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Zhou Yilin

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Zhou Yilin
Personal information
Full nameZhou Yilin
National team China
Born (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 32)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 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

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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

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  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.