Yang Aihua
Chinese swimmer (born 1977)
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Nationality | China | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 1977 (age 46–47)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
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Yang Aihua (born 1977) is a former swimmer from China who won the gold medal in the 400 meters freestyle at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.
Biography
In November 1994, Yang was suspended for two years after testing positive for testosterone before the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan.[3]
References
- ^ "HistoFINA SWIMMING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS AT FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (50M)" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ "YANG, Aihua". Swimrankings. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ Longman, Jere (November 29, 1994). "Swimming; Suspicious Americans Want Review of Championships". The New York Times.
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World long-course champions in women's 400 m freestyle
- 1973: Heather Greenwood (USA)
- 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA)
- 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS)
- 1982: Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
- 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
- 1991: Janet Evans (USA)
- 1994: Yang Aihua (CHN)
- 1998: Chen Yan (CHN)
- 2001: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2003: Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
- 2005: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2011: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
- 2013: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2015: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2022: Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2023: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024: Erika Fairweather (NZL)
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