Yang Wenyi
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Competitor for Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |||
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| Women's swimming | |||
| Silver | Seoul 1988 | 50 m freestyle | |
| Gold | Barcelona 1992 | 50 m freestyle | |
| Silver | Barcelona 1992 | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
- Not to be confused with Wenyi Wang
Yang Wenyi (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.
She began swimming training in Shanghai Sports Club in 1978, breaking national records for different age group on eighteen occasions. Selected as a member of the Shanghai municipal swimming team in 1984, Yang joined the national team for intensified training two years later. She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle.
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[edit] High performances
- Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay
- 1988 – Asian 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
- Gold – 50 m freestyle
- Gold – 50 m freestyle (OR)
[edit] Honours
- 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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Olympic champions in women's 50 m freestyle |
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1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Wenyi Yang | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Inge de Bruijn |
