Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (born November 9, 1996 in Cần Thơ)[1] is a national-record holding swimmer from Vietnam. She swam for Vietnam at the 2016 Olympics. At the 2014 Asian Games, she won Vietnam's first-ever medal in Swimming.[2] She has been named Vietnam's Athlete of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.[3] As of the end of 2014, she holds the Vietnam Records in 14 of 17 long course individual events.
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
At the 2012 Olympics, she swam the 200 Backstroke and the 400 Individual Medley.[4][5]
Vien is a serving military officer with the rank of major.
Swimming career
She began swimming with private lessons given by her grandfather. At grade 5, Vien competed for the first time at the district level and easily beat her opponents.
She was quickly spotted by coaches of a military team and soon joined the team.
At 16, Anh Vien was already 1.7 metre tall with long limbs and big feet, considered advantageous attributes of a swimmer.
- 2011
Anh Vien got ten gold medals, one in each of ten categories at the National Championship. She also won two silver medals at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.
- 2012
Anh Vien competed for the first time at the London Summer Olympics in two categories: 200m backstroke and 400m medley.
- 2013
At the SEA Games 27 in Myanmar (12/2013), Anh Vien got six medals in total (3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze), she broke two Sea Games records in 200m backstroke (2 min 14 sec 80) and 400m medley ( pmin 6 gsec 6),.đShe was voted the "Golden Impression of SEA Games 27 ".
2014 Asian Games
At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Anh Vien won the bronze medals in the 200m Backstroke and the 400m Individual Medley event.
28th Sea Games in Singapore
Anh Vien was one of the top swimmers at Sea Games 2015 in Singapore along with native Singaporean Joseph Schooling. She was the best female athlete at this competition when she captures 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. This excellent result helped Vietnam secured the second place in swimming just behind host Singapore.
16th Fina World Championship in Kazan
At the 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup in Iraq, Anh Vien moved into the semifinals in 200m IM but placed 8 in her heat. In the 400m individual medley she missed the final.
| Event | Results | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 200m Individual Medley | place 15 | 2.13.29 |
| Women's 400m Individual Medley | place 10 | 4.38.78 |
References
- Nguyen's entry on sports-reference.com
- Swimmer Anh Vien looks to repeat title win, from the Voice of Vietnam. Published 2014-12-30; retrieved 2015-03-19.
- Anh Vien named Best Athlete of 2014, from the Voice of Vietnam. Published 2014-12-31; retrieved 2015-03-19.
- "Đoàn Việt Nam ra quân ngày đầu ở Olympics". BBC Vietnamese (in Vietnamese). 22 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- "Thi Anh Vien NGUYEN". london2012.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
| |
