Yang Junxuan

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Yang Junxuan

| image = File:Yang Junxuan (CHN) 2018.jpg

| caption = Yang at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

| nationality = Chinese

| club =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|1|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zibo, Shandong, China{{cite web |title=Yang Junxuan |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1310752-yang-junxuan.htm |publisher=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801182123/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1310752-yang-junxuan.htm |url-status=dead }}

| height = 1.78 m {{Cite web | url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n2008016-yang-junxuan.htm | title=Swimming, YANG Junxuan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927184918/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n2008016-yang-junxuan.htm | archive-date=2023-09-27}}

| weight = 68 kg

| medaltemplates =

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|Olympic Games|1|2|3

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

|World Championships (SC)|1|1|1

|Asian Games|4|3|1

|Summer Youth Olympics|2|2|2

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{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2020}}|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Buenos Aires|Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}

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Yang Junxuan ({{lang-zh|s=杨浚瑄|hp=Yáng Jùnxuān}}, born 26 January 2002) is a Chinese swimmer specializing in freestyle events.{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/YANG-Junxuan-3009435/ |title=Yang Junxuan |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018}} At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay.

Career

Yang competed at the 2018 Asian Games in the following competitions: 100 metre freestyle winning bronze in 54.17, 200 metre freestyle winning silver in 1:57.48, women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay winning the silver medal and 4 x 200 m freestyle relay winning gold.{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/swimming/event/swimming-women-4x100m-freestyle-relay/phase/sww411100/ |title=Swimming: Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018}}

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Yang won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle event in 25.47, silver in the 100 metre freestyle event in 54.43 and silver in the 200 metre freestyle event in 1:58.05, as well as gold in the 4 x 100 metre relay event (her time of 53.99 being the best of all participants) and gold in the mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay event.{{cite web |url=https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/en/swimming/athlete-profile-n1019484-yang-junxuan.htm?lng=de |title=Buenos Aires 2018 profile Yang Junxuan |access-date=13 January 2019 |work=Buenos Aires 2018 |archive-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114005246/https://www.buenosaires2018.com/results/en/swimming/athlete-profile-n1019484-yang-junxuan.htm?lng=de |url-status=dead }}

Yang Junxuan won gold in all seven swimming events she competed in at the 2019 Wuhan Military World Games.{{cite web |last1=Sports |first1=Sina |title=军运会中国揽游泳七成金牌杨浚瑄七冠封多金王 |url=https://sports.sina.cn/others/swim/2019-10-23/detail-iicezzrr4442101.d.html |website=Sina |publisher=www.sports.sina.cn |access-date=23 October 2024 |date=2019-10-23 |quote=杨浚瑄在本次军运会上一共取得七金（（女子100米自由泳、女子200米自由泳、男女4乘100米自由泳混合接力、男女4乘100米混合泳接力、女子4乘100米自由泳接力、女子4乘100米混合泳接力、女子4乘200米自由泳接接力））。在所有42项比赛里，中国队拿下27金14银8铜，拿下近七成冠军，打破19项赛会纪录和一项全国纪录 - 男女混合4乘100米自由泳决赛，季新杰、何峻毅、朱梦惠和杨浚瑄 3分26秒04... (Yang Junxuan won a total of seven gold medals in these Military Games; women's 100m freestyle; women's 200m freestyle; mixed 4x100m freestyle medley relay; mixed 4x100m medley relay; women's 4x100m freestyle relay; women's 4x100m medley relay; women's 4x200m freestyle relay; in all, China's swim team won 42 of the pool racing events, consisting of 27 golds, 14 silvers and 8 bronzes... )}}

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, Yang contributed to China's gold medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay, with her team setting a world record. She also won silver in the 4x100 metre mixed medley.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |title=China stun US, Australia with world record in 200m freestyle relay |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3142966/tokyo-olympics-china-stuns-usa-australia-world-record-womens-200m |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=2021-07-31 |title=Team GB smash world record to win Tokyo 4x100m mixed medley relay gold |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/31/tokyo-olympics-great-britain-win-4x100m-mixed-medley-relay-gold |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Yang and her team won bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relays and set a new Asian record with a time of 3:30.30, surpassing their previous record from the 2023 World Championships. Yang, who was in the starting leg, set a new Chinese national record in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 52.48.{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=2024-07-27 |title=Yang Junxuan Fires Off 52.48 100 Free CHN Record, Relay Scores Asian Record |url=https://swimswam.com/yang-junxuan-fires-off-5248-100free-chn-record-relay-scores-asian-record/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}} Yang's 51.96 final freestyle anchor-leg swim in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay race helped her team beat the previous world record time of 3:37.58 set by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 3:37.55, however she and her team had to settle for the Silver medal as the U.S. swim team captured the Gold medal with a faster new world record time of 3:37.43.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=David Rieder-Senior |date=2024-08-15 |title=Paris Olympics: United States-China Mixed Medley Showdown Was Best Race of Games |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/paris-olympics-united-states-china-mixed-medley-showdown-was-best-race-of-games/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Swimming World News |language=en-US |quote=The U.S. clocked 3:37.43, with China just behind at 3:37.55, both marginally quicker than the world record set by Great Britain three years earlier in Tokyo, while Australia was plenty elite in a bronze-medal performance...}}{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Michael |date=2024-08-03 |title=record in 4 x 100m mixed medley relay |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-swimming-usa-gold-mixed-medley-relay |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Paris 2024 - Olympics.com |publisher= |quote=The United States won the swimming mixed 4 x 100m medley relay gold medal at Paris 2024 on Saturday, 3 August, recording a world record time of 3:37.43. The People's Republic of China grabbed silver with a time of 3:37.55, followed by bronze medallists Australia with a time of 3:38.76. The previous world record of 3:37.58 was set by Great Britain at Tokyo 2020, where Team USA finished in fifth. Team GB finished in seventh in Saturday's final. China and Australia also placed second and third, respectively, at Tokyo 2020.}}

References

External links

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[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/junxuan-yang_1945159 Yang Junxuan] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2022 Asian Games profile|swimming/athlete-profile-n2008016-yang-junxuan}}
{{2018 Asian Games profile|YANG-Junxuan-3009435}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Swimming 4 × 100m Medley Relay Girls}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Swimming 4 × 100m Medley Relay Mixed}}

Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Zibo

Category:Swimmers from Shandong

Category:Chinese female freestyle swimmers

Category:Olympic swimmers for China

Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for China

Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics