Qin Haiyang ( zh, 覃海洋, born 17 May 1999) is a Chinese

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who specializes in the breaststroke and individual medley. He is the current world record holder in the 200m breaststroke. At the

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, Qin became the first swimmer in history to win all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships. Qin was also the former world junior record holder in the 200m breaststroke and 200m individual medley. In 2023, Qin became the first Asian swimmer to be named as the Male Swimmer of the Year by

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. In the same year, Qin was also announced as the '

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' of the

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Career

Qin competed in the men's 200 meter breaststroke at the 2018 World Championships and won the silver medal. At the

, Qin became the first man in history to win gold in all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships, setting new Asian records for each event as well as becoming the current

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holder for the 200m. In 2023, Qin competed in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. He won gold in the 100m breastroke event and set a new games record time of 57.76 seconds, which was 1.33 seconds ahead of fellow compatriot

Yan Zibei Yan Zibei ( zh, 闫子贝 , born 12 October 1995) is a Chinese swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal when he competed in the 4x100m mixed medley relay at the 2020 Summe ...

, who took the silver. He also competed in the breastroke leg of both the mixed 4 × 100m medley relay, and the men's 4 × 100m medley relay, and won gold in both events. Qin also took gold in the 200m breastroke event, and set a new Asian Games record of 2 minutes and 7.03 seconds, and was 1.64 seconds ahead of his fellow compatriot, Dong Zhihao who won the silver. On the final day of the swimming championships, he won another gold and set a new Asian Games record in the 50m breastroke, with a time of 26.25 seconds, and with fellow teammate Sun Jiajun winning the silver. At the 2023 Swimming World Cup, Qin won gold in all three breaststroke events (50m, 100m, and 200m) at all three World Cup legs, held in Berlin, Athens and Budapest. Qin was consequently named as the winner of the World Cup title due to his performances at all three legs.

Personal bests

Long course (50 m)

Short course (25 m)

Key: NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record ; WR = World 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qin, Haiyang 1999 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Chinese male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for China Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century Chinese people World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Chinese male medley swimmers FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in shooting