Fu Yuanhui
 Fu Yuanhui (centre) with Liu Xiang (left) and Etiene Medeiros (right), 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name |
傅园慧 Fu Yuanhui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Honghuang Girl (洪荒少女)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 7, 1996 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.fuyuanhuii.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Zhejiang Swimming Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fu Yuanhui (Chinese: 傅园慧; pinyin: Fù Yuánhuì; born January 7, 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist.[3]
Early life
On January 7 1996, Fu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is the only child to her parents Fu Chunsheng (付春昇) and Shen Ying (沈英).[4]
Fu started swimming at the age of 5.[5]
Swimming career
2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she competed in the Women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing in 8th place in the final.
2015 World Championships
She won the 50 metre backstroke at the World Aquatics Championship in 2015 and helped China win the 4x100 metre medley.
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Fu won a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke, by tying for third place with Kylie Masse. Following this medal, her cheerful interviews and goofy demeanor made her very popular.[6][7] Mark Dreyer, a Beijing-based sports writer, noted that Fu exemplified "a positive trend in Chinese sports whereby athletics was undergoing a transition away from “manufactured Olympic champions” from the state-run sports system who were effective at bringing home medals but had cardboard personalities and inspired little devotion among fans'.[8]
A few days later, after her lackluster performance in the 4x100 m medley relay, she told an interviewer that she was on her period; many commended her decision to speak about this, menstruation being considered a taboo topic in sports.[9][10]
Personal bests (long course)
- As of August 9, 2016
| Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
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| 50 m backstroke | 27.11 | Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke | August 6, 2015 | |
| 100 m backstroke | 58.76 | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 8, 2016 | NR |
| 200 m backstroke | 2.08.84 | 2015 BHP Super Series | January 30, 2015 |
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References
- ↑ 奥运“网红”傅园慧：身怀“洪荒之力”的段子手 Retrieved 2016-10-05
- 1 2 "Yuanhui Fu". Rio 2016 Organization. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Yuanhui Fu". 2012 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ “妈妈，这个小雨伞哭了”——傅园慧从小就是段子手 Retrieved 2016-10-05
- ↑ “洪荒少女”傅园慧的红与黑：我不是段子手 Retrieved 2016-10-05
- ↑ "Fu Yuanhui: China falls in love with Olympic swimmer and her 'mystic energy'". The Guardian. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ↑ Editor, Maxwell Strachan Senior; Post, The Huffington (9 August 2016). "Meet Fu Yuanhui, The Most Lovable Athlete At The Rio Olympics".
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- ↑ "China's Fu Yuanhui breaks taboo by admitting she was on her period".
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Support as China's Fu Yuanhui breaks period taboo - BBC News".