Yang Wenyi (; born January 11, 1972, in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

) is a former

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and

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from

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, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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. She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle. After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd", holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in

Minhang Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wu ...

High performances

* 1987 –

Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985.Asian Swimming Championships The Asian Swimming Championships are a major aquatics event, held every four years among the athletes from Asian countries. It is conducted under the governance of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation,Singapore to host 7th Asian Swimming Championsh ...

:* Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.98 WR) :* Gold – 100 m backstroke (1:03.08, Asian best) :* Gold – 4x100 m medley relay :* Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay * 1988 –

Seoul Olympic Games The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

:* Silver – 50 m freestyle * 1990 – Beijing

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:* Gold – 50 m freestyle :* Gold – 100 m backstroke :* Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay * 1991 –

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:* Gold – 50 m freestyle * 1992 –

Barcelona Olympic Games The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

:* Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.79 WR)

Honours

* 1989 – Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes * 1989 – Voted one of forty Sports Stars in forty years since the founding of new China in 1949

External links

Profile on Chinese NOC

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High performances

Honours

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