Jiao Liuyang

Jiao Liuyang
Personal information
Full name	Jiao Liuyang
Nationality	Chinese
Born	August 6, 1991; Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Jiao Liuyang (simplified Chinese: 焦刘洋; traditional Chinese: 焦劉洋; pinyin: Jiāo Liúyáng; born August 6, 1991 in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese swimmer, who currently owns the textile world record in the 200-metre butterfly.

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly at 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige, who won the race in 2:04.18. Both girls were under the former world record held by Australia's Jessicah 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).

Major achievements

2005 National Games - 2nd 200 m fly (2:10.31);
2006 Asian Championships - 1st 200 m fly (2:08.54)
2008 Olympics - 2nd 200 m fly (2:04.72)
2009 World Championships - 3rd 100 m fly (56.86)
2009 Asian Swimming Championships - 1st 50 m fly, 1st 100 m fly, 2nd 200 m fly
2011 World Aquatics Championships - 1st 200 m fly
2012 Summer Olympics - 1st 200 m Butterfly[1][2]

Records

2006 Asian Championships - (Tournament Record)

Personal Bests

In long course

50 m butterfly: 26.04 Asian, Chinese Record (April 11, 2009)[3]
100 m butterfly: 57.16 Asian, Chinese Record (April 10, 2009)[3]

References

London 2012 - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
"London Olympics: China's Jiao takes butterfly crown". Retrieved 02-08-2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
"Jiao Liuyang sweeps 3 butterfly titles with 2 Asian records". www.chinaview.cn. 2009-04-12. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

External links

2008 Team China profile
Jiao Liuyang at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
Jiao Liuyang at the International Olympic Committee
Jiao Liuyang at the Olympic Channel
Jiao Liuyang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Jiao Liuyang at FINA

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[1] London 2012 - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today

[2] "London Olympics: China's Jiao takes butterfly crown". Retrieved 02-08-2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[chinaview-3] "Jiao Liuyang sweeps 3 butterfly titles with 2 Asian records". www.chinaview.cn. 2009-04-12. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-20.