Yang Junxuan
Chinese swimmer (born 2002)
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| Born | (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22) Zibo, Shandong, China[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yang Junxuan (Chinese: 杨浚瑄; pinyin: Yáng Jùnxuān, born 26 January 2002) is a Chinese swimmer specializing in freestyle events.[3] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay.
Career
Yang competed at the 2018 Asian Games in the following competitions: 100 metre freestyle winning bronze in 54.17, 200 metre freestyle winning silver in 1:57.48, women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay winning the silver medal and 4 x 200 m freestyle relay winning gold.[4]
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Yang won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle event in 25.47, silver in the 100 metre freestyle event in 54.43 and silver in the 200 metre freestyle event in 1:58.05, as well as gold in the 4 x 100 metre relay event (her time of 53.99 being the best of all participants) and gold in the mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay event.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, Yang contributed to China's gold medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay, with her team setting a world record. She also won silver in the 4x100 metre mixed medley.[6][7]
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Yang and her team won bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relays and set a new Asian record with a time of 3:30.30, surpassing their previous record from the 2023 World Championships. Yang, who was in the starting leg, set a new Chinese national record in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 52.48.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Yang Junxuan". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Swimming, YANG Junxuan". Archived from the original on 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Yang Junxuan". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Buenos Aires 2018 profile Yang Junxuan". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "China stun US, Australia with world record in 200m freestyle relay". South China Morning Post. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Bull, Andy (31 July 2021). "Team GB smash world record to win Tokyo 4x100m mixed medley relay gold". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Race, Retta (27 July 2024). "Yang Junxuan Fires Off 52.48 100 Free CHN Record, Relay Scores Asian Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
- Yang Junxuan at World Aquatics
- Yang Junxuan at SwimRankings.net
- Yang Junxuan at Olympics.com
- Yang Junxuan at Olympedia
- Yang Junxuan at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Yang Junxuan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games (archived)
- Yang Junxuan at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
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Olympic champions in women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- 1996:
Trina Jackson, Cristina Teuscher, Sheila Taormina, Jenny Thompson, Lisa Jacob, Annette Salmeen, Ashley Whitney (USA) - 2000: Samantha Arsenault, Diana Munz, Lindsay Benko, Jenny Thompson, Julia Stowers, Kim Black (USA)
- 2004: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno, Lindsay Benko, Rhi Jeffrey, Rachel Komisarz (USA)
- 2008:
Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie, Felicity Galvez, Angie Bainbridge, Melanie Schlanger, Lara Davenport (AUS) - 2012: Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, Lauren Perdue, Alyssa Anderson (USA)
- 2016: Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado, Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin, Melanie Margalis, Cierra Runge (USA)
- 2020:
Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie, Dong Jie, Zhang Yifan (CHN) - 2024: Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus, Jamie Perkins, Shayna Jack (AUS)
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World short-course champions in women's 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
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