Pang Jiaying, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pang Jiaying

swimmer

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1985

Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Pang Jiaying

  • Pang Jiaying (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Páng Jiaying; born January 6, 1985 in Shanghai) is a female Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming. She won the silver medal as part of the Chinese 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team in Athens.
  • In the 200 metre freestyle competition she finished seventh and in the 400 metre freestyle event she finished 14th. In 2008, she won the bronze medal in women's 200m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics.
  • She placed first in the semifinal of the women's 100m freestyle, but was disqualified after a false start.
  • Subsequently, the world-record holder and world champion Libby Trickett was promoted from ninth to eighth and last qualifier into the final, as a result of having the 9th fastest time in the semifinals.

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