Jin Hao (swimmer)

Jin Hao
Personal information
Native name金浩
Born (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979 (age 45)
Zaozhuang, China
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Chinese name
Chinese金浩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Hào
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggam1 hou6
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  People's Republic of China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 100m butterfly

Jin Hao (Chinese: 金浩; born 6 February 1979) is a Chinese swimming coach and former swimmer. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and was a bronze medalist for the 100 metre butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games.

Career

Jin is from Zaozhuang, Shandong.[1] He competed at the 1997 National Games of China, where he was a gold medalist.[2] Shijun Diao of the magazine Chunqiu Birmonthly called Jin "swimming prince" in a 1998 profile.[3] Jin competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in three events: men's 400 metre freestyle, men's 1500 metre freestyle, and men's 400 metre individual medley, where he ranked 25, 32, and 25, respectively.[4]

Through her lawyer Lin Yaoqiang, the Shanghai woman referee Chen Xia accused Jin and three fellow Shandong swimming team teammates of kicking her to the floor and assaulting her on 15 October 2000, during the Chinese National Swimming Championships, causing her to be hospitalised for cerebral hematoma.[5][6] According to Lin, they attacked her after she called a security guard to help after they cornered chief referee Dou Xuanguan when he told them they were disqualified from the competition for not registering in time.[5][6] Owing to the incident, the swimming division of the General Administration of Sport of China suspended Jin and another teammate from competitions between 14 October 2000 and 14 April 2001 and suspended two other teammates for one year.[7] In an interview in October 2001, Jin said the half-year suspension he received was unfair because it was another teammate who assaulted Chen, not he.[6]

During the 2001 National Games of China, he completed in eight events, the most of any participant that year.[1] The events he competed in were the 400 metres freestyle, 400 metres medley, 200 metres freestyle, 100 metres freestyle, 200 metres medley, 200 metres butterfly, 1500 metres freestyle, and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay. In seven individual events and one team event, Jin competed 22 times, the most of all participants. Thrice breaking the national record, he received one gold medal, three silver medals, and one bronze medal, contributing 76 points to the Shandong team. His achievements during the National Games prompted the Qilu Evening News to call him the "scoring king" of the Games' swimming competitions. After eight days of competition, Jin had lost 4 kilograms (8.8 lb).[1] At the 2002 Asian Games, he was a bronze medalist for the 100 metre butterfly.[2] At the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event, Jin and his teammates received the gold medal and with a time of three minutes and 21.07 seconds, breaking the previous Asian Games record set by the Japanese team by almost a second.[8][9][10]

By 2005, he was a Shandong Sport University [zh] swimming coach. He said that being a coach was a lot more exhausting than being an athlete owing to having to attend to athletes' needs and there being more things he has to take into consideration. He considered himself retired from competing in the sport, but Shandong asked him to compete in the 2005 National Games of China, giving him two months to get ready. At the competition, he received the bronze medal for the 100 metre butterfly. In an interview, he said, "Winning the bronze medal does not show how strong I am, but that China's overall strength in this event is really poor."[2]

Jin coached the swimmer Xin Xin who received a gold medal for the women's 10 km open water swimming event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[11] She was China's first gold medalist in open water swimming at the FINA World Championships.[12] Jin was a Shandong swimming coach during the 25th Provincial Games in Shandong Province held in 2022 and was a member of the coaching team that determined which athletes should be chosen to join the provincial team to train for the National Games.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ma, Anquan 马安泉; Wang, Weilin 王玮琳 (21 November 2001). "九运游泳得分王 非山东金浩莫属" [Ninth Games swimming scoring champion is none other than Shandong's Jin Hao]. Qilu Evening News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.
  2. ^ a b c Zhu, Feng 朱峰; Huang, Yong 黄勇 (19 October 2005). "金浩100米蝶泳摘铜称幸运：不是我强是整体水平差" [Jin Hao won bronze in the 100-metre butterfly and said he was lucky: It’s not that I am strong but that my overall level is poor] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.
  3. ^ Diao, Shijun 刁仕军 (1998). "游泳王子金浩". Chunqiu Birmonthly 春秋. No. 3. ISSN 1672-5794. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jin Hao". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "全国游泳赛打人事件新进展 陈厦求助体总" [New developments in the beating incident at the national swimming competition. Chen Xia seeks help from the Sports Federation]. Titan Sports (in Chinese). 31 October 2000. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.
  6. ^ a b c Wang, Chaodong 王超栋 (15 October 2001). "殴裁事件当事人说话了 山东教练坦言有点冤" [The person involved in the referee assault incident spoke out, and the Shandong coach admitted that it was a little unjust]. Sports Weekly 体育周报 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ Qu, Hongbo 曲宏波 (7 February 2001). ""殴裁事件"将二次开庭 大团圆结局不可避免" [The "Assault Incident" will be held in court for the second time, and a happy ending is inevitable]. Chongqing Evening News [zh] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.
  8. ^ Yu, Jiong 俞炯 (3 October 2002). "游泳比赛第三天金牌中国多纪录日本破" [On the third day of the swimming competition, China and Japan broke many gold medal records]. News Evening Post (in Chinese).
  9. ^ Wang, Jian 王健 (3 October 2002). "釜山传真：中国男子百米游泳接力队重写辉煌" [Busan Fax: Chinese men's 100-meter swimming relay team rewrites its glory] (in Chinese). China News Service.
  10. ^ "山东泳将收获两金" [Shandong swimmers win two gold medals]. Qilu Evening News (in Chinese). 3 October 2002.
  11. ^ "辛鑫冲击奥运公开水域游泳金牌 要像孙杨一样强大" [Xin Xin strives for the Olympic open water swimming gold medal and needs to be as strong as Sun Yang] (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ "辛鑫夺金后求表扬 教练：太棒了！ 没想能夺金" [Xin Xin asked for praise after winning the gold medal. Coach: Great! She didn't expect to win the gold medal] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.
  13. ^ Ji, Yu 季禹 (5 September 2022). "山东游泳后劲如何 一线教练这么说" [How is Shandong’s swimming stamina? This is what the first-line coach said]. Qilu Evening News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Sina Corporation.