Cai Liwen (born 7 October 1998) is a Chinese

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

Career

She represented

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at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's 100 metre backstroke S11 event. She competed at the

2017 World Para Swimming Championships The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries com ...

held in Mexico City, Mexico and at the

2019 World Para Swimming Championships The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships is the 2019 edition of the World Para Swimming Championships run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The championships were held from February to June in seven countries across five continent ...

held in London, United Kingdom. At the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

she won the gold medal in the 100m Backstroke S11 with a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

of 1:13.46, one silver medal and one bronze medal. In 2018, she competed at the

Asian Para Games The Asian Para Games also known as Para Asiad is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia. She won one gold medal and one silver medal.

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* Living people 1998 births People from Qingdao Sportspeople from Qingdao Chinese female backstroke swimmers Chinese female freestyle swimmers Chinese female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for China Paralympic bronze medalists for China Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic swimmers for China Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games S11-classified para swimmers 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub