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Zhang Yufei
	Zhang in 2024
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National team	China
Born	19 April 1998 (age 26); Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Club	Jiangsu Swimming Team
Coach	Cui Dengrong
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing China
Women's swimming
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
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Asian Games
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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 swimming in the international scene, she produced a tally of forty-three medals (eighteen gold medals, eight silver medals, and seventeen bronze medals) in her swimming career, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics. She currently holds the record for most Olympic medals for a Chinese athlete. In 2023, she was named as the most valuable player in the women's division, in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.^[3]

Career

Born in Xuzhou (Jiangsu), Zhang began swimming at the age of four 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.^[4] The following year, she was selected for China's national swimming team.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8] 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).^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]^[12] 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.^[11]

On 22 August 2018, Zhang won the Women's 200 m butterfly gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with 2:06.61.^[13]

On 25 July 2021, Zhang went 55.64 to win silver in the Women's 100 m 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 200 m butterfly and the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay respectively, winning the gold medals in both events.^[14]

On 24 July 2023, Zhang won the women's 100 m butterfly gold medal at the 2023 Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships.^[15]

At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhang topped the podium in the women's individual 50 m freestyle,^[16] 50 m butterfly,^[17] 100 m butterfly^[18] and 200 m butterfly,^[19] while also contributing to her national women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay gold medals, securing 6 golds in all.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Zhang Yufei's 55.64 butterfly-leg swim in the Mixed 4 x 100 m Medley Relay event helped her team beat the previous world record time of 3:37.58 set by Great Britain in the event at the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 3:37.55, however the U.S. swim team achieved an even-faster new world record time of 3:37.43 and beat Zhang and her team for the Gold medal in the event.^[20]^[21] Zhang Yufei topped the list of most medals won by a competing swimmer in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a total count of 6 medals (5 bronze & 1 silver).^[22]

International championships (50 m)

Meet	50 free	50 fly	100 fly	200 fly	4×100 free	4×100 medley	4×100 mixed medley
AG 2014
WC 2015
OG 2016				6th
WC 2017		17th	8th	5th	6th	6th
AG 2018						DSQ
WC 2019		12th	13th	26th		5th
OG 2020	WD					4th
WC 2022	5th				4th	6th	6th
WC 2023				DNS		4th
AG 2022
OG 2024

International championships (25 m)

Meet	50 fly	100 fly	200 fly	4×50 free	4×100 free	4×100 medley	4×50 mixed medley
SCW 2014			4th		5th	10th
SCW 2016						5th	4th
SCW 2018	17th	WD	7th				11th
SCW 2021	5th	WD		4th	5th
SCW 2022		DNS		5th			5th

Personal bests

As of July 30, 2023^[23]

Long course (50-meter pool)

Event	Time	Meet	Date	Note(s)
50 m freestyle	24.15	2023 World Aquatics Championships	July 30, 2023
100 m freestyle	52.90	2020 Chinese National Swimming Championships 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships	September 27, 2020 May 4, 2021
200 m freestyle	1.57.22	2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships	May 2, 2021
400 m freestyle	4.07.72	2015 Chinese National Swimming Championships	April 9, 2015
800 m freestyle	8.51.91	2012 Chinese National Swimming Championships	September 22, 2012
50 m butterfly	25.05	2023 World Aquatics Championships	July 29, 2023	AS,NR
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	Former OR

Short course (25-meter pool)

