Wenyi Yang

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  China
Women's swimming
Silver	Seoul 1988	50 m freestyle
Gold	Barcelona 1992	50 m freestyle
Silver	Barcelona 1992	4x100 m freestyle relay

Not to be confused with Wenyi Wang

Wenyi Yang (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.

She began swimming training in Shanghai Sports Club in 1978, breaking national records for different age group on eighteen occasions. Selected as a member of the Shanghai municipal swimming team in 1984, Yang joined the national team for intensified training two years later. She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle.

Contents 1 High performances 2 Honours 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] High performances

• 1987 – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

• Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay

• 1988 – Asian Championships

• Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.98 WR)
• Gold – 100 m backstroke (1:03.08, Asian best)
• Gold – 4x100 m medley relay
• Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay

• 1988 – Seoul Olympic Games

• Silver – 50 m freestyle

• 1990 – Beijing Asian Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle
• Gold – 100 m backstroke
• Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay

• 1991 – World University Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle

• 1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle (OR)

[edit] Honours

• 1989 – Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes
• 1989 – Voted one of forty Sports Stars in forty years since the founding of new China in 1949

[edit] See also

• World record progression 50m freestyle

[edit] External link

• Profile on Chinese NOC

Olympic champions in women's 50 m freestyle
1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Wenyi Yang | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Inge de Bruijn