866 Yuhangtang Rd, Xihu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310027
In 2014, Yang graduated from Zhejiang University with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Studies.
650 Qingyuan Ring Rd, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
In 2018, Sun began his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Kinesiology at Shanghai University of Sport.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China reacts before the competition in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China prepares for the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China reacts before the competition in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China gives an interview after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 400m Freestyle final race during day two of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2017
Tianjin, China
Sun Yang of Zhejiang shows all his medals after the awarding ceremony of men's 4x100m medley relay final at 13th Chinese National Games in North China's Tianjin municipality.
2017
Tianjin, China
Sun Yang of Zhejiang shows all his medals after the awarding ceremony of men's 4x100m medley relay final at 13th Chinese National Games in North China's Tianjin municipality.
2018
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 800m freestyle swimming final on day two of the Asian Games on August 20, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2018
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 800m freestyle swimming final on day two of the Asian Games on August 20, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2018
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the men's 400m freestyle swimming final on day three of the 2018 Asian Games on August 21, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China competes Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final during 14th FINA World Swimming Championships - Day 4 - on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China competes Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final during 14th FINA World Swimming Championships - Day 4 - on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China competes Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final during 14th FINA World Swimming Championships - Day 4 - on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China looks on after competitions in the Men's Freestyle 4x200m on day 4 of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's Freestyle 4x200m Relay Preliminaries on day 4 of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China reacts in the Men's Freestyle 4x200m Relay Preliminaries on day 4 of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.
2018
Hangzhou, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's Freestyle 4x200m Relay Preliminaries on day 4 of the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo on December 14, 2018 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China reacts before the competition in the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the day one of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China prepares for the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China competes in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China reacts before the competition in the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the day two of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020-Beijing at Ying Tung Swimming Hall of National Olympic Sports Center on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China gives an interview after winning the Men's 200m Freestyle final race during day one of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.
2020
Beijing, China
Sun Yang of China celebrates after winning the Men's 400m Freestyle final race during day two of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 on January 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.
866 Yuhangtang Rd, Xihu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310027
In 2014, Yang graduated from Zhejiang University with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Studies.
Sun Yang together with his parents
650 Qingyuan Ring Rd, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
In 2018, Sun began his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Kinesiology at Shanghai University of Sport.
Sun Quanhong, Yang's father
Yang Ming, Sun's mother
Park Tae-hwan, Sun's friend
Sun was born on December 1, 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is the only child in his family. Yang's father, Sun Quanhong, was a basketball player for Anhui Tigong. His mother, Yang Ming, was a volleyball player for Zhejiang and currently is a sports coach.
Sun started swimming in 1998.
In 2014, Yang graduated from Zhejiang University with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Studies. Four years later, he began his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Kinesiology at Shanghai University of Sport.
Sun began swimming at the national level in 2006 and was a member of China's team at the 2007 FINA world championships in Melbourne. His real debut on the world stage came at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he placed 8th in the 1,500-m freestyle and 28th in the 400-m freestyle. The next year, at the world championships in Rome, he moved up to 3rd in the longer event. It was at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, however, that he revealed his true potential. Buoyed by a boisterous hometown crowd, he stroked to an amazing mark of 14 min 35.43 sec in the 1,500 m - the second fastest time in history and less than a second behind Australian Grant Hackett's world record.
One year later, at the world championships in Shanghai, Sun picked up gold medals in the 800 m and 1,500 m, along with a silver in the 400-m freestyle and a bronze in the 4 × 200-m freestyle relay. Significantly, his gold medals included that elusive 1,500-m global record, which Hackett had held for a full decade. It was the sport's only men's mark to have survived the record onslaught of the high-tech-suit era, and Sun broke it by 0.42 sec.
Despite having established himself as the prohibitive pre-Olympic favourite in the 1,500-m freestyle, teen headed to Australia's Gold Coast to train under Denis Cotterell, Hackett's longtime mentor. The move paid huge dividends at the 2012 Games. Sun began with a surprisingly easy victory in the 400-m freestyle, where his time (3 min 40.14 sec) - the third fastest in history - was only 0.07 sec off the world record. It also made Sun the first Chinese man to win Olympic gold in swimming. He then tied for silver in the 200-m freestyle and anchored China's 4 × 200-m relay squad to its first medal, a bronze. That left the 1,500 m, Sun's signature event. Grabbing the lead at the start, Sun was relentless in carving out an 8.61-sec victory. His time of 14 min 31.02 sec shattered his own world standard and made him the first swimmer since 1980 to take the 400-/1,500-m double.
In 2013 Sun competed at the World Championships in Barcelona and became the first swimmer since Grant Hackett to sweep all three distance events at the Championships. He swam a seven-event lineup at the 2014 Chinese Nationals, earning a bronze in the 100m freestyle.
In 2014 Yang made headlines with a doping violation, testing positive for trimetazidine. He served his suspension before it was made public and won gold at the 2014 Asian Games. Later, he won more gold medals in the 1500-m, 400-m and 200-m freestyles at the Chinese Nationals.
At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Sun finished first about one second ahead of James Guy. In the 800-meter free, he once again picked up a gold medal, this time battling out Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri.
In 2016 Yang took the silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle on the opening night in the pool. Two days later in the 200 meter freestyle in Rio, Yang won gold in 1:44.65. His final swim in Rio was the 1,500 meter freestyle. Yang failed to get out the heats, finishing 16th.
At the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, he won gold in the 200 meter and 400 meter freestyle. At a distance of 800 meters Sun took fifth place.
At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Yang put up a fantastic performance, sweeping the 200-1500 and adding 2 silvers in the 4×100 and 4×200 free relays.
Sun Yang started out his 2019 World Championships with Gold in the 400 Free, making it 4-for-4 straight World Titles for him in the event. In his second race of the meet, Yang competed in the 200 free, where he initially finished 2nd behind Danas Rapsys of Lithuania, but Rapsys was ultimately DQ'ed for a false start, rendering Yang the gold medalist in a time of 1:44.93.
On February 28, 2020, Sun Yang was handed an eight-year period of ineligibility over an out-of-competition doping test gone awry in 2018.
Sun Yang is widely known as the most successful Chinese swimmer in history with World, Asian, Olympic, and National Records. He is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and eleven-time world champion. In 2010, he won the 1500 metre freestyle at the Asian Games, setting a new Asian record. Two years later, he became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance between 200 and 1500 metres.
Sun's sporting philosophy is "You succeed when you believe that you can succeed".
Quotations:
"Around the world, when China has good results, people always think something bad."
"We are training as hard as all athletes in other countries."
"Sometimes we make a mistake. Don't treat us as the enemy."
"There are indeed people with ulterior motives who don't wish Chinese swimming well; they even don't wish Asian swimming well. We cannot let these people's plans succeed."
"You can imagine how hard it is, but there's always a force that pushes me forward to do all I can!"
"I am happy with my confidence level."
"To me I treat each of my events as something to enjoy."
"I just need to focus on myself. I think nobody should focus on others, whether they actually have a problem with Chinese swimming or not."
"I think I will have an edge over my rivals in terms of confidence and experience."
"I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete."
Sun Yang is described as arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time.
Physical Characteristics: Sun Yang is 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 89 kg (196 lb).
Sun Yang is not married.
Sun Quanhong used to be a basketball player for Anhui Tigong.
Yang Ming used to be a volleyball player for Zhejiang. Currently she is a sports coach.
(born September 27, 1989)
Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean competitive swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion.