Event	Time	Meet	Date	Note(s)
50 m freestyle	23.76	2022 World Championships	December 15, 2022	NR
100 m freestyle	53.21	2022 Chinese National Swimming Championships	October 29, 2022
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	24.71	2022 World Championships	December 14, 2022	AS,NR
100 m butterfly	55.46	2022 Chinese National Swimming Championships	October 29, 2022
200 m butterfly	2.03.01	2021 World Championships	December 17, 2021
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Zhang Yufei". Incheon 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
^ "ZHANG Yufei". Archived from the original on 2023-09-21.
^ Race, Retta (2023-10-09). "Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
^ Liu, Weiguo (6 November 2012). "Teenage Swimmer Defeats Olympic Champion". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Youth Olympic Games: Liliana Szilagyi Vaults to 3rd in World in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Youth Olympic Games: Sprints Take Center Stage on Fight Night". Swimming World Magazine. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "YOG: China adds two swimming gold medals". Xinhua. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Record Bonanza on Final Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Japanese Men Turn In Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Roundup: Chinese swimming shows strength at Kazan worlds". China Internet Information Center. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ "Natsumi Hoshi Captures 200 Fly World Title at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Zhang Yufei wins 200m butterfly at Asian Games". Xinhuanet News. 2018-08-22. Retrieved 27 Aug 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "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).
^ "World Aquatics Championships 2023: Zhang Yufei wins tight women's 100m fly for first world title". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei storms to fifth Hangzhou gold in women's 50m free". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei bows out of Hangzhou by tying Ikee Rikako's record of 6 swimming gold medals". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei eases to women's 100m butterfly, 4x100m mixed medley relay in record times". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "China rule in pool and beyond on first day of Asian Games". Dawn. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ Writer, David Rieder-Senior (2024-08-15). "Paris Olympics: United States-China Mixed Medley Showdown Was Best Race of Games". Swimming World News. Retrieved 2024-10-22. The U.S. clocked 3:37.43, with China just behind at 3:37.55, both marginally quicker than the world record set by Great Britain three years earlier in Tokyo, while Australia was plenty elite in a bronze-medal performance...
^ Charles, Michael (2024-08-03). "record in 4 x 100m mixed medley relay". Paris 2024 - Olympics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024. The United States won the swimming mixed 4 x 100m medley relay gold medal at Paris 2024 on Saturday, 3 August, recording a world record time of 3:37.43. The People's Republic of China grabbed silver with a time of 3:37.55, followed by bronze medallists Australia with a time of 3:38.76. The previous world record of 3:37.58 was set by Great Britain at Tokyo 2020, where Team USA finished in fifth. Team GB finished in seventh in Saturday's final. China and Australia also placed second and third, respectively, at Tokyo 2020.
^ Keith, Braden (2024-08-05). "125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-08-07. China's Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals. - Archive photo via Jack Spitser
^ "Yufei ZHANG | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.

External links

Zhang Yufei at World Aquatics
Zhang Yufei at SwimRankings.net
Zhang Yufei at Olympics.com
Zhang Yufei at Olympedia
Zhang Yufei at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
Zhang Yufei at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Zhang Yufei at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games (archived)

Preceded by United States	Mixed 4 x 100-meter medley relay world record-holder 1 October 2020 – 31 July 2021	Succeeded by Great Britain

Preceded by Australia	4 × 200 metres freestyle relay world record-holder 29 July 2021 – 31 July 2022	Succeeded by Australia

[incheon2014-1] "Zhang Yufei". Incheon 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

[2] "ZHANG Yufei". Archived from the original on 2023-09-21.

[3] Race, Retta (2023-10-09). "Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-10-09.

[4] Liu, Weiguo (6 November 2012). "Teenage Swimmer Defeats Olympic Champion". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[5] "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.

[6] "Youth Olympic Games: Liliana Szilagyi Vaults to 3rd in World in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[7] "Youth Olympic Games: Sprints Take Center Stage on Fight Night". Swimming World Magazine. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[8] "YOG: China adds two swimming gold medals". Xinhua. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[9] "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Record Bonanza on Final Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[10] "Japanese Men Turn In Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[china-kazan-day5-11] "Roundup: Chinese swimming shows strength at Kazan worlds". China Internet Information Center. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[12] "Natsumi Hoshi Captures 200 Fly World Title at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[13] "Zhang Yufei wins 200m butterfly at Asian Games". Xinhuanet News. 2018-08-22. Retrieved 27 Aug 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[14] "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).

