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Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tianjin, China | 19 December 1992||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Feng Yazhu (born 19 December 1992) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. She represented China at the Summer Paralympics. [1]
Yazhu represented China at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 50 metre backstroke S2 event and won a gold medal. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won two silver medals in the 50 metre backstroke S2 and 100 metre backstroke S2 events. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won a bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke S2 event. [2]
Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. She has represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal, making her New Zealand's most successful Paralympian. She has also represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.
Yip Pin Xiu is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist and 5 time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2. Yip is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian.
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