Sun Yang,19911February 12 was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Captain of China's national swimming team, world record holder of men's1500m freestyle, and Olympic record holder of men's 400m freestyle. 20 12 London Olympic Games men's 400m freestyle champion, men's1500m freestyle champion; 20 16 Rio Olympic men's 200m freestyle champion.

Sun Yang, majoring in middle and long distance freestyle. He was praised by domestic swimming circles and even FINA as the "future star" of China swimming circles in the 20 12 London Olympic Games. On July 3rd11,Sun Yang broke the previous world record of 14: 34: 14 set by Australian star Hackett at the 2006 Fukuoka World Championships and won the men's1500m championship.

He grew up in a sports family in Hangzhou. His father Sun is from Huainan, Anhui. He used to be a male volleyball player of Anhui Sports Team. Later, he left the professional team to study. 1989 graduated from Shanghai institute of physical education and was assigned to teach in Hangzhou universities in the same year. Mother used to be an excellent volleyball player, and his family genes endowed him with sports talent.

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Sun Yang became famous at the provincial games in 2006. In 2007, he defeated his eldest brother Zhang Lin and won the 1500m championship. At the city sports meeting, he once again demonstrated his strong strength in middle and long distance running. Before the final of 1500m, he confidently said, "The gold medal is no problem!"

Sun Yang's confidence stems from his strength. In the final of 1500m, Sun Yang and Nanjing's Zu Lijun were neck and neck in the previous 1400m, but in the final 100m, Sun Yang broke out with a strong late impact, leaving her opponent far behind and winning the championship without any suspense. The time is fixed at15min 2 1 sec 4 1. Although there is still a lot of gap between this achievement and the Olympic A score 15 13 seconds 16, we should know that a year ago, the score of Sun Yang 1500m was 16.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Sun Yang