[15] "World Aquatics Championships 2023: Zhang Yufei wins tight women's 100m fly for first world title". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[16] "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei storms to fifth Hangzhou gold in women's 50m free". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[17] "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei bows out of Hangzhou by tying Ikee Rikako's record of 6 swimming gold medals". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[18] "Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei eases to women's 100m butterfly, 4x100m mixed medley relay in record times". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[19] "China rule in pool and beyond on first day of Asian Games". Dawn. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[20] Writer, David Rieder-Senior (2024-08-15). "Paris Olympics: United States-China Mixed Medley Showdown Was Best Race of Games". Swimming World News. Retrieved 2024-10-22. The U.S. clocked 3:37.43, with China just behind at 3:37.55, both marginally quicker than the world record set by Great Britain three years earlier in Tokyo, while Australia was plenty elite in a bronze-medal performance...

[21] Charles, Michael (2024-08-03). "record in 4 x 100m mixed medley relay". Paris 2024 - Olympics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024. The United States won the swimming mixed 4 x 100m medley relay gold medal at Paris 2024 on Saturday, 3 August, recording a world record time of 3:37.43. The People's Republic of China grabbed silver with a time of 3:37.55, followed by bronze medallists Australia with a time of 3:38.76. The previous world record of 3:37.58 was set by Great Britain at Tokyo 2020, where Team USA finished in fifth. Team GB finished in seventh in Saturday's final. China and Australia also placed second and third, respectively, at Tokyo 2020.

[22] Keith, Braden (2024-08-05). "125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2024-08-07. China's Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals. - Archive photo via Jack Spitser

[23] "Yufei ZHANG | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.

