Wu Yanyan
- January 6, 2024
- Swimmer
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Wu Yanyan Biography
| Name | Wu Yanyan |
| Birthday | Jan 7 |
| Birth Year | 1978 |
| Place Of Birth | Liaoyang |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Wu Yanyan is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on January 7, 1978 in Liaoyang, China. Wu Yanyan (simplified Chinese: Wu Yan Yan ; traditional Chinese: Wu Yan Yan Pinyin: Wu Yanyan ; born on January 7, 1978) is a Chinese swimmer who was previously the world record holder for the women’s 200m individual medley. Wu broke the record for the world in an record time that was 2:09.72 in Shanghai during China’s National Games in October 1997.
Wu’s performance grew dramatically at her national championships (also competing in Beijing’s Olympic Trials) in Jinan City in May 2000 in which she took in the 200 IM in 2:14.02 (third in the world at the time) and led to suspicions that she had been involved in doping. Then it was discovered that she did not pass the drug test following an examination at the Trials in Jinan and was banned for 4 years by Chinese authorities. A steroid that was anabolic was discovered inside her body.
The 22-year-old was not a drug user but was immediately removed in China’s Olympic Team training for the 2000 Summer Olympics that September and was penalized 964 dollars by China’s Chinese Swimming Association. Wu Jicai, her coach, was fined $482 and was suspended for a period of one year.
Wu Yanyan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Wu Yanyan is one of the richest Swimmer from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wu Yanyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Wu was first noticed after she took home the 1996 China Olympic Trials in a world-leading 2:12.87 beating the 1992 Olympic winner Lin Li into second place. She also came in 2nd place on the podium in the 400 IM with a stout 4:41.20. Similar to many of her fellow athletes she failed to qualify for her attempt at the Atlanta Games, failing to make it to the finals of the Medley events. If she had re-run her trial times in Atlanta she might have been a gold medalist for the 200 IM and silver in the 400. Actually the 200 IM time was nearly one second quicker over Michelle Smith’s win time from Atlanta (2:13.93) and was ranked as the top overall for 1996.
A year after an Olympics, Wu set a world record of 2:09.72 at the 1997 Chinese National Games, where she also finished second overall in the 400 IM (4:36.28 The event ended up being won by Chen Yan in a world record of 4:34.79) and third in the 200 back (2:10.71) and 200 fly (2:10.45). She then won in the 200 IM at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia with the fastest time of her career (2:10.88) Also, she was fourth on the 200 fly (2:10.22 and was the only Chinese swimmer to achieve an individual best in Perth) as well as the 400 IM (4:40.16). After winning her time dropped substantially, but she did manage to take home her 200 IM gold medal at in 1998 at the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand (2:15.12). She also participated in 1998’s Short Course Worlds in Hong Kong but failed to medal.
Consequently, Wu Yanyan’s world record, which stood for over 10.5 years, is considered a tainted one. The American Katie Hoff, who specialises in the individual medley, stated that erasing the record is “my one and only goal”. Eventually, it was Australian Stephanie Rice who lowered Wu’s record to 2:08.92 on March 25, 2008 at the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships. Hoff bettered the World mark later that same year, at the USA Olympic Trials.
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Wu Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Wu Yanyan celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.