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Zhier Fan
Personal information
National teamUnited States United States
Born (2004-04-12) April 12, 2004 (age 20)[2]
Plano, Texas, United States
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubMetroplex Aquatics Club (2010–2021)[1]
College teamStanford University[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Junior Pan Pac Championships 3 0 0
Total 3 0 0
Junior Pan Pac Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Honolulu 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Honolulu 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Honolulu 4×100 m mixed medley

Zhier Fan (born April 12, 2004) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a world junior record holder in the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, he won gold medals in the 100-meter breaststroke, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter mixed medley relay, as well as winning the b-final of the 200-meter breaststroke.

Background

Fan attends Stanford University and competes collegiately for Stanford Cardinal.[1]

Career

2021–2022

2021 Swimming World Cup

At the first stop of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup circuit, the first weekend of October in Berlin, Germany, Fan set a personal best time of 2:06.06 in the final of the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing 0.69 seconds behind bronze medalist Fabian Schwingenschlögl of Germany.[3] He also set a world junior record in the final of 4×50-meter mixed medley relay, contributing a time of 26.79 seconds for the 50-meter breaststroke portion of the relay to help win the silver with a time of 1:41.55.[4][5][6][7]

The following stop, conducted the following week at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Fan placed fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 57.91 seconds, which was 0.20 seconds slower than bronze medalist Andrius Šidlauskas of Lithuania.[8] In the 200-meter breaststroke, he won the bronze medal with a time of 2:06.18, finishing 4.11 seconds behind gold medalist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands.[9] For the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay, he improved upon his split time from the previous stop, lowering the time to a 26.75, and helping win the gold medal in a new world junior record time of 1:41.21.[10][11]

2022 US International Team Trials

In April 2022, at the USA Swimming International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Fan swam a personal best time of 1:00.64 in the preliminary heats of the 100-meter breaststroke, qualifying for the final where he went on to place eighth in 1:01.38, won the b-final of the 50-meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 28.07 seconds, placed eighth in the c-final of the 200-meter breaststroke with a 2:30.20, and placed 22nd in the 200-meter individual medley with a 2:03.46.[12] Per his results in the 100-meter breaststroke, USA Swimming named him to the roster for the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the event.[13]

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships

2022 Junior Pan Pac Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed medley 3:46.83 (CR)
Gold medal – first place 100 m breaststroke 1:00.74
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:36.65 (CR)

The first day of competition at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, contested at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu beginning August 24, Fan won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay, helping finish in a new 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships#Championships records set time of 3:46.83 by splitting a 1:00.76 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.[14][15] On the second day, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:00.74, finishing 0.61 seconds ahead of silver medalist Yamato Okadome of Japan and 1.04 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Nicholas Mahabir of Singapore.[16][17] Two days later, and the final day of competition, he started competition in the evening finals session by winning the b-final of the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:14.30.[18] For his final event, he and finals relay teammates Daniel Diehl (backstroke), Thomas Heilman (butterfly), and Kaii Winkler (freestyle) set a Championships record of 3:26.65 and won the gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, with Fan contributing a time of 1:01.52 for the 100-meter breaststroke portion of relay.[19][20]

International championships (50 m)

Meet 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed medley
PACJ 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st (b) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Fan has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.[21]

Edition Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total
2021 1 1 1 3
Total 1 1 1 3

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m breaststroke 28.07 b 2022 US International Team Trials Greensboro, North Carolina April 28, 2022 [12]
100 m breststroke 1:00.64 h 2022 US International Team Trials Greensboro, North Carolina April 29, 2022 [12]

Legend: h – preliminary heat; b – b-final

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
100 m breaststroke 57.91 2021 Swimming World Cup Budapest, Hungary October 7, 2021 [8]
200 m breaststroke 2:06.06 2021 Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany October 3, 2021 [3]

World records

World junior records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
1 4×50 m mixed medley 1:41.55 2021 Swimming World Cup Berlin, Germany October 3, 2021 17 [4][5][6][7]
2 4×50 m mixed medley (2) 1:41.21 2021 Swimming World Cup Budapest, Hungary October 9, 2021 17 [10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster: Zhier Fan". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Zhier Fan". FINA. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b FINA (October 3, 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b FINA (October 3, 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Hart, Torrey (October 3, 2021). "Americans Hit World Junior Record In Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay In Berlin". SwimSwam. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Sampl, Emily (October 3, 2021). "U.S. Closes Berlin Leg of FINA Swimming World Cup With 19 Medals". USA Swimming. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Gordillo, Jim (October 5, 2021). "Bloomington's Paegle medals at World Cup swim meet". The Herald-Times. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  8. ^ a b FINA (October 7, 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  9. ^ FINA (October 9, 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  10. ^ a b FINA (October 9, 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Fastest Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Sagendorph, Kyle (October 9, 2021). "U.S. Posts World Junior Record, American Record and 10 Medals on Final Night of FINA Swimming World Cup Budapest Leg". USA Swimming. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c USA Swimming (April 30, 2022). "2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships U.S. Roster - Version 2". USA Swimming. 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  14. ^ Penland, Spencer (August 25, 2022). "U.S. Clips Junior Pan Pacs Record In Mixed 4×100 Medley, Diehl Splits 53.42 Back". SwimSwam. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  15. ^ Sagendorph, Kyle (August 25, 2022). "U.S. Opens Junior Pan Pacs With Six Titles, Four Meet Records". USA Swimming. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  16. ^ De George, Matthew (August 25, 2022). "Junior Pan Pacs – Day 2 Finals: Flynn Southam Dazzles In 100 Freestyle; Erin Gemmell Pops Dynamite Relay Split". Swimming World. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  17. ^ "Japan, USA Earn 8 Medals Each on Day 2 of 2022 Junior Pan Pacs & More News Headlines". npr.com.ng. August 25, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  18. ^ Hy-Tek (August 27, 2022). "2022 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results". swmeets.com. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  19. ^ Penland, Spencer (August 28, 2022). "Heilman Throws Down 51.71 Fly Split As U.S. Breaks 4×100 Medley Jr Pan Pac Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  20. ^ "Diehl helps set 4x100 freestyle world junior record". Cumberland Times-News. August 28, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  21. ^ "Zhier Fan: Medals". FINA. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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