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-'''Zhang Yufei''' ({{zh|s=张雨霏|t=張雨霏|p=Zhāng Yǔfēi}}; born 19 April 1998) is a Chinese competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.<ref name=incheon2014>{{cite web|title=Zhang Yufei|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119372&lang=en|publisher=[[Incheon 2014]]|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927100607/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119372&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Considered one of the most promising swimming in the international scene, she produced a tally of forty-three medals (eighteen gold medals, eight silver medals, and seventeen bronze medals) in her swimming career, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics. She currently holds the record for most Olympic medals for a Chinese athlete. In 2023, she was named as the [[most valuable player]] in the women's division, in the [[2022 Asian Games]] in [[Hangzhou]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2023-10-09 |title=Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games |url=https://swimswam.com/zhang-yufei-qin-haiyang-both-named-mvp-of-19th-asian-games/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref>
+'''Zhang Yufei''' ({{zh|s=张雨霏|p=Zhāng Yǔfēi}}; born 19 April 1998) is a Chinese competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.<ref name=incheon2014>{{cite web|title=Zhang Yufei|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119372&lang=en|publisher=[[Incheon 2014]]|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927100607/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5119372&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Considered one of the most promising swimming in the international scene, she produced a tally of forty-three medals (eighteen gold medals, eight silver medals, and seventeen bronze medals) in her swimming career, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics. She currently holds the record for most Olympic medals for a Chinese athlete. In 2023, she was named as the [[most valuable player]] in the women's division, in the [[2022 Asian Games]] in [[Hangzhou]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2023-10-09 |title=Zhang Yufei & Qin Haiyang Both Named MVP Of 19th Asian Games |url=https://swimswam.com/zhang-yufei-qin-haiyang-both-named-mvp-of-19th-asian-games/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Career==
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 At the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhang topped the podium in the women's individual 50 m freestyle,<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-women-50m-freestyle |title= Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei storms to fifth Hangzhou gold in women's 50m free |work=olympics.com|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> 50 m butterfly,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-women-50-butterfly|title=Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei bows out of Hangzhou by tying Ikee Rikako's record of 6 swimming gold medals|work=olympics.com|access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> 100 m butterfly<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-swimming-women-100-men-200|title=Asian Games 2023: Zhang Yufei eases to women's 100m butterfly, 4x100m mixed medley relay in record times|work=olympics.com|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> and 200 m butterfly,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1777650|title=China rule in pool and beyond on first day of Asian Games|work=Dawn|date=25 September 2023 |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> while also contributing to her national women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay gold medals, securing 6 golds in all.
-In 2024, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that significant levels of [[trimetazidine]] (TMZ) were detected in her blood stream prior to and during the [[2021 Tokyo Olympic Games]].<ref name="New York Times Doping Article">{{cite news |last1=Vrentas |first1=Jenny |title=Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive For Banned Drug, Then One Three Olympic Gold Medals |work=The New York Times |date=20 April 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/asia/chinese-swimmers-doping-olympics.html |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> In a press release, the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] stated that the levels of TMZ found in the Chinese swimmers were incapable of enhancing performance at the concentrations found and were due to environmental contamination.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-publishes-media-conference-recording-regarding-environmental-contamination-case-swimmers | title=WADA publishes media conference recording regarding environmental contamination case of swimmers from China | date=22 April 2024 }}</ref>
-Zhang Yufei topped the list of ''most medals won'' by a competing swimmer in the '''2024 Paris Olympics''' with a total count of 6 medals (5-bronze & 1-silver).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Braden |date=2024-08-05 |title=125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games |url=https://swimswam.com/125-swimmers-take-home-medals-from-the-paris-2024-olympic-games/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |quote=China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals. - Archive photo via Jack Spitser}}</ref>
+At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Zhang Yufei's 55.64 butterfly-leg swim in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay|Mixed 4 x 100 m Medley Relay event]] helped her team beat the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay|previous world record time of 3:37.58 set by Great Britain in the event at the Tokyo Olympics]] with a time of 3:37.55, however the U.S. swim team achieved an even-faster new world record time of 3:37.43 and beat Zhang and her team for the Gold medal in the event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=David Rieder-Senior |date=2024-08-15 |title=Paris Olympics: United States-China Mixed Medley Showdown Was Best Race of Games |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/paris-olympics-united-states-china-mixed-medley-showdown-was-best-race-of-games/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Swimming World News |language=en-US |quote=The U.S. clocked 3:37.43, with China just behind at 3:37.55, both marginally quicker than the world record set by Great Britain three years earlier in Tokyo, while Australia was plenty elite in a bronze-medal performance...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Michael |date=2024-08-03 |title=record in 4 x 100m mixed medley relay |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-usa-gold-mixed-medley-relay |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Paris 2024 - Olympics.com |publisher= |quote=The United States won the swimming mixed 4 x 100m medley relay gold medal at Paris 2024 on Saturday, 3 August, recording a world record time of 3:37.43. The People's Republic of China grabbed silver with a time of 3:37.55, followed by bronze medallists Australia with a time of 3:38.76.  The previous world record of 3:37.58 was set by Great Britain at Tokyo 2020, where Team USA finished in fifth. Team GB finished in seventh in Saturday's final. China and Australia also placed second and third, respectively, at Tokyo 2020.}}</ref> Zhang Yufei topped the list of most medals won by a competing swimmer in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a total count of 6 medals (5 bronze & 1 silver).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Braden |date=2024-08-05 |title=125 Swimmers Take Home Medals From the Paris 2024 Olympic Games |url=https://swimswam.com/125-swimmers-take-home-medals-from-the-paris-2024-olympic-games/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US |quote=China’s Zhang Yufei, above, leaves Paris with the most Olympic swimming medals. She won 5 bronze and 1 silver for 6 total medals. - Archive photo via Jack Spitser}}</ref>
