Zhou Yilin

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Zhou Yilin
Personal information
Full nameZhou Yilin
National teamFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Born (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 32)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing China
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon 4×100 m freestyle

Zhou Yilin (Chinese :周義霖; pinyin :Zhōu Yī lín; born 18 September 1992) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. [1]

Career

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Zhou was part of the Chinese team which won gold in the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Zhou competed in the heats, where she swam her leg in 56.29 seconds. [2]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Zhou is competing in the women's 200 metre butterfly. She won the first semifinal with a time of 2:06.52 to qualify for Wednesday's final. [3]

References

  1. "Olympic Profile". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Japanese Men Turn In Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "Australia's Grove leads way into 200 butterfly final, two Americans advance". 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.