Xu Yanwei

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Xu Yanwei (simplified Chinese: 徐妍玮; traditional Chinese: 徐妍瑋; pinyin: Xú Yánwěi; born 14 June 1984 in Shanghai) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2000. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Xu Yanwei
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984 (age 40)
Shanghai, China
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens[1] 4x200 m freestyle
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne[2] 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Fukuoka 4x100 m medley
Short Course Worlds (25m)
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Shanghai[3] 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow[4] 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Moscow 4x100 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 4x200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2003 Daegu 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu 4x100 m freestyle

She was part of China's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, which won the silver medal, beaten by the USA team.

She was also part of China's 4 × 100 m women's freestyle relay team. China reached the final in this event but did not win a medal.

Xu competed as an individual in the 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly events, but did not progress past the heat stage in either.

References

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  1. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on August 14, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  4. ^ "2002 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results". Retrieved 2007-07-24.