Pang Jiaying (; born January 6, 1985, in
Shanghai
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) is a female
Chinese
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freestyle swimmer
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who competed in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, the
2008 Summer Olympics
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and the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming.
She won the silver medal as part of the Chinese 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team in Athens. In the
200 metre freestyle competition she finished seventh and in the
400 metre freestyle event she finished 14th.
In 2008, she won the bronze medal in women's 200m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics. She placed first in the semifinal of the women's 100m freestyle, but was disqualified after a false start. Subsequently, the world-record holder and world champion
Libby Trickett
Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM (; born 28 January 1985) is a retired Australian swimmer. She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the s ...
was promoted from ninth to eighth and last qualifier into the final, as a result of having the 9th fastest time in the semifinals.
Major performances
*2003: Barcelona World Swimming Championships: Third, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
*2004: Shanxi National Swimming Championship: First, women's 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle
*2004: Athens Olympics: Seventh, women's 200m freestyle; second, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
*2004: World Short Course Swimming Championships: Seventh, women's 200m freestyle
*2005: National Games: Second, women's 200m freestyle
*2008: Beijing Olympics: Third, women's 200 m freestyle
See also
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China at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Swimming
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1985 births
Living people
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic swimmers of China
Swimmers from Shanghai
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World record holders in swimming
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Chinese female freestyle swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Asian Games medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in swimming
Universiade gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
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