Sun Yang
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| Full name | Sun Yang (孙杨) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 1, 1991 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Template:Chinese name Sun Yang (simplified Chinese: 孙杨; traditional Chinese: 孫楊; pinyin: Sūn Yáng; born 1 December 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang)[1] is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics.[2] At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year at the 2010 CCTV Sports Awards.[3] At the 2011 World Championships, Sun broke the world record in the 1500 metre freestyle, long-held by Grant Hackett and which was the longest-held world record in swimming,[4] and the only men's swimming record to not have been beaten during the techsuit era.
Major achievements
- 2006 National Winter Championships – 1st 400m/1500m free;
- 2006 National Marathon Swimming Tournament – 1st 10 km free;
- 2007 National Champions Tournament – 2nd 400m/1500m free;
- 2007 National Championships – 1st 1500m free;
- 2007 National Intercity Games – 1st 1500m free;
- 2008 "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming Olympic Qualification – 2nd 400m free
- 2008 Olympics – 28th 400m free, 8th 1500m free
- 2009 World Championships – 3rd 1500m free
- 2010 Asian Games – 1st 1500m free (Asian Record)
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships – 1st 1500m free (World Record), 1st 800m free, 2nd 400m free
Personal bests (long course)
- As of September 23, 2011.
| Event | Time | Venue | Date | Note(s) |
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| 200 m freestyle | 1:44.99 | Wuhan | April 6, 2011 | NR |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:40.09 | Rizhao | September 23, 2011 | AS, NR |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:30.07 | Shanghai | July 27, 2011 | |
| 1500 m freestyle | 14:34.14 | Shanghai | July 31, 2011 | AS, NR, WR |
Key: AS = Asian record, NR = National record, WR = World Record
References
- ^ Sun's bio page from China's 2008 Olympic team website; retried 2011-01-19.
- ^ Sun's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ Lin Dan, Wang Meng win China's CCTV Sports Personality of the Year, published 2011-01-17 by People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27773.asp?q=Flash!-FINA-World-Championships,-Swimming:-Sun-Yang-Downs-Grant-Hackett's-1500-Free-World-Record
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