Pan Zhanle ( zh, link=no, 潘展乐, born 4 August 2004) is a Chinese

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. On 16 February 2024, he won the

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at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. A few days before, he became the

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holder in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.80. He has been the Asian record holder in the 100-metre freestyle since May 2023. He competed in the

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at the 2022 FINA SC World Championships in

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and broke the Asian record in the event with a time of 45.77, finishing tied sixth. In 2023, ''

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'' magazine described Pan as being the first swimmer in history to have all three achievements of reaching sub-22 seconds in the 50 m freestyle, a time of under 47 seconds in the 100 m freestyle, and also reaching a time of under 1:45 in the 200 m freestyle. According to his latest weibo post (on Feb 29, 2024), his height currently is 189.5 cm and arm span 190.5 cm.

Personal bests

Long course (50-meter pool)

Short course (25-meter pool)

Key: NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record

Records

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Key: NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record ; WJ = World Junior Record; WR = World Record ; h = heats; sf = semifinal ; r = Relay

References

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潘展乐
at Weibo
Pan Zhanle
at instagram 2004 births Living people Chinese male freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Zhejiang World record holders in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub