Shi Jinglin

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Shi Jinglin

| image = Kazan 2015 - 200m breast W semi swim-off.JPG

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| caption = Shi (left) with Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (right) in Kazan

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| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Jiangsu Swimming Team

| coach = Han Bingyan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nanjing, China

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| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 68 kg

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{{MedalCountry| {{CHN}}}}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}

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Shi Jinglin ({{zh|s=史婧琳|p=Shǐ Jìnglín}}; born 3 January 1993) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke events.{{cite web|title=Shi Jinglin|url=https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5102331&lang=en|publisher=Incheon 2014|accessdate=27 September 2014|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112135706/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5102331&lang=en|archivedate=12 November 2014}} She has produced a tally of five medals, two golds and three bronze, in major international competition, spanning the Olympic Games, Asian Games, and World Championships. At the 2014 Asian Games, Shi broke a meet record to claim the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

Career

Shi made her first Chinese team at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, where she achieved two medals, a gold and a bronze, in swimming. She started off the meet by surpassing Japan's Kanako Watanabe in the first half of the race to smash the Asian Games record for a gold medal victory in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.67, vaulting her up to eighth in the world rankings.{{cite news|title=Japanese Men Turn In Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/japanese-men-turn-in-fabulous-night-of-swimming-at-asian-games/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=21 September 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}} The following day, in the 200 m breaststroke, Shi fell behind the Japanese duo Watanabe and Rie Kaneto in a sprint finish to claim the bronze at 2:23.58.{{cite news|title=Hagino claims third Asian Games gold; Watanabe wins 200 breaststroke|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/09/23/more-sports/swimming/hagino-claims-third-asian-games-gold-watanabe-wins-200-breaststroke/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Kosuke Hagino's 200 IM Sizzler Highlights Day Two Finals at Asian Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/kosuke-haginos-asian-record-highlights-day-two-finals-at-asian-games/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=22 September 2014|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Shi added two more medals, a gold and a bronze, to her career tally. In her first event, 100 m breaststroke, Shi lowered her personal best to 1:06.55 for a fifth-place finish in the final, missing out the podium by 0.13 seconds.{{cite news|title=Yuilya Efimova Shakes Off Doping Suspension for 100 Breast World Title at 2015 FINA World Championships|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/yuilya-efimova-shakes-off-doping-suspension-for-100-breast-world-title-at-2015-fina-world-championships/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=4 August 2015|accessdate=13 August 2015}} Three days later, Shi swam a matching time of 2:22.76 in a three-way tie with Spain's Jessica Vall Montero and Denmark's world-record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen for a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke final.{{cite news|title=Larkin, Campbell strike double swimming gold for Australia|url=http://www.afp.com/en/news/larkin-campbell-strike-double-swimming-gold-australia|publisher=Agence France-Presse|date=7 August 2015|accessdate=12 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Kanako Watanabe Wins Women's 200 Breaststroke at 2015 FINA World Championships|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/kanako-watanabe-wins-womens-200/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=7 August 2015|accessdate=12 August 2015}} On the final night of the meet, Shi and her teammates Fu Yuanhui, Lu Ying, and Shen Duo put up a fast finish in 3:54.41 to claim the gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, just over two seconds away of the current meet record set by her team in 2009.{{cite news|title=Sweden Posts New Swedish National Record in 400 Medley Relay at 2015 FINA World Championships|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/sweden-women-post-new-swedish-national-record-in-400-medley-relay-at-2015-fina-world-championships/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=9 August 2015|accessdate=10 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Seto takes gold in 400-meter individual medley|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/08/10/more-sports/swimming/seto-takes-gold-in-400-meter-individual-medley/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=10 August 2015|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

References

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141112135706/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5102331&lang=en 2014 Asian Games Profile]}}

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese female breaststroke swimmers

Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic swimmers for China

Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games

Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games

Category:Sportspeople from Nanjing

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China

Category:Asian Games swimmers for China

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for China