(1991-12-01) 1 December 1991 (age 32) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[4]
Weight
89 kg (196 lb)[1]
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
孙杨
Traditional Chinese
孫楊
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sūn Yáng
IPA
[swə́n.jǎŋ]
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
Club
Zhejiang Swimming Team
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing China
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
3
2
1
World Championships (LC)
11
2
3
World Championships (SC)
0
0
1
Asian Swimming Championships
8
0
0
Asian Games
9
5
0
Total
31
9
5
Olympic Games
2012 London
400 m freestyle
2012 London
1500 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro
200 m freestyle
2012 London
200 m freestyle
2016 Rio de Janeiro
400 m freestyle
2012 London
4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2011 Shanghai
800 m freestyle
2011 Shanghai
1500 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona
400 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona
800 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona
1500 m freestyle
2015 Kazan
400 m freestyle
2015 Kazan
800 m freestyle
2017 Budapest
200 m freestyle
2017 Budapest
400 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju
200 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju
400 m freestyle
2011 Shanghai
400 m freestyle
2015 Kazan
200 m freestyle
2009 Rome
1500 m freestyle
2011 Shanghai
4×200 m freestyle
2013 Barcelona
4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2018 Hangzhou
4×200 m freestyle
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou
1500 m freestyle
2010 Guangzhou
4×200 m freestyle
2014 Incheon
1500 m freestyle
2014 Incheon
400 m freestyle
2014 Incheon
4×100 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
200 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
400 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
800 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
1500 m freestyle
2010 Guangzhou
200 m freestyle
2010 Guangzhou
400 m freestyle
2014 Incheon
200 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
4×100 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
4×200 m freestyle
Sun Yang (Chinese: 孙杨; Mandarin pronunciation:[swə́n.jǎŋ]; born 1 December 1991) is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 to 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "very arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".[5]
In September 2018, Sun, during his ninth drug test in two weeks, was involved in an incident during an out-of-competition anti-doping testing operation at his home, where a doping control assistant (DCA) could not provide appropriate accreditations, verifying his identity and whether the test was authorized, and had also taken photos of Sun without his permission.[6] After his offer to wait for a properly accredited team was declined, Sun refused to let the testers take his blood sample and a security guard broke open the container to prevent the drug testers from taking away the blood vials.[6] The DCA was later confirmed to be a construction worker according to Chinese state media. Additionally, the DCA acknowledged breaching professional conduct and excitedly taking photos of Sun without his permission during the testing operation and though the DCA didn't testify in person, his written statement was confirmed by several witnesses, including the doping control officer (DCO) who lead the testing operation.[6] FINA stated that because the conduct of the DCA was unprofessional and the test lacked proper authorization, they concluded that Sun did not commit an anti-doping rule violation for not submitting himself to the test. On 28 February 2020, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivered its findings, overturning FINA's decision and banning Sun for eight years for tampering with the doping control process. Some analysts opined that the trial was marred by severe translation problems, conflict of interest, bias and an "absence of evidence" around doping activity. CAS also ruled that Sun would not officially lose any of his medals because "doping tests performed on the Athlete shortly before and after the aborted doping control in September 2018 were negative" and that "in the absence of any evidence that the Athlete may have engaged in doping activity since 4 September 2018, including on the occasion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2019, the results achieved by the Athlete in the period prior to the CAS award being issued should not be disqualified".[7][8][9][10] On 22 June 2021, after the retrial of the case, the CAS upheld the ban but reduced the suspension time to 4 years and three months.[11]
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^"'Lies and false evidence': Lawyer shreds Sun Yang's eight-year ban ruling". Fox Sports. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^Court of Arbitration for Sport (29 February 2020). "Sun Yang is found guilty of a doping offense and sanctioned with an 8-year period of ineligibility" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^"Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules". ABC News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^"Sun Yang: Eight-year ban for Chinese Olympic champion". BBC Sport. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^"CAS decision in the matter World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Sun Yang and Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)" (PDF). www.tas-cas.org. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 22 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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