Zhang Yufei (swimmer)

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Zhang Yufei
Personal information
National team China
Born (1998-04-19) 19 April 1998 (age 23)
Xuzhou, China
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubJiangsu Swimming Team[1]
CoachJi Zhixiang[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4 x 100 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 100 m butterfly
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing 200 m butterfly
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yufei (Chinese: 张雨霏; pinyin: Zhāng Yǔfēi; born 19 April 1998) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] Considered one of the most promising swimmers in the international scene, she currently holds a world junior record in the 200 m butterfly, and also produced a tally of ten medals (five golds, three silver, and two bronze) in her swimming career, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics.

Career[]

Born in Xuzhou, Zhang began swimming at the age of three partly because of the encouragement and influence of her mother, who acted as her personal coach. Two years later, she started training professionally as a member of the Jiangsu Swimming Team, and eventually held numerous records for her age group. As more records followed, Zhang's rapid improvement culminated on her major debut in an international sporting event at the age of fourteen, when she beat 2008 Olympic champion Liu Zige for the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2012 FINA World Cup meet in Beijing.[2] The following year, she was selected for the China's national swimming team.[3]

Zhang's international debut came as a member of the host nation China at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, where she achieved a total of five medals: three golds and two silver. Zhang started off the competition with a powerful butterfly split of 58.56 in the girls' 4 × 100 m medley relay that tremendously helped her Chinese foursome break the junior world record (4:03.58) for the gold medal. On the same night, she managed a strong swim to take the silver in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:08.22, finishing farther behind Hungary's Liliána Szilágyi by less than two seconds.[4] In the girls' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, Zhang posted a third leg split in 54.09 until her host nation's foursome celebrated again with another relay victory in 3:41.19.[5][6] On 22 August, Zhang relegated to her second silver in the 100 m butterfly at 57.95, narrowly losing the race again to Szilagyi by almost three tenths of a second. Despite missing out her first individual gold, Zhang and her teammates Li Guangyuan, He Yun, and Yu Hexin powered their stretch to grab another relay title for the Chinese squad in the mixed 4 × 100 m medley (3:49.33).[7]

Zhang (right) at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

One month later, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Zhang set a 54.10 split on the third leg to put the Chinese squad ahead to a marvelous victory in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, with a time of 3:37.25.[8]

At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Zhang swam her two finals on the fifth night of the competition with forty minutes in between. First, she lowered her own junior world record with 2:06.51 to take home her individual bronze in the 200 m butterfly.[9][10] Forty minutes later, Zhang set a third leg split of 1:58.73 to deliver the Chinese foursome a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with a combined time of 7:49.10.[9]

On 22 August 2018, Zhang won the Women's 200m butterfly gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with 2:06.61.[11]

On 25 July 2021, Zhang went 55.64 to win silver in the Women's 100m butterfly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics behind Maggie Macneil, who went 55.59.

On 28 July 2021, Zhang broke the Olympic record and the world record in the Women's 200m butterfly and the Women's 4x200 freestyle relay respectively, winning the gold medals in both events.[12]

Personal bests[]

As of July 30, 2021[13]

Long course (50-meter pool)[]

Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
50 m freestyle 24.29 2021 National Games of China September 26, 2021
100 m freestyle 52.90 2020 Chinese National Swimming Championships
2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships 		September 27, 2020
May 4, 2021 		NR
200 m freestyle 1.57.22 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships May 2, 2021
800 m freestyle 8.51.91 2012 Chinese National Swimming Championships September 22, 2012
50 m butterfly 25.66 2020 Summer Olympics July 24, 2021
100 m butterfly 55.62 2020 Chinese National Swimming Championships September 29, 2020 AS,NR
200 m butterfly 2.03.86 2020 Summer Olympics July 29, 2021 OR

Short course (25-meter pool)[]

Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
50 m freestyle 24.41 2018 World Cup November 15, 2018
100 m freestyle 55.39 2018 World Cup September 30, 2018
200 m freestyle 1.55.26 2016 World Cup September 30, 2016
400 m freestyle 3.59.51 2014 World Championships December 5, 2014
50 m butterfly 25.31 2018 World Cup November 3, 2018
100 m butterfly 55.87 2018 World Cup September 30, 2018
200 m butterfly 2.03.09 2018 World Cup September 28, 2018
100 m individual medley 1.08.80 2017 World Cup October 5, 2017
400 m individual medley 4.46.30 2014 World Cup October 25, 2014

Key: NR = National Record ; AS = Asian Record ; OR = Olympic Record

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Zhang Yufei". Incheon 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ^ Liu, Weiguo (6 November 2012). "Teenage Swimmer Defeats Olympic Champion". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. ^ "98年江苏姑娘，3岁学游泳，曾因太美被国家队教练禁止谈恋爱原文網址". 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Liliana Szilagyi Vaults to 3rd in World in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Sprints Take Center Stage on Fight Night". Swimming World Magazine. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  6. ^ "YOG: China adds two swimming gold medals". Xinhua. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Record Bonanza on Final Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Japanese Men Turn In Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Roundup: Chinese swimming shows strength at Kazan worlds". China Internet Information Center. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Natsumi Hoshi Captures 200 Fly World Title at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Zhang Yufei wins 200m butterfly at Asian Games". Xinhuanet News. 2018-08-22. Retrieved 27 Aug 2018.
  12. ^ "China wins women's 4x200 freestyle relay with world record". Japan Today. Retrieved 2021-07-29. China's Zhang had earlier won gold in the 200m butterfly... China took the title after holding off a late charge by America's Katie Ledecky, who threatened an incredible comeback during the final leg... The team of Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie and Tang Muhan touched in 7 minutes, 40.33 seconds ahead of the United States (7:40.73) and Australia (7:41.29).
  13. ^ "FINA personal best results".

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