Wu Nien-pin

Wu Nien-pin
Personal information
Full nameWu Nien-pin
National team Chinese Taipei
Born (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 41)
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
College teamNational Taiwan University
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Nien-pin (Chinese: 吳念平; pinyin: Wú Niànpíng; born 4 February 1983) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and medley events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a seventh-place finalist in the 100 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.[2] A graduate of information engineering at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Wu also trained full-time for the university's swimming squad.[3]

Wu made his Olympic debut, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing fifty-fifth in the 100 m freestyle (52.72), thirty-eighth in the 200 m freestyle (1:54.58), and forty-fourth in the 200 m individual medley (2:08.85).[4][5][6]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Wu swam only in two events with one day in between. He posted FINA B-standard entry times of 52.03 (100 m freestyle) and 2:08.12 (200 m individual medley) from the National University Games in Taipei.[7][8] On the fifth day of the Games, Wu placed fifty-fourth in the 100 m freestyle. He edged out Singapore's Mark Chay to take a seventh spot in heat three by a quarter of a second (0.25) in 52.58.[9][10] The following day, Wu managed to repeat a forty-fourth-place effort in the 200 m individual medley. Swimming in heat two, Wu saved a sixth spot over Turkey's Orel Oral by 0.12 of a second in 2:08.72.[11][12]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wu Nien-pin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Japan, China Win Three Apiece on Day Four". Swimming World Magazine. 3 October 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "吳念平 為台大學業掛心" [Wu Nien-pin put his NTU studies on hold] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Apple Daily. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  10. ^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  12. ^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men's 200 Individual Medley, Day 5 Prelims: Laszlo Cseh Clocks Swift 1:59.50, Leads Michael Phelps into Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.