Tang Yi
Tang Yi (Chinese: 唐奕; born 8 January 1993) is a Chinese competitive swimmer. Specializing in the freestyle, she swam for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was born in Shanghai.
In addition to her Olympic medal, Tang has won six gold medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, eight medals (six gold, two silver) at the Asian Games, seven medals (two gold, one silver, four bronze) at the World Championships, and four medals (two gold, two bronze) at the Summer Universiade.
Major achievements
- 2006 World Junior Championships – 2nd 200m free;
- 2006 Asian Games – 1st 4 × 200 m freestyle relay;
- 2006 Shanghai Winter Championships – 1st 200m freestyle;
- 2007 World Youth Day Tournament – 1st 200m freestyle;
- 2007 Japan International Invitational – 2nd 4 × 100 m freestyle relay;
- 2007 World Championships – 7th 4 × 100 m freestyle relay;
- 2008 National Championships & Olympic Selective Trials – 4th 100m freestyle
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Women's 100m freestyle
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Women' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Women's 200m freestyle
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Women's 50m freestyle
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – 1st Mixed' 4 × 100 m medley relay
References
- "Tang Yi". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016.
External links
- Tang Yi at World Aquatics
- Tang Yi at Swimrankings.net
- Tang Yi at Olympedia
- Tang Yi at Olympics.com
- Profile at 2008teamchina.olympic.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 December 2010)
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