Wang Shun

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Wang Shun is a versatile Chinese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. He is a 3x Olmypian and Olympic champion in the 200 IM.

Wang began swimming at the age of six and 10 years later he represented China for the first time at the Asian Games where he earned a silver medal in the 200 meter individual medley.

He currently trains under Zhu Zhigen at the Zhejiang swimming team while studying Business Administration at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

2012 London Olympic Games

In his Olympic debut at 18-years-old, Wang finished 22nd in the 200 meter individual medley in 2:00.85.

2013-2014 Season

At the 2013 Chinese Nationals, Wang broke the national record in the 400 meter individual medley in 4:09.10. A year later at his second Asian Games, he won a bronze medal in the 200 meter individual medley in 1:59.10.

2015 FINA World Championships

In Kazan, Wang won his first World Championship medal when he finished third in the 200 meter individual medley. He finished behind USA’s Ryan Lochte and Brazil’s Thiago Pereira in a personal best time and Chinese Record of 1:56.81.

2016 Rio Olympic Games

In Rio, Wang became the first Chinese swimmer to earn an Olympic medal in the 200 meter individual medley when he won a bronze medal. He finished in 1:57.05 behind USA’s Michael Phelps and Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. He also swam the 400 meter medley were he finished 10th in 4:14.46.

2017 World Championships

Wang picked up a bronze in the 200 IM again touching in 1:56.28 behind USA’s Chase Kalisz and Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. He stormed back in 27.89, the fastest freestyle split in the field.

2018 Asian Games

Wang won a hat trick of medals on Jakarta, including gold in the 200 IM (1:56.52), bronze in the 400 IM (4:12.31), and silver in the men’s 4×200 free relay, where he split 1:46.53 on the third leg.

2018 Short Course World Championships

Wang won the gold medal in the 200 IM (personal best 1:51.01) and finished seventh in the 100 IM (51.95).

Wang picked up a bronze medal as a part of the 4×200 freestyle relay.

2020 Olympic Games

After moving through the prelims and semi-finals as the top seed in the 200 IM, Wang Shun made the most of his position in lane 4. Swimming a strategic race through all 4 strokes, Shun asserted himself on the last 50 to touch first, winning Olympic gold in 1:55.00.

International Medals

Place Event Year Meet
Bronze 200 I.M. 2016 Olympic Games
Gold 200 I.M. 2020 Olympic Games
Bronze 800 Freestyle Relay 2011 World Championships
Bronze 800 Freestyle Relay 2013 World Championships
Bronze 200 I.M. 2015 World Championships
Bronze 200 I.M. 2017 World Championships
Gold 200 I.M. 2018 Short Course World Championships
Bronze 800 Freestyle Relay 2018 Short Course World Championships
Silver 200 I.M. 2010 Asian Games
Bronze 200 I.M. 2014 Asian Games
Gold 200 I.M. 2018 Asian Games
Silver 800 Freestyle Relay 2018 Asian Games
Bronze 400 I.M. 2018 Asian Games

Best Times

Course Event Time Date Meet
lcm 200 IM 1:55.00 07/29/21 2020 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
lcm 400 IM 4:09.10 09/04/13 2013 National Games of China
Liaoning, China
scm 100 IM 51.62 11/15/18 FINA World Cup No. 7
Singapore
scm 200 IM 1:51.01 12/11/18 2018 Short Course World Championships
Hangzhou, China
Kosuke Hagino, Michael Phelps, Wang Shun - 200 IM podim - 2016 Rio Olympics/photo credit Simone Castrovillari Thiago Pereira, Shun Wang and Ryan Lochte following the 200IM awards at the 2015 FINA world championships Kazan Russia (photo: Mike Lewis, Ola Vista Photography) Shun Wang at the FINA Short Course Worlds Windsor, Canada (photo: Mike Lewis) Shun Wang 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary (photo: Mike Lewis) Shun Wang 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary (photo: Mike Lewis) Kosuke Hagino, Chase Kalisz, Shun Wang 200 IM Awards 2017 World Championships Budapest, Hungary (photo: Mike Lewis)