Zhuang Yong (simplified Chinese: 庄泳; traditional Chinese: 莊泳; pinyin: Zhuāng Yǒng; born August 10, 1972) is a retired freestyle swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] It was China's first gold medal in swimming. Four years earlier in Seoul she won China's first ever Olympic medal in swimming, ending up second in the final of the Women's 100 m Freestyle, behind East Germany's Kristin Otto.
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| Born | August 10, 1972 Shanghai, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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High performances
edit- 1985 – National Junior Games
- Winning three golds and three silvers
- 1987 – National Games
- Gold – 100 m Freestyle (56.22, Asian best and 10th world best result of the year)
- Silver – 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- 1988 – National Championships
- 5th World Best Result of the Year
- 1988 – Seoul Olympic Games
- Silver – 100 m Freestyle (55.47, Asian best and China's first Olympic medal in swimming)
- Fourth place – 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Gold – 100 m Freestyle (breaking ARs in 100 m and 200 m Freestyle)
- 1990 – Asian Games
- Gold – 100 m Freestyle (55.30)
- Gold – 200 m Freestyle (2:01.43)
- Gold – 4x100 m Freestyle Relay (3:46.39)
- Gold – 4x100 m Medley Relay (4:11.74 )
- 1991 – World Championships
- Gold – 50 m Freestyle
- Bronze – 100 m Freestyle
- Sixth place – 200 m Freestyle (AR)
- 1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games
- Gold – 100 m Freestyle (OR)
- Silver – 50 m Freestyle
- Silver – 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- 1993 – National Games
- One gold, one silver and one bronze
Honours
edit- 1985 – Awarded the title of Master of Sports
- 1988 – Awarded the title of International Master of Sports
- 1987-1988 – Selected one of National Top Ten Swimmers
- 1988-1990 – Thrice Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes of the year
- 1990 – Named National "March 8th" Red-Banner Holder by the All-China Women's Federation
- 1994 – Voted one of 45 Sports Stars in 45 years since the founding of new China in 1949
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhuang Yong Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2017.