Xu Yanwei (; born 14 June 1984 in

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) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from

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, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2003. She competed at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

in Athens. She was part of China's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, which won the silver medal, beaten by the USA team. She was also part of China's 4 × 100 m women's freestyle relay team. China reached the final in this event but did not win a medal. Xu competed as an individual in the 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly events, but did not progress past the heat stage in either.

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