Sun Yang
Chinese swimmer · China · On the map · Athletes · Born 1991 · age 34
Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and former world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming.
Sun Yang is read about 151 times a day, in 38 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.
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Sun and Park Tae-hwan at the 2014 Asian Games
Sun, James Guy, and Ryan Cochrane at the 400 metre freestyle victory ceremony at the 2015 World Championships
Sun after winning the 200 metre freestyle at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series
Sun with a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games
Sun giving Park Tae-hwan a tailor-made birthday cake to celebrate Park's birthday at the 2014 Asian GamesIn their own words 2
, You’re a loser, I’m a winner.
If Horton and Guy can swim a little faster, they can taste my delicious footbath water.
About this person
Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 to 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "very arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".
