Zu Lijun (born 26 November 1989) is a Chinese competitive

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who specialises in long-distance open water events.

Career

In June 2016, Zu won the Olympic qualifier race in

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, Portugal, which qualified him for the Olympic marathon. Zu finished in 4th place in the 10 km open water marathon at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, 2.2 seconds behind gold medalist

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. He recorded the same time as bronze medalist

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of France.

References

1989 births Living people Chinese male freestyle swimmers Chinese male long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for China Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Shandong Sportspeople from Zibo {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub Nanjing Sport Institute alumni 21st-century Chinese people