Ye Shiwen
- January 5, 2024
- Swimmer
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Ye Shiwen Biography
| Name | Ye Shiwen |
| Birthday | Mar 1 |
| Birth Year | 1996 |
| Place Of Birth | Hangzhou |
| Home Town | Zhejiang |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Parents | Ye Qingsong, Ning Yiqing |
Ye Shiwen is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on March 1, 1996 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. China’s Olympic swimmer, who won gold medals in individual medleys at 400m and 200m.
She was faster than American male swimmer Ryan Lotte in the freestyle leg for her Olympic 400-meter Medley final 2012 Olympic.
Ye Shiwen was born in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China. Her father Ye Qingsong was a runner in his youth, and her mother Ning Yiqing, who was a champion long jumper at school, works for a washing machine company. She started swimming at the age of six after her kindergarten teacher noticed she had large hands and feet, joining the Chen Jinglun Sport School in the city. She won the 50m freestyle at the 2006 Zhejiang Provincial Games. She was on the provincial swimming team by 2007 and the Chinese national team by 2008, attending the national junior training camp for two months beginning from October of that year.
Although there was speculation regarding Ye’s significant improvement over a relatively short time, Phil Lutton pointed out that Ye had grown from 160 cm at the time of the 2010 Games to 172 cm at the 2012 Olympics, and that “[t]hat sort of difference in height, length of stroke and size of hand leads to warp- speed improvement”. Former Olympic swimming champions Ian Thorpe and Adrian Moorhouse said that they had also improved their personal bests due to growth spurts. The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan stated in a news conference that Ye had passed drug tests and “deserved recognition for her talent”.
Her father Ye Qingsong, a runner and her mother Ning Yuqing, a long jumper, was her father.
Ye Shiwen Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ye Shiwen is one of the richest Swimmer from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ye Shiwen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She began swimming at 6 years old.
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, she won gold in the individual 200-meter medley.
Ye Shiwen (Chinese: 叶诗文 ; pinyin: Yè Shīwén ; Mandarin pronunciation: [jê ʂɻ̩́ wə̌n] ; born 1 March 1996) is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in the 400 metres and 200 metres individual medley, breaking the world record in the 400 m event and the Olympic record in the 200 m event.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | 64 kg |
Ye Shiwen height 5 ft 8 in Ye weight 64 kg & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Ye Shiwen Dating?
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At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Ye won two gold medals in the 200m individual medley with a new games record of 2:08.94 and the 400m individual medley with a new games record of 4:32.97. She also helped China win the gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle.
Facts & Trivia
Ye Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Ye Shiwen celebrates birthday on March 1 of every year.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Ye qualified as fourth fastest for the final of the 200 m individual medley, but finished 8th in the final. In the 400 m individual medley, she failed to qualify for the final.