Jiao Liuyang

Jiao Liuyang

Personal information
Full name	Jiao Liuyang
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1991-08-06) August 6, 1991 (age 30) Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 200m butterfly 2008 Beijing 200m butterfly World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley 2011 Shanghai 200 m butterfly 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley 2009 Rome 100m butterfly World Championships (SC) 2012 Istanbul 50 m butterfly 2012 Istanbul 200 m butterfly Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 100 m butterfly 2010 Guangzhou 200 m butterfly 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley 2014 Incheon 200 m butterfly Asian Championships 2006 Singapore 200 m butterfly 2009 Foshan 50m butterfly 2009 Foshan 100m butterfly 2009 Foshan 200m butterfly

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 specializes in the 200-metre butterfly.

Career

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige, who won the race in a time of 2:04.18. Both swimmers swam faster than 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). She had also won gold at the 2006 Asian Championships, setting a new championship record.

In 2009, she won two gold medals at the Asian Swimming Championships in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly, setting championship records in both events. That year, the Chinese 4 x 100 m relay team also set a new world record time on the way to winning gold at the World Championships. Individually, she also won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly.

She won three gold medals at the 2010 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. She went on to win gold at the 2011 World Championships, in the 200 m butterfly.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she went one place better, winning the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:94.96, setting a new Olympic record. She also competed in the 100 m butterfly, reaching the semifinal, and was part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley team. Following the Olympics, she won two silver medals at the World Short Course Swimming Championships, in the 50 m butterfly and the 200 m butterfly.

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
• 2010 Asian Games, 1st 100 m and 200 m butterfly, 1st 4 x 100 m medley relay
• 2011 World Aquatics Championships - 1st 200 m fly
• 2012 Summer Olympics - 1st 200 m Butterfly
• 2012 World Short Course Championships - 2nd 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly
• 2014 Asian Games - 1st 200 m butterfly

Records

• 2006 Asian Championships - (Tournament Record)

Personal Bests

In long course

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

See also

• China at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Swimming