• Source: Yang Wenyi

      • Yang Wenyi (simplified Chinese: 杨文意; traditional Chinese: 楊文意; pinyin: Yáng Wényì; born January 11, 1972, in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in the same year she won the same event at the 4th Asian Championships.
      She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle when she was 20 years old. She was one of "Five Golden Flowers" of Chinese swimming.
      She was born in 1972 in Shanghai and she joined the national team and began intense training in 1986. During her career she broke national swimming records eighteen times.
      After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd", holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in Minhang, Shanghai.


      High performances


      1987 – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
      Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay
      1988 – Asian Swimming Championships
      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
      Silver – 50 m freestyle
      1990 – Beijing Asian Games
      Gold – 50 m freestyle
      Gold – 100 m backstroke
      Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay
      1991 – World University Games
      Gold – 50 m freestyle
      1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games
      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


      See also


      World record progression 50 metres freestyle


      References




      External links


      Profile on Chinese NOC
      sports-reference

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