Bai Anqi

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Bai.

Bai Anqi (born 9 January 1993; Chinese: 白安琪) is a Chinese backstroke swimmer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[1] where she did not qualify for the semifinals, after finishing in seventeenth position in the qualifiers, with a time of 2:11:26, the sixth-fastest in her heat of the 200 m backstroke.

Personal life[]

Bai Anqi was born on 9 January 1993 in Anji,[2] Zhejiang, in the east of the People's Republic of China.[1] She was born as Chinese: 白 安琪.[2] Her nickname is "White Angel" as what her name translates to when translated to English.[1] Bai's hobbies include listening to music and going on the internet. The only language she speaks is Chinese, and she is currently a student. Bai is 164 centimetres (65 inches) tall and weighs 59 kilograms (130 pounds).[1]

Swimming[]

Bai is coached by and in swimming. She currently swims in the Zhejiang Province Swimming Team, and swims backstroke. She swims in the women's 200m backstroke event in swimming.[3] She did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, after finishing in nineteenth position in the qualifiers, with a time of 2:11.26. She was three positions away from qualifying for the 200m backstroke event at the London Olympic Games, but, reached the highest position for a Chinese swimmer in the qualifiers of this event. It took her 31.02 seconds to reach the 50 metre mark, 1:04.51 to reach the one hundred metre mark, 1 minute 37.88 seconds to reach the 150 mark, then 2:11:26 to finish the qualifiers.[4] In the qualifying heats, she was sixth position in her heat, but could not qualify.[5] Her reaction time in the qualifying heat was 0.54 seconds.[2]

See also[]

  • China at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Swimming

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Bai Anqi". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bai Anqi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  3. ^ "Anqi Bai | London 2012 Results — Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  4. ^ "Swimming — Women's 200m Backstroke Live | London Olympics — Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  5. ^ Watch the film (2012-08-13). "BBC Sport — London 2012 Olympics — Anqi Bai : China, Swimming". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

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