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Zhang Lin
Personal information
Full nameZhang Lin
Nationality China
Born (1987-01-06) January 6, 1987 (age 37)
Beijing
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamBeijing University of Technology
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 1500 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Victoria 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Irvine 400 freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Irvine 1500 m freestyle

Zhang Lin (simplified Chinese: 张琳; traditional Chinese: 張琳; pinyin: Zhāng Lín; born January 6, 1987 in Beijing) is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful Olympic male swimmer.

Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, he was the only Chinese male swimmer to reach the individual finals, finishing in eighth place. In 2005, he broke China's 400 freestyle record at the National Games, and was crowned 200 and 1,500 freestyle champion.

Zhang Lin won a silver medal in the men's 400 meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:42.44, only 0.58 seconds behind gold medalist South Korean Park Tae-Hwan, and making him at the time the third fastest 400 meter freestyler in history (and setting a Chinese Record in the process). Zhang's silver is the best Olympic swimming finish ever by a Chinese male swimmer.

At 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Zhang won a bronze medal in the men's 400 meter freestyle and a gold medal in the men's 800 meter freestyle (7:32.12); the gold medal finish was a world record and the first time ever by a Chinese male in a world swimming competition in the past 73 years.

Zhang is coached by Zhang Yadong[1] and Chen Yinghong.[2] He has also been coached by Australian Denis Cotterell since late 2007, who is the former coach of distance champion Grant Hackett. In the fall of 2011, he trained with Dave Salo at the Trojan Swim Club for a 52-day training camp. [3]

Major achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Zhang+Lin+elevated+to+iconic+status+in+China&id=MjI4NDc=
  2. ^ http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2009-07/31/content_18241109.htm
  3. ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/28101.asp

External links

Records
Preceded by Men's 800 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
29 July 2009 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year
2009 		Succeeded by
Japan Kosuke Kitajima

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