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Yang Wenyi
Personal information
BornJanuary 11, 1972
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Tokyo 50 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 50 m freestyle

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]

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

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  • Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay
  • 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
  • Silver – 50 m freestyle
  • Gold – 50 m freestyle
  • Gold – 100 m backstroke
  • Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay
  • Gold – 50 m freestyle
  • Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.79 WR)

Honours

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Yang Wenyi". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. ^ "Wenyi YANG | Results | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ^ "Yang Wenyi". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
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Records
Preceded by Women's 50 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)

11 April 1988 – 11 September 1994
Succeeded by