Yeh Tzu-cheng

Yeh Tzu-cheng (Chinese: 葉子誠; pinyin: Yè Zichéng; born 22 November 1987) is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Yeh qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.28 from the National University Games in Taipei.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including four-time Olympian Vladan Marković of Serbia and Montenegro. He rounded out the field to last place by a 6.39-second margin behind winner Nathaniel O'Brien of Canada in 2:06.41. Yeh failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

Yeh Tzu-cheng
Personal information
Full nameYeh Tzu-cheng
National team Chinese Taipei
Born (1987-11-22) 22 November 1987
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yeh Tzu-cheng". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men's 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan's Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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