Cheng Wan-jung

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Cheng Wan-jung
Personal information
Born (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Medal record
Representing Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou 400m individual medley

Cheng Wan-jung (born 22 February 1988) is a Taiwanese swimmer. [1] [2] At the 2004 Olympics, she competed in the 100 and 200 m butterfly, finishing in 34th and 25th place respectively. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 200 metre butterfly, finishing in 28th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She also competed in the 200 m individual medley finishing in 31st place. [2]

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References

  1. "Wan-Jung Cheng". 2012 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cheng Wan-Jung Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-07-07.