Yang Wenyi

Yang Wenyi
Personal information
BornJanuary 11, 1972
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Tokyo 50 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 50 m freestyle
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

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.[1]

She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle when she was 20 years old.[2] She was one of "Five Golden Flowers" of Chinese swimming.[1]

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.[3]

After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd",[1] holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in Minhang, Shanghai.

  1. ^ a b c "Yang Wenyi". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. ^ "Wenyi YANG | Results | AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ^ "Yang Wenyi". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-07-05.