Country : China
Date Of Birth : December 1, 1991
Height : 198cm
Profession : National Swimmer
Born in Hangzhou to a sporting family, he was scouted to join training by swimming coaches when he was still in pre-school because he was much taller than all the other boys in his school. His height continues to grow rapidly during his training period. There was one year he grew a full 4cm from 192cm to 196cm. He gained recognition in 2006 after he beat the more prominent swimmer Zhang Lin to win the 1500m freestyle in a national competition. Since then he improved tremendously, slashing almost a minute from his best time in the 1500m freestyle within one year.
At the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, he took gold in the Men's 4X200 freestyle relay, 1500m freestyle and a silver in 400m freestyle. He also won a bronze in the 1500m freestyle at the 2009 World Championship in Rome, Italy. In July, 2011, he broke the longest standing world record at that time, the 1500m freestyle. On the first day of the swimming competition of the 2012 London Olympics, he swam himself to a gold medal in the 400m freestyle, breaking the Olympic record and coming very close to shatter another world record. He is the first male swimmer from China to win a gold in an Olympic games
At last night's Olympics
Non-olympics
In his younger days and childhood
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