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| Full name | Jiao Liuyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-08-06)August 6, 1991 (age 34) Harbin,Heilongjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jiao Liuyang (simplified Chinese:焦刘洋;traditional Chinese:焦劉洋;pinyin:Jiāo Liúyáng; born August 6, 1991) is a Chineseswimmer, who specializes in the 200-metre butterfly.
She competed at the2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04.72, behind her teammateLiu Zige, who won the race in a time of 2:04.18. Both swimmers swam faster than the former world record held by Australia'sJessicah Schipper (2:05.40).
Before the Olympics, Jiao had competed at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, where she placed 4th in the 200 m butterfly (2:07.22). She had also won gold at the2006 Asian Championships, setting a new championship record.[1]
In 2009, she won two gold medals at theAsian Swimming Championships in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly, setting championship records in both events.[1] That year, the Chinese 4 x 100 m relay team also set a new world record time on the way to winning gold at theWorld Championships.[1] Individually, she also won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly.[1]
She won three gold medals at the2010 Asian Games, in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, and as part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley relay team. All three gold medals were won in times that were new Games records.[1] She went on to win gold at the2011 World Championships, in the 200 m butterfly.[1]
At the2012 Summer Olympics, she went one place better, winning the200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04.06, setting a new Olympic record.[2] She also competed in the 100 m butterfly, reaching the semifinal, and was part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley team.[2] Following the Olympics, she won two silver medals at theWorld Short Course Swimming Championships, in the 50 m butterfly and the 200 m butterfly.[1]
In long course
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Asian Games champions in women's100 m butterfly | |
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Asian Games champions in women's200 m butterfly | |
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