Huang Wenpan

Huang Wenpan
Personal information
Surname:	Huang Wenpan
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle , chest , back , postures
Birthday:	August 22, 1995
Place of birth:	Meishan
Date of death:	March 16, 2018
Place of death:	Hongya County
Size:	1.61 m
Weight:	63 kg
Medal table

Huang Wenpan (born August 22, 1995 in Meishan ; † March 16, 2018 in Hongya County ) was a Chinese swimmer and multiple Paralympic winner in starting class S3 .

Huang Wenpan started swimming in 2010 after suffering from cerebral palsy . At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , he won one silver and five gold medals. In each of his victories he swam world records . At the World Para Swimming Championship in Mexico City in December 2017, he also won five gold medals and one bronze medal. He was nicknamed the Flying Fish in Water .

Huang Wenpan died of injuries after a car accident in which his car hit a lamp pole. He was immediately taken to a hospital but could not be saved.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Huang Wenpan . International Paralympic Committee , accessed March 18, 2018.
2. ↑ Huang Wenpan . International Paralympic Committee, accessed March 18, 2018.
   Paralympics winner Huang had a fatal accident in China . ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SID article in Donaukurier , March 17, 2018, accessed on March 18, 2018.