Chen Xinyi

{{Short description|Chinese swimmer (born 1998)}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Chen Xinyi

| image = Incheon AsianGames Swimming 03.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| full_name = Chen Xinyi
陈欣怡

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|1|2|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Shanghai, China

| height = 1.78 m {{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/xinyi-chen |title=Xinyi Chen |website=Rio2016.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825005610/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/xinyi-chen |archivedate=2016-08-25}}

| weight = 132 lb

| coach =

| nationality = {{flagicon|China}} China

| strokes = freestyle, butterfly, individual medley

| club = Shanghai

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCompetition|International aquatics competitions}}

{{MedalCount

|World Championships (LC)|1|0|0

|Asian Games|3|0|0

|Total|4|0|0

}}

{{MedalSport|Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Kazan | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold |2014 Incheon | 50 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold |2014 Incheon | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold |2014 Incheon | 4×100 m freestyle}}

}}

{{family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}}

Chen Xinyi (born January 2, 1998) is a Chinese competitive swimmer, swimming freestyle, butterfly and individual medley.

Career

At the 2014 Asian Games, she won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle,{{cite web |url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/SW/Result?RSC=SWW010101&lang=en |title=Women's 50m Freestyle Results |accessdate=6 October 2014 |publisher=Incheon 2014 Asian Games |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006171503/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/SW/Result?RSC=SWW010101&lang=en |archivedate=6 October 2014 }} 100 metre butterfly {{cite web |url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/SW/Result?RSC=SWW021101&lang=en |title=Women's 100m Butterfly Results |accessdate=6 October 2014 |publisher=Incheon 2014 Asian Games |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010043108/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/SW/Result?RSC=SWW021101&lang=en |archivedate=10 October 2014 }} and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

=Failed doping test=

{{Further|Doping in China}}

While swimming for the Chinese national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Xinyi tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a banned substance.{{cite web|last1=Lutton|first1=Phil|last2=Wen|first2=Phillip|last3=Barrett|first3=Chris|title=Rio 2016: China confirms athlete Chen Xinyi failed doping test|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-swimming/rio-olympics-pool-rocked-by-report-of-chinese-positive-drug-test-20160812-gqqw2d.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 August 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Crisis for China as swimmer Chen Xinyi fails drugs test at Rio Olympics|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2002773/chinese-swimmer-fails-doping-test-rio-brazilian-media|website=South China MOrning Post|date=12 August 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2016}}{{cite news|title=Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi tests positive for a banned substance: Xinhua|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-doping-china-idUSKCN10N0GT|website=Reuters|accessdate=12 August 2016}} Following this, she was suspended from competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Martin|title=3 Olympians, including Chinese swimmer, booted from Rio Games for doping|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/12/chinese-swimmer-chen-xinyi-provisional-doping-suspension/88624452/|website=USA Today|accessdate=13 August 2016}} The International Swimming Federation Doping Panel decided to impose on her a period of two years’ ineligibility, from August 11, 2016 to August 10, 2018 for her first anti-doping rule violation.{{cite web|title=PR 110- FINA Doping Panel Decision – Xinyi Chen (CHN)|url=http://www.fina.org/news/pr-110-fina-doping-panel-decision-%E2%80%93-xinyi-chen-chn|website=FINA|date=10 December 2016 |accessdate=27 July 2017}}

Personal bests (long course)

{{updated|September 30, 2014}}

class="wikitable"
Event

!Time

!Meet

!Date

!Note(s)

50 m freestyle

| 24.53

| 2016 National Championship Games of China

| April 10, 2016

|

100 m freestyle

| 53.84

| 2013 National Games of China

| September 9, 2013

|

100 m butterfly

| 56.61

| 2014 Asian Games

| September 23, 2014

|

200 m individual medley

| 2.09.55

| 2013 National Games of China

| September 7, 2013

|

400 m individual medley

| 4.39.54

| 2013 World Aquatics Championships

| August 4, 2013

|

References

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