Zhuang Yong
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Updated: 2007-07-29 18:50
Personal Best:
Gold Medal Winner of 100m freestyle, at the 1992 Olympic Games.
Sports Career:
She learned to swim as a kindergartener. Later, she entered a local swimming school at seven, and then joined the Shanghai team in 1984. Two years later, she was chosen by the national team for intensified training.
High Performances:
- 1987 Pan-Pacific Championships - 2nd 4x100m freestyle relay
- 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
- 2nd 100m freestyle (55.47, Asian best and China's first Olympic medal in swimming ),
- 4th 4x100m freestyle relay
- 1989 Pan-Pacific Championships
- 1st 100m freestyle (breaking ARs in 100m and 200m freestyle )
- 1990 Beijing Asian Games
- 1st 100m freestyle (55.30),
- 1st 200m freestyle (2:01.43)
- 1st 4x100m freestyle relay (3:46.39)
- 1st 4x100m medley relay (4:11.74 )
- 1991 Perth World Championships
- 1st 50m freestyle
- 3rd 100m freestyle
- 6th 200m freestyle (AR)
- 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
- 1st 100m freestyle (China's first gold medal in swimming)
- 2nd 50m freestyle & 4x100m freestyle relay
Honors:
1988 - Awarded the title of International Master of Sports
Name:Zhuang Yong
Gender:F
Birth Date:August 10, 1972
Birth Place:Shanghai
Sport:Swimming
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