Personal information | |
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Native name | 吴传玉 |
Birth name | Wu Chuanyu |
National team | Republic of China (1948) Indonesia (1951) China (1952–1954) |
Born | Salatiga, Central Java, Dutch East Indies | 21 August 1928
Died | 28 October 1954 Mount Sivukha, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR | (aged 26)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | backstroke, freestyle |
Wu Chuanyu (simplified Chinese: 吴传玉; traditional Chinese: 吳傳玉; pinyin: Wú Chuányù) (21 August 1928 – 28 October 1954) was an Indonesian-born Chinese swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952.[1] In his second Games, he became the first competitor for the People's Republic of China in Olympic history.