+==International championships (50 m)==
+{| class="sortable wikitable"
+!Meet
+! class="unsortable"|50 free
+! class="unsortable"|50 fly
+! class="unsortable"|100 fly
+! class="unsortable"|200 fly
+! class="unsortable"|4×100 free
+! class="unsortable"|4×200 free
+! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley
+! class="unsortable"|4×100 mixed medley
+|-
+| style="background:#cceeff"|[[Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games|AG 2014]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| [[Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2015]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|OG 2016]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|6th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| [[Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2017]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|17th || align="center"|8th || align="center"|5th || align="center"|6th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|6th || align="center"|{{Bronze3}}
+|-
+| style="background:#cceeff"|[[Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games|AG 2018]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|DSQ || align="center"|{{Gold1}}
+|-
+| [[Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2019]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|12th || align="center"|13th || align="center"|26th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|OG 2020]] || align="center"|WD || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|4th || align="center"|{{Silver2}}
+|-
+| [[Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2022]] || align="center"|5th || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|6th || align="center"|6th
+|-
+| [[Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships|WC 2023]] || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|DNS || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || align="center"|{{Gold1}}
+|-
+| style="background:#cceeff"|[[Swimming at the 2022 Asian Games|AG 2022]] || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Gold1}}
+|-
+| style="background:#f0e68c"| [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|OG 2024]] || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|{{Silver2}}
+|}
+==International championships (25 m)==
+{| class="sortable wikitable"
+!Meet
+! class="unsortable"|400 free
+! class="unsortable"|50 fly
+! class="unsortable"|100 fly
+! class="unsortable"|200 fly
+! class="unsortable"|4×50 free
+! class="unsortable"|4×100 free
+! class="unsortable"|4×100 medley
+! class="unsortable"|4×50 mixed medley
+|-
+| style="background:#9fe2bf"|[[2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|SCW 2014]] || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|4th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || align="center"|10th || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| style="background:#9fe2bf"|[[2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|SCW 2016]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || align="center"|4th
+|-
+| style="background:#9fe2bf"|[[2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|SCW 2018]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|17th || align="center"|WD || align="center"|7th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Silver2}} || align="center"|11th
+|-
+| style="background:#9fe2bf"|[[2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|SCW 2021]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || align="center"|WD || align="center"|{{Gold1}} || align="center"|4th || align="center"|5th || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || style="background:#fdffe7"|
+|-
+| style="background:#9fe2bf"|[[2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|SCW 2022]] || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|{{Bronze3}} || align="center"|DNS || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th || style="background:#fdffe7"| || style="background:#fdffe7"| || align="center"|5th
+|}
 ==Personal bests==
-{{updated|July 30, 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1000490/yufei-zhang|title=FINA personal best results}}</ref>
+{{updated|July 30, 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1000490/yufei-zhang|title=Yufei ZHANG &#124; Results &#124; World Aquatics Official|website=World Aquatics}}</ref>
 ===Long course (50-meter pool)===
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 | [[2020 Summer Olympics]]
 | July 29, 2021
+|'''[[List of Olympic records in swimming|Former OR]]'''
-|
 |}
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 ==See also==
+{{Portal bar|China|Olympics|Biography|Sports}}
 *[[List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals]]
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 {{succession box
 | before = [[United States]]
-| title = [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay|Mixed 4 x 100-meter medley relay<br>world record-holder]]
+| title = [[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay|Mixed 4 x 100-meter medley relay<br />world record-holder]]
 | years = 1 October 2020 – 31 July 2021
 | after = Great Britain}}
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 {{succession box
 | before = [[Australia]]
-| title = [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay|4 × 200 metres freestyle relay<br>world record-holder]]
+| title = [[World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay|4 × 200 metres freestyle relay<br />world record-holder]]
 | years = 29 July 2021 – 31 July 2022
 | after = Australia}}
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 [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for China]]
 [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for China]]
+[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China]]
 [[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
 [[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
+[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games]]
 [[Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games]]
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 [[Category:Military World Games silver medalists for China]]
 [[Category:Military World Games bronze medalists for China]]
-[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China]]
-[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]

