Liu Yaxin (; born 16 June 1999) is a Chinese competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in backstroke. She qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter backstroke. She swam the 4th time in the semifinals and reached the final, where she finished 7th. At the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

in Kazan she finished 18th in the 200 meter backstroke. On 19 August 2018 Liu won the Women's 200M Backstroke at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

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* 1999 births Living people Chinese female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for China Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Chinese women World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People from Lishui FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub