Sun Yang

Sun Yang (孙杨)
Personal information
Full name Sun Yang (孙杨)
Nationality  China
Born December 1, 1991 (1991-12-01) (age 20)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 81 kilograms (180 lb)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Competitor for  China
World Championships (LC)
Gold 2011 Shanghai 800 m freestyle
Gold 2011 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle
Silver 2011 Shanghai 400 m freestyle
Bronze 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle
Bronze 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou 1500 m freestyle
Gold 2010 Guangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2010 Guangzhou 200 m freestyle
Silver 2010 Guangzhou 400 m freestyle
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.

Sun Yang (simplified Chinese: 孙杨; traditional Chinese: 孫楊; pinyin: Sūn Yáng; born 1 December 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang)[1] is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics.[2] At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year at the 2010 CCTV Sports Awards.[3] At the 2011 World Championships, Sun broke the world record in the 1500 metre freestyle, long-held by Grant Hackett and which was the longest-held world record in swimming,[4] and the only men's swimming record to not have been beaten during the techsuit era.

Contents

Major achievements

Personal bests (long course)

As of September 23, 2011.
Event Time Venue Date Note(s)
200 m freestyle 1:44.99 Wuhan April 6, 2011 NR
400 m freestyle 3:40.29 Rizhao September 23, 2011 AS, NR
800 m freestyle 7:38.57 Shanghai July 27, 2011
1500 m freestyle 14:34.14 Shanghai July 31, 2011 AS, NR, WR

Key: AS = Asian record, NR = National record, WR = World Record

References

  1. ^ Sun's bio page from China's 2008 Olympic team website; retried 2011-01-19.
  2. ^ Sun's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-01-19.
  3. ^ Lin Dan, Wang Meng win China's CCTV Sports Personality of the Year, published 2011-01-17 by People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  4. ^ http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27773.asp?q=Flash!-FINA-World-Championships,-Swimming:-Sun-Yang-Downs-Grant-Hackett's-1500-Free-World-Record

External links

Records
Preceded by
Grant Hackett		 Men's 1500 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
31 July 2011		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by
Kosuke Kitajima		 Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year
2011		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

1973: Stephen Holland (AUS) · 1975: Timothy Shaw (USA) · 1978: Vladimir Salnikov (RUS) · 1982: Vladimir Salnikov (RUS) · 1986: Rainer Henkel (FRG) · 1991: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) · 1994: Kieren Perkins (AUS) · 1998: Grant Hackett (AUS) · 2001: Grant Hackett (AUS) · 2003: Grant Hackett (AUS) · 2005: Grant Hackett (AUS) · 2007: Mateusz Sawrymowicz (POL) · 2009: Oussama Mellouli (TUN) · 2011: Sun Yang (CHN)