu in both events.[6]
2022 World Aquatics Championships
edit| 2022 World Championships | ||
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mixed duet technical routine | 86.4425 |
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mixed duet free routine | 88.4000 |
In the preliminaries of the mixed duet technical routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary with artistic swimming contested in June, Yiyao and her partner Shi Haoyu scored 84.8232 points, advancing to the final ranking third.[7][8] For their performance in the final two days later, the duo scored 86.4425 points and won the bronze medal behind gold medalists Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero of Italy and silver medalists Yotaro Sato and Tomoka Sato of Japan.[9][10][11][12][13] In the preliminaries of the mixed duet free routine four days later, the duo qualified for the final with an overall third-rank and score of 87.8333 points.[14] Improving their score to 88.4000 points in the final with choreography to music by Chinese musical artist Yang Bingyin with a "Swordsmen" theme, they won the bronze medal.[15][16][17]
International championships
edit| Meet | mixed duet technical routine | mixed duet free routine |
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| WJC 2018 |  (79.3538) |
(81.4667) |
| Senior level | ||
| WC 2022 |  (86.4425) |
(88.4000) |
Artistic Swimming World Series circuits
editThe following medals Yiyao has won at Artistic Swimming World Series circuits.[18]
| Edition | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Total |
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| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Yiyao Zhang". FINA. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 – Leg 2: Results Women Team Technical". FINA. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 – Leg 2: Results Women Team Free". FINA. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 – Leg 2: Results Mixed Duet Technical". FINA. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 – Leg 2: Results Mixed Duet Free". FINA. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ FINA (22 July 2018). "16th FINA World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships Budapest (HUN): Complete Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ FINA (18 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Gavini, Fernando (18 June 2022). "Brasil avança a duas finais no nado artístico no Mundial" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ FINA (20 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Régis, Marlos (June 2022). "Em dia de glória, italiano bate primeiro recorde mundial na Natação, veja o resumo do dia" (in Portuguese). surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Italian pair win mixed duet technical, Chinese grab bronze in artistic swimming". China Daily. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Italian Ceccon breaks world record on third day of FINA Worlds". China Internet Information Center. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Sato siblings win mixed duet technical silver at FINA worlds". The Japan Times. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ FINA (24 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Free Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Croes, Maureen (25 June 2022). "Italy and Ukraine win last two gold medals; Italy overall winner". FINA. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Swimming, artistic swimming wave goodbye on day 8 of Budapest worlds". China Internet Information Center. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Artistic swimming: Japanese siblings win mixed duet silver at worlds". Kyodo News. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Yiyao Zhang: Medals". FINA. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
