SWIMMER

Qian Hong

1971 - Today

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Qian Hong (simplified Chinese: 钱红; traditional Chinese: 錢紅; pinyin: Qián Hóng; born January 30, 1971, in Baoding, Hebei) is a former butterfly swimmer from China and two-time Olympic medalist. Qian first won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later she captured gold in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Qian Hong is the 345th most popular swimmer (down from 274th in 2024), the 1,318th most popular biography from China (down from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Qian Hong ranks 345 out of 709Before her are Mary T. Meagher, Mikako Kotani, Yang Wenyi, Pernille Blume, Jason Lezak, and Bronte Barratt. After her are Andriy Govorov, Mike Barrowman, Nicholas Santos, Beatrice Câșlaru, Birte Weigang, and Anastasia Davydova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Qian Hong ranks 977Before her are Harald Strand Nilsen, György Mizsei, Tsutomu Nishino, Pascal Renier, Masahide Kawamoto, and Sergei Mandreko. After her are Nick Hysong, Jared Palmer, Francesco Mussoni, Kenichi Sugano, Tatsuya Morishige, and Aleksander Delchev.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qian Hong ranks 1,318 out of 1,610Before her are Li Jinyu (1977), He Ying (1977), Zhang Zhong (1978), Yang Wei (1979), Fu Haifeng (1984), and Sun Mingming (1983). After her are Xie Xingfang (1981), Wang Huifeng (1968), Liao Fan (1974), Jia (1990), Deng Qingming (1966), and Zou Kai (1988).

Among SWIMMERS In China

Among swimmers born in China, Qian Hong ranks 5Before her are Sun Yang (1991), Lin Li (1970), Le Jingyi (1975), and Yang Wenyi (1972). After her are Zhuang Yong (1972), Ye Shiwen (1996), Pan Zhanle (2004), Jiao Liuyang (1991), Zhang Lin (1987), Wang Shun (1994), and Liu Zige (1989).