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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1994 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheng Jiao (born 28 April 1994) [1] is a Chinese Paralympian swimmer who won three gold medals in Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics: [2] at the Women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event with 48.11, [3] at the Women's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 event with 58.28, [4] and at the Women's 150 metre individual medley SM4 event with 2:49.69. [5]
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