Wang Shun

Wang Shun
汪顺
Wang at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou in September 2023
Personal information
Full nameWang Shun
National teamChina
Born (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30)
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes
ClubZhejiang
CoachZhu Zhigen
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 2
World Championships (LC) 0 0 4
World Championships (SC) 2 0 1
Asian Games 5 3 3
Asian Swimming Championships 4 3 0
Military World Games 3 1 1
Total 11 6 9
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 200 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 200 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4x100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4x100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 400 m medley
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Dubai 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2012 Dubai 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2012 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 4x200 m freestyle
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan 200 m backstroke

Wang Shun (simplified Chinese: 汪顺; traditional Chinese: 汪順; pinyin: Wāng Shùn; born 11 February 1994) is a Chinese competitive swimmer. A versatile medley swimmer, he became the first Asian male swimmer to win a gold medal at the men's 200m individual medley at the Olympic Games when he came in first at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's 200 metre individual medley. He is also the first swimmer from China to win a gold medal in an Olympic men's medley swimming event.[2] He had earlier won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

In addition to his Olympic medals, Wang has also won four bronze medals at the World Championships, two gold and one bronze medals at the World Championships (short course) and eleven medals (five golds, three silvers, three bronzes) at the Asian Games.

Wang is the current national record holder in individual medley swimming for both short and long courses in all distances (100, 200, and 400 metres). He is also the holder of the Asian record for the 200 metres individual medley.

  1. ^ "Swimming - WANG Shun". Archived from the original on 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ "Tokyo". Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. ^ Rio