Wang Wei-wen

{{Short description|Taiwanese swimmer (born 1986)}}

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| fullname = Wang Wei-wen

| nicknames = The Frog Prince

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| strokes = Breaststroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan

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| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Wang Wei-wen ({{zh|c=王韋文|p=Wáng Wéiwén}}; born 16 December 1986) is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Wang Wei-wen|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wang-wei-wen-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055756/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wang-wei-wen-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 5 December 2012}} He represented the Chinese Taipei national team in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and has won a career total of eight gold medals in national and regional meets across Taiwan.

Wang made his own swimming history, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 200 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat one, Wang trailed throughout the race behind Bradley Ally of Barbados, and Miguel Molina of the Philippines to come home powerfully to third and forty-second overall with a time of 2:20.65.{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531220.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=11 April 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|title=Men’s 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7855.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=17 August 2004|accessdate=11 April 2013}}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Wang swam in the second heat of the 200 m breaststroke event, against six other competitors, including his former rival Molina. Wang struggled to maintain his crawl and pace in the entire race, but was able to finish it in last place, with a time of 2:17.20. Wang, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Freestyle – Heat 2|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM032900/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=5 December 2012}}{{cite news|script-title=zh:男子200蛙预赛:久尔陶创奥运纪录 赖忠坚遭淘汰|trans-title=Men's 200 m breaststroke: Gyurta breaks Olympic record, Lai Zhongjian eliminated|language=zh|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/olympics/2008-08/12/content_9225456.htm|publisher=Xinhua|date=12 August 2008|accessdate=3 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825232231/http://news.xinhuanet.com/olympics/2008-08/12/content_9225456.htm|archivedate=25 August 2008}}