Jiao Liuyang


Jiao Liuyang 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.
Before the Olympics, Jiao had competed at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, where she placed 4th in the 200 m butterfly. She had also won gold at the 2006 Asian Championships, setting a new championship record.
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. 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. Individually, she also won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly.
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. She went on to win gold at the 2011 World Championships, in the 200 m butterfly.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she went one place better, winning the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04.06, setting a new Olympic record. She also competed in the 100 m butterfly, reaching the semifinal, and was part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m medley team. 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.

Major achievements

Records

Personal Bests

In long course
  • 50 m butterfly: 26.04 Asian, Chinese Record
  • 100 m butterfly: 57.16 '''Asian, Chinese Record'''