v t e Xinhua News Agency's Top Ten Chinese Athletes of the Year
1999	Sun Wen (Football) Xie Jun (Chess) Liu Guoliang (Table tennis) Liu Hongyu (Athletics) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Dong Zhen (Gymnastics) Chen Hua (Swimming) Sun Jun (Badminton) Li Jiajun (Short track speed skating) Shi Zhiyong (Weightlifting)
2000	Xiong Ni (Diving) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Fu Mingxia (Diving) Sun Wen (Football) Ji Xinpeng (Badminton) Kong Linghui (Table tennis) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Wang Liping (Athletics) Xie Jun (Chess) Tao Luna (Shooting)
2001	Wang Nan (Table tennis) Zhu Chen (Chess) Wang Liqin (Table tennis) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Yuan Hua (Judo) Dong Yanmei (Athletics) Sun Wen (Football) Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhizhi (Basketball) Chen Ying (Shooting)
2002	Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Yao Ming (Basketball) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Qi Hui (Swimming) Tao Luna (Shooting) Tan Xue (Fencing) Wu Meijin (Weightlifting) Wu Peng (Swimming) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
2003	Yao Ming (Basketball) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Zhao Ruirui (Volleyball) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Liu Chunhong (Weightlifting) Sun Yingjie (Athletics) Shen Xue (Figure skating) Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating)
2004	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Yao Ming (Basketball) Du Li (Shooting) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Meng Guanliang/Yang Wenjun (Canoeing) Feng Kun (Volleyball) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Ning (Badminton) Tang Gonghong (Weightlifting)
2005	Yao Ming (Basketball) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Ning (Badminton) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Chang Hao (Go) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Chen Yanqing (Weightlifting) Cheng Fei (Gymnastics) Wu Peng (Swimming)
2006	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yao Ming (Basketball) Han Xiaopeng (Freestyle skiing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Zheng Jie/Yan Zi (Tennis) Wang Lei (Fencing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Chen Yanqing (Weightlifting)
2007	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Zhu Qinan (Shooting) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Guozheng (Weightlifting) Zhu Lin (Badminton) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Guo Yue (Table tennis)
2008	Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Zhang Juanjuan (Archery) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Zhong Man (Fencing) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Yin Jian (Sailing) Du Jianping (Para swimming) Tsering Wangmo (Mountain climbing)
2009	Zhang Lin (Swimming) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Bai Xue (Athletics) Lin Dan (Badminton) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Wang Hao (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Long Qingquan (Weightlifting) Zhang Yining (Table tennis)
2010	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Lao Yi (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Zhou Suhong (Volleyball) Lin Dan (Badminton) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Li Na (Tennis) Jiang Wenwen/Jiang Tingting (Artistic Swimming) Hou Yifan (Chess)
2011	Li Na (Tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Lin Dan (Badminton) Hou Yifan (Chess) Li Yanfeng (Athletics) Wu Minxia (Diving) Li Na (Fencing) Chen Yibing (Gymnastics) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
2012	Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Lijia (Sailing) Lin Dan (Badminton) Ye Shiwen (Swimming) Qieyang Shijie (Athletics) Zou Kai (Gymnastics) Lei Sheng (Fencing) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing)
2013	Li Xiaoxia (Table tennis) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Lin Dan (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football) Zhang Peimeng (Athletics) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Li Na (Tennis) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) He Chong (Diving)
2014	Li Na (Tennis) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhang Hong (Speed Skating) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Yang Haoran (Shooting) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) Lin Dan (Badminton) Yao Jinnan (Gymnastics) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Zhu Ting (Volleyball)
2015	Su Bingtian (Athletics) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Liu Hong (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Chen Long (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football)
2016	Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Ke Jie (Go) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhong Tianshi/Gong Jinjie (Track Cycling) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Zhao Shuai (Taekwondo) Han Tianyu (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhen (Athletics) Chen Aisen (Diving)
2017	Sun Yang (Swimming) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics) Luo Jing (Mountain climbing)
2018	Wu Dajing (Short track speed skating) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Ju Wenjun (Chess) Wang Shuang (Football) Wu Lei (Football) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics)
2019	China women's national volleyball team (Volleyball) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Liu Shiwen (Table tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Can (Professional boxing) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Cai Xuetong (Snowboarding) Deng Wei (Weightlifting)
2020	No selection due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Yang Qian (Shooting) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Ma Long (Table tennis) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Lü Xiaojun (Weightlifting) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Wang Shun (Swimming) Chen Yufei (Badminton)
2022	Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Gao Tingyu (Speed skating) Su Yiming (Snowboarding) Xu Mengtao (Freestyle skiing) Wang Jianan (Athletics) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Yang Hongqiong (Para cross-country skiing) Zheng Qinwen (Tennis) Zhang Weili (Mixed martial) Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)
2023	Ding Liren (Chess) Wang Chuqin (Table tennis) China women's national basketball team (Basketball) Wen Xiaoyan (Para Athletics) Liu Qingyi (Breaking) Zhang Zhizhen (Tennis) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Dong Hongjuan (Mountain climbing) Qin Haiyang (Swimming) Xie Zhenye (Athletics)