Sun Yang is the only grand slam winner of men's 200m freestyle, men's 400m freestyle and men's1500m freestyle in the world swimming history, and the only world champion of men's 800m freestyle for three consecutive times. The number of individual gold medals in men's freestyle ranks first in the world.
Sun Yang is the only Asian gold medal winner in the men's 200m freestyle Olympic Games and the World Championships, and the only Asian swimmer who won the MVP in the World Championships. 20 15 Sun Yang became the second male swimmer to win the MVP of the World Championships again after Phelps.
He is the first and only Olympic champion of men's swimming in China, and the only China swimmer who won gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games. China has won 15 gold medals in men's swimming in the world series so far, and Sun Yang has won 12.
Sports career:
1, fledgling
In 2003, Sun Yang entered the Zhejiang Swimming Team and was selected by coach Zhu Zhigen.
In 2006, he joined the national team as a substitute. Sun Yang, under the age of 15, won three gold medals in men's 400m medley, men's 200m freestyle and men's1500m freestyle in Zhejiang National Games.
In June 2007, Sun Yang officially entered the national swimming team, with a daily training capacity of 14-20k m.
In the 2007 Melbourne World Swimming Championships, Sun Yang participated in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's 800m freestyle, and the preliminaries were eliminated. This is the first time that Sun Yang has participated in the world competition.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sun Yang participated in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's1500m freestyle, and participated in the men's 4x200 freestyle relay race with his teammates. Sun Yang reached the final in the men's 1500m freestyle and finished eighth with15: 05 12. This is the first time that Sun Yang has participated in the Olympic Games, and it is also the first time that he has reached the finals in the world series.
At the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Sun Yang was eliminated in the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries, but later won the bronze medal in the men's1500m freestyle final with a score of 14 minutes 46.84 seconds, which was Sun Yang's first medal in the world series.
2. Rapid development
20 10 Sun Yang won two silver medals in the men's 200m freestyle and the men's 400m freestyle at the Guangzhou Asian Games. In the men's 4x200 freestyle relay final, Sun Yang won the championship with the cooperation of his teammates and won the first gold medal of the Asian Games for himself. At the same time, he helped China break the 56-year-old Japanese monopoly on the event and won the gold medal in the men's swimming relay at the Asian Games for the first time.
In the men's1500m freestyle final, Sun Yang won the championship with a time of 14: 35.43 seconds, breaking the Asian record, improving the original Asian record by as much as ten seconds, less than one second from the world record.
Shanghai is very famous.
At the 20 1 1 Shanghai World Swimming Championships, Sun Yang won the silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle and the first gold medal in the men's 800m freestyle in 7 minutes and 38.57 seconds, which was also Sun Yang's first world champion.
Subsequently, in the men's 4x200 freestyle relay, Sun Yang and his teammates won the bronze medal in the event, which was also China's first medal in the men's swimming relay in the World Series.
On the last day of the men's1500m freestyle, Sun Yang won the championship with the score of 14 minutes and 34 seconds, which also broke the world record of fast swimming for ten years, becoming the first athlete in China to win the Olympic champion of men's swimming in the World Championships, and the first champion in China to win both men's swimming in the World Championships.
4. London has reached its peak.
20 12 London Olympic Games, Sun Yang won the men's 400-meter freestyle final in 3 minutes and 40 seconds 14, rewriting the history of China's men's swimming without a gold medal and becoming the first men's swimming Olympic champion in China. Sun Yang won the silver medal in the men's 200m freestyle final.
In the men's 4x200 freestyle relay, Sun Yang and his teammates won the bronze medal for China, which was the first time for China to win a medal in the Olympic men's relay. In the men's1500m freestyle, Sun Yang won the gold medal with the score of 14: 3 1.02, breaking the world record again and improving the world record held by herself by 3 seconds.
Sun Yang won two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal at the London Olympic Games, which is the most medals won by China at this Olympic Games. The number of medals in a single session is second only to Li Ning's three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
5. Bass won the laurel.
20 13 Sun Yang won the gold medal in the men's 400m freestyle and successfully defended the men's 800m freestyle and the men's1500m freestyle.
In the men's 4x200 freestyle relay final, the fourth place Sun Yang successfully reversed from the fifth place to the third place, winning a precious bronze medal for China with a slight advantage of 0. 17 seconds.
The relay results of Sun Yang 1:43 and 16 far exceeded the men's 200m freestyle champion in this World Championships. Sun Yang won the best male athlete in the 20 13 Barcelona World Championships, which is the first time that an Asian athlete has won this honor. ?
6. Come back from Incheon
Sun Yang won the silver medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the Incheon Asian Games in 20 14, and his left thumb was accidentally injured when he reached the side. In the men's 400m freestyle final and the men's1500m freestyle final, Sun Yang won the championship, while in the men's 4x 100 freestyle relay, Sun Yang, the third best, successfully surpassed the Japanese, and China finally won the championship. ?
7. Make history again
In the 20 15 Kazan World Swimming Championships, Sun Yang successfully defended her title in the men's 400m freestyle final. Although she missed the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle final, Sun Yang successfully defended her title in the men's 800m freestyle final, becoming the first champion of the men's 800m freestyle in the World Championships.
In the men's1500m freestyle final, Sun Yang retired due to heart discomfort. Sun Yang won the Best Male Athlete (MVP) Award in the World Championships again, becoming the second athlete to win this award again after Phelps, and it is also the first time that an Asian athlete has won this award again.
2016 65438+1October 29th, Sun Yang broke his right foot while preparing for the Rio Olympic Games. Conservative treatment takes six weeks to recover. At the end of May, Sun Yang, who was about to leave the United States to make final preparations for the Rio Olympic Games, thought that the healed fifth metatarsal bone had not completely healed, and the fourth metatarsal bone also had a "fatigue fracture".
8. Reach the Grand Slam
At the 20 16 Rio Olympic Games, Sun Yang won the silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle final with a score of 3: 4 1.68 and the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle final with a score of 1: 44.65, becoming the first Olympic champion in Asia. However, in the men's1500m freestyle preliminaries, Sun Yang, who was ill, did not play well and missed the final.
At this point, Sun Yang became the first swimmer in history to win gold medals in men's 200m freestyle, men's 400m freestyle and men's1500m freestyle, and also the first swimmer in China to win gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games.
At the Budapest World Swimming Championships on 20 17, Sun Yang won the men's 400-meter freestyle final with a season-best time of 3 minutes 4 1.38 seconds, achieving three consecutive championships and tying the record of Australian star Thorpe.
Subsequently, in the men's 200m freestyle final, Sun Yang broke his own Asian record with a score of 1:44.39 and won the championship. In the men's 800-meter freestyle, Sun Yang finished fifth in 7 minutes, 48.87 seconds.
At this point, Sun Yang became the first player in the world to win all the gold medals in the men's 200m, 400m, 800m and1500m freestyle-a grand slam achievement.
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Early experience:
Sun Yang was born in a sports family in Zhejiang, and his name was taken from his parents' surnames. His father, Sun, graduated from Shanghai Institute of Physical Education and was a member of the men's volleyball team of Anhui sports team. Mother Yang Ming is the main force of Zhejiang women's volleyball team. Sun Yang inherited his parents' athletic talent from childhood.
From 65438 to 0997, Zhu Ying, the first coach of Sun Yang, went to kindergartens in Sun Yang to select materials. Sun Yang, who is outstanding in height, was chosen to learn swimming with coach Zhu Ying, but gave up halfway.
1999, Sun Yang's parents took Sun Yang to attend the summer swimming training class again, and the road to swimming began.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Sun Yang