Jiang Shengnan (born June 25, 1991) is a Chinese

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paral ...

Career

At the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

she won three bronze medals: at the Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event, at the Women's 100 metre butterfly S8 event and at the Women's 200 metre individual medley SM8 event. At the

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...

she won a gold medal at the Mixed 4x50meter freestyle relay-20 Points event, with a personal time of 30.52 and a total team time of 2:18.03, a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book '' Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizati ...

and

paralympic record Paralympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Paralympic Games or the Winter Paralympic Games. As each type of Paralympic Games occur only once every four years many of these records d ...

. She also won a bronze medal at the Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event with 30.53.

References

Living people Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic bronze medalists for China Paralympic swimmers for China Chinese female butterfly swimmers Chinese female freestyle swimmers Chinese female medley swimmers S8-classified para swimmers 1991 births Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub