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Jiao Liuyang
Personal information
Full name	Jiao Liuyang
Nationality	Chinese
Born	August 6, 1991 (age 33); Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Medal record
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Jiao Liuyang (simplified Chinese: 焦刘洋; traditional Chinese: 焦劉洋; pinyin: Jiāo Liúyáng; born August 6, 1991) is a Chinese swimmer, who specializes in the 200-metre butterfly.

Career

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige, who won the race in a time of 2:04.18. Both swimmers swam faster than the former world record held by Australia's Jessicah Schipper (2:05.40).

Before the Olympics, Jiao had competed at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, where she placed 4th in the 200 m butterfly (2:07.22). She had also won gold at the 2006 Asian Championships, setting a new championship record.^[1]

In 2009, she won two gold medals at the Asian Swimming Championships in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly, setting championship records in both events.^[1] That year, the Chinese 4 x 100 m relay team also set a new world record time on the way to winning gold at the World Championships.^[1] Individually, she also won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly.^[1]

She won three gold medals at the 2010 Asian Games, in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, and as part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley relay team. All three gold medals were won in times that were new Games records.^[1] She went on to win gold at the 2011 World Championships, in the 200 m butterfly.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she went one place better, winning the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:94.96, setting a new Olympic record.^[2] She also competed in the 100 m butterfly, reaching the semifinal, and was part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley team.^[2] Following the Olympics, she won two silver medals at the World Short Course Swimming Championships, in the 50 m butterfly and the 200 m butterfly.^[1]

Major achievements

2005 National Games - 2nd 200 m fly (2:10.31);
2006 Asian Championships - 1st 200 m fly (2:08.54)
2008 Olympics - 2nd 200 m fly (2:04.72)
2009 World Championships - 3rd 100 m fly (56.86)
2009 Asian Swimming Championships - 1st 50 m fly, 1st 100 m fly, 2nd 200 m fly
2010 Asian Games, 1st 100 m and 200 m butterfly, 1st 4 x 100 m medley relay^[1]
2011 World Aquatics Championships - 1st 200 m fly
2012 Summer Olympics - 1st 200 m Butterfly^[3]^[4]
2012 World Short Course Championships - 2nd 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly^[1]
2014 Asian Games - 1st 200 m butterfly^[1]