Wang Fang (synchronised swimmer)

Wang Fang
Personal information
National team  China
Born (1977-07-29) 29 July 1977
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Synchronized swimming

Wang Fang (Chinese: 王芳, born 29 July 1977) is a Chinese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] She has also been a coach on the Chinese national team since 2014.[2]

After her retirement in 2001, Wang Fang returned to her home province Jiangsu where she handpicked a small group of children for vigorous training.[3] Among them were Gu Xiao, Guo Li, and Liang Xinping, then only 8 or 9 years old, and Wang Fang coached them all the way from the provincial youth team to the senior national team. The trio became silver medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Han Feizhouyou (韩飞周游) (2014-09-23). "江苏3"美人鱼"助力花游团体金牌 每天泡在水里9小时" [Three "Mermaids" from Jiangsu Help Win Team Gold in Synchronised Swimming; Spend Nine Hours in Water Every Day]. Xiandai Kuaibao (in Chinese).
  3. ↑ Huang Qiyuan (黄启元) (2018-01-05). "江苏花样游泳队队员个个大长腿 每天训练8小时" [All Members of Jiangsu Synchronised Swimming Team Have Long Legs; Train Eight Hours Every Day]. Yangtze Daily (in Chinese).
  4. ↑ Lin Yuanqin (林元沁) (2016-08-26). "江苏花游三朵"金花"今日归来 即将投入全运会备战训练" [The Three "Golden Flowers" of Jiangsu Synchronised Swimming Team Return Today; Will Prepare for National Games of China Soon]. Jiaohuidian (in Chinese).


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