Shi Jinglin (; born 3 January 1993) is a Chinese competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in the breaststroke events. She has produced a tally of five medals, two golds and three bronze, in major international competition, spanning the Olympic Games, Asian Games, and World Championships. At the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, Shi broke a meet record to claim the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

Career

Shi made her first Chinese team at the

in Incheon, South Korea, where she achieved two medals, a gold and a bronze, in swimming. She started off the meet by surpassing Japan's

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in the first half of the race to smash the Asian Games record for a gold medal victory in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.67, vaulting her up to eighth in the world rankings. The following day, in the 200 m breaststroke, Shi fell behind the Japanese duo Watanabe and

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in a sprint finish to claim the bronze at 2:23.58. At the

2015 FINA World Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. ...

in Kazan, Russia, Shi added two more medals, a gold and a bronze, to her career tally. In her first event, 100 m breaststroke, Shi lowered her personal best to 1:06.55 for a fifth-place finish in the final, missing out the podium by 0.13 seconds. Three days later, Shi swam a matching time of 2:22.76 in a three-way tie with Spain's

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and Denmark's world-record holder

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for a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke final. On the final night of the meet, Shi and her teammates

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, and

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put up a fast finish in 3:54.41 to claim the gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, just over two seconds away of the current meet record set by her team in 2009.

References

External links

2014 Asian Games Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Jinglin 1993 births Living people Chinese female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of China Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Nanjing World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Nanjing Sport Institute alumni 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women