Huang Xuechen

Huang Xuechen is a Chinese Olympic synchronised swimmer.

Early life

Huang was born in Shanghai on 1990. In 1996, she entered Shanghai Peihua School to start training in swimming and in 2000, she switched to synchronized swimming. In 2002, Huang entered the Shanghai University of Sport.

Career

In 2005, Huang entered the national youth team and in 2006, entered the national team. In 2009, Huang won the third place in the synchronized swimming double free-routine at the 2009 [National Games of China|11th National Games] in Shandong.
Huang competed in the Synchronized swimming at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team|women's team] event at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal.
She followed up this success in the Synchronized swimming at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|women's duet] and Synchronized swimming at the 2012 [Summer Olympics – Women's team|women's team] events at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won two silver medals, one in the duet and one in the team event.