Qian Hong (; born January 30, 1971, in

Baoding Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2020 census, Baoding City had 11,544,036 inhabitants, of which 2,549,787 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban distri ...

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) is a former

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from

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and two-time Olympic medalist. Qian first won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

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. Four years later she captured gold in the same event at the

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1971 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic swimmers for China Sportspeople from Baoding Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Chinese female butterfly swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers from Hebei Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games swimmers for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Asian Games silver medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists in swimming {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub