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| Birth name | Chen Yin | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 29, 1986 Hebei | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hebei Province Team, China | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Liu Haitao (CHN) | |||||||||||||||||
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Chen Yin (born March 29, 1986, in Qinhuangdao, Hebei) [1] is a Chinese former competitive swimmer.
He competed for China at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, both times in the men's 200 m butterfly. [2] [1]
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