Yang Yu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yang Yu
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1985(1985-02-06)
Age	39
Birthplace	Hangzhou
Country	People's Republic of China
Horoscope	Pisces

Yang Yu Biography

Yang Yu is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on February 6, 1985 in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. Yang Yu (simplified Chinese: 杨雨 ; traditional Chinese: 楊雨 ; pinyin: Yáng Yǔ ; born February 6, 1985 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a female Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People’s Republic of China. She became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 1999, and competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Yang started the 2003 season strongly by posting a world-leading 1:57.70 at the Chinese Nationals in April 2003, but at the 2003 World Championships (Barcelona), she only managed 3rd in this event (1:58.54). She also took bronze in the 4×200 free relay (7:58.53. Yang split 1:57.24, the fastest in history), and gold in the 4×100 medlay relay (3:59.89, Asian record and 2nd fastest time in history. Yang swam the freestyle leg and split 53.71).

Yang competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. There she was a member of China’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, which won the silver medal in 7:55.97 (Asian record), beaten by the USA team who won in the world record of 7:53.42. Yang was also part of China’s 4 × 100 m women’s freestyle relay team. China reached the final in this event but finished a disappointing 8th.

Yang did compete at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, winning the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle event. She posted strong times at the 2005 Chinese National Games, winning the 200 free in 1:57.86, 2nd fastest in the world globally. At the 2006 World Short Course Championships in Shanghai, she took gold in the 200 free (1:54.94). She failed to defend her 200 free title at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, beaten by teammate Pang Jiaying (1:59.26 to 2:00.73).

In the 2002 World Short Course Championships in Moscow, Yang took gold in the 4×200 free relay (7:46.30, world record), silver in the 200 free (1:55.34, Asian record) and 200 fly (2:06.10), and bronze in the 4×100 free relay (3:36.18). She won gold in the 200 free (1:58.43), 4×100 free relay (3:40.95), 4×200 free relay (7:58.46) and silver in the 100 free (55.51) at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.

Yang Yu Net Worth

Yang Yu is one of the richest Swimmer from People's Republic of China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yang Yu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yang competed in her big international meet in the 2000 World Short Course Championships in Athens, where she won the 200 freestyle in 1:56.06. Later she qualified to swim at the Sydney Olympics, where she placed 17th in the 200 free (2:01.34).

Yang competed at the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships and won the silver medal in the Women’s 200 m Freestyle event (1:58.78), after Australia’s Giaan Rooney (1:58.57). At the 2001 Chinese National Games, she placed 2nd in both the 100 (54.94) and 200 free (1:58.71).

On January 18, 2004 she broke Susie O’Neill’s world record in the women’s short course 200 butterfly during a World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, clocking a time of 2:04.04.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Yang Yu height 5 ft 9 in Yang weight 150  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Yang Yu Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Yang Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in People's Republic of China. Yang Yu celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.