Fu Yuanhui

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Fu Yuanhui at the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan

Personal information
Surname: Fu Yuanhui
( Chinese   傅园慧 , Pinyin Fù Yuánhuì )
Nickname (s): Honghuang Shaonü
( Chinese  洪荒 少女 , Pinyin hónghuāng shàonǚ )
Nation: China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Swimming style (s) : move
Society: Zhejiang Swimming Team
Birthday: January 7, 1996
Place of birth: Hangzhou
Size: 1.79 m
Weight: 67 kg
Medal table
Medals

Fu Yuanhui ( Chinese  傅园慧 , Pinyin Fù Yuánhuì ; born January 7, 1996 in Hangzhou , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese swimmer . Fu is studying movement rehabilitation at Tianjin Medical University in China.

Career

In August 2011, Fu won a silver medal in the 100 m back and a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the Youth Swimming World Championships in Lima , Peru . She also reached 8th place over 200 m back. With the Chinese 4 × 100 m freestyle relay she reached 7th place. In October 2011, she won the Chinese 100m back swimming championship at the Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center in Nanchang . At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she took part in the 100 m back swimming competition and reached eighth place in the final. At the 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona , she won the silver medal over 50 m back. She placed fifth over 100 m back in the finals and fourth with the Chinese relay over 4 × 100 m individual medley. In September 2014 she won two gold medals at the Asian Games , over 50 m back in 27.66 seconds and over 100 m back in 59.95 seconds. At the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan , she won the gold medal in the 50 m backstroke and also the gold medal with the Chinese swimming relay in 4 × 100 m individual medley. Over 100 m back she reached 4th place in the final.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Fu won the bronze medal over 100 m back with a new Chinese record , which she shared with the Kylie crowd at the same time . After qualifying for the final as third in her semi-finals and setting a new personal best with 58.95 seconds, her happy interview made her very popular on the Chinese Internet. In a live stream interview two days after the competition, it reached more than 10 million viewers. With the Chinese 4 × 100 m individual relay, she reached fourth place: In an interview about this competition, Fu mentioned that her menstruation has a negative effect on her performance, which earned her worldwide attention for addressing a taboo subject.

Asian Swimming Championships 2016

At the Asian Swimming Championships in Tokyo in 2016, she won gold twice and a silver medal in the 50 and 100 m backseat with the Chinese 4 × 100 m individual medal.

Best times

As of August 9, 2016

competition time competition date notes
50 m back 27.11 Swimming World Championships 2015 August 6, 2015
100 m back 58.76 2016 Summer Olympics August 8, 2016 chinese record
200 m back 2: 08.84 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series January 30, 2015

Web links

Commons : Fu Yuanhui  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 奥运 “网 红” 傅园慧 ： 身怀 “洪荒 之 力” 的 段子 手 , accessed December 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Fu Yuanhui takes Asian Swimming Championship gold , GBTIMES BEIJING, November 18, 2016
  3. ↑ a b China's Fu Yuanhui wins women's 50m backstroke at Asian Swimming Championships , CCTV, November 18, 2016
  4. ↑ a b AASF Championships: Fu sets record in Women's 100m backstroke
  5. ↑ a b AASF Championships: Xu Jiayu grabs fourth gold medal in Tokyo , CCTV, November 21, 2016
  6. ↑ FINA World Junior Championships: Day Two - Meet Results , August 17, 2011, accessed on August 12, 2011
  7. ↑ Day Six - Meet Results , August 21, 2011, accessed August 12, 2011
  8. ↑ FINA World Junior Championships: Day Three - Meet Results , fina.org, August 18, 2011, accessed on August 12, 2016
  9. ↑ FINA World Junior Championships: Day Five - Meet Results , August 20, 2011, accessed on August 12, 2016
  10. ↑ 图文 - 城运会 19 日 游泳 赛况 傅园慧 获 100 米 仰泳 冠军 , dailynews.sina.com, October 18, 2011
  11. ↑ Yuanhui Fu . In: Olympic Summer Games 2012 . Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved in 2012.
  12. ↑ Kosuke Hagino shines again at the Asian Games , swimsportnews.de, September 24, 2014
  13. ↑ Sun Yang strikes back and takes gold in the 400m , swimsportnews.de, September 23, 2014
  14. ↑ Yuanhui Fu , 2016 Summer Olympic Games
  15. ↑ a b Fu Yuanhui and Xu Jiayu both set Chinese records in the 100 meter backstroke tonight in two electrifying and surprising finals that put both swimmers on the podium. , swimswam.com, August 8, 2016
  16. ↑ a b MYSTIC ENERGY: China's athlete of the moment burped and ate cupcakes during a live stream with 10 million fans , qz.com, August 11, 2016
  17. ↑ Facial expressions of Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui goes viral , chinadaily.com, August 9, 2016
  18. ↑ Swimmer Fu Yuanhui breaks Chinese internet with adorable reaction to her incredible performance , shanghaiist.com, August 9, 2016
  19. ↑ Fu Yuanhui: China falls in love with Olympic swimmer and her 'mystic energy' . The Guardian . August 9, 2016.
  20. ↑ The Grimaces by Fu Yuanhui , Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 12, 2016
  21. ↑ Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui breaks taboo and is celebrated worldwide for it , Focus , August 17, 2016
  22. ↑ a b Fu Yuanhui on swimswam.com
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Fu is the family name here, Yuanhui is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Fu, Yuanhui
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 傅园慧
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Hangzhou