Shi Jinglin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shi Jinglin (Chinese: 史婧琳; pinyin: Shǐ Jìnglín; born 3 January 1993) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke events.^[1] She has produced a tally of five medals, two golds and three bronze, in major international competition, spanning the Olympic Games, Asian Games, and World Championships. At the 2014 Asian Games, Shi broke a meet record to claim the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

Shi Jinglin

Shi (left) with Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (right) in Kazan
Personal information
National team	China
Born	(1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 32) Nanjing, China
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Jiangsu Swimming Team[1]
Coach	Han Bingyan[1]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  China Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley 2015 Kazan 200 m breaststroke 2017 Budapest 200 m breaststroke 2017 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley Asian Games 2014 Incheon 100 m breaststroke 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m mixed medley 2014 Incheon 200 m breaststroke 2018 Jakarta 100 m breaststroke

Career

Shi made her first Chinese team at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, where she achieved two medals, a gold and a bronze, in swimming. She started off the meet by surpassing Japan's Kanako Watanabe in the first half of the race to smash the Asian Games record for a gold medal victory in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.67, vaulting her up to eighth in the world rankings.^[2] The following day, in the 200 m breaststroke, Shi fell behind the Japanese duo Watanabe and Rie Kaneto in a sprint finish to claim the bronze at 2:23.58.^[3][4]

At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Shi added two more medals, a gold and a bronze, to her career tally. In her first event, 100 m breaststroke, Shi lowered her personal best to 1:06.55 for a fifth-place finish in the final, missing out the podium by 0.13 seconds.^[5] Three days later, Shi swam a matching time of 2:22.76 in a three-way tie with Spain's Jessica Vall Montero and Denmark's world-record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen for a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke final.^[6][7] On the final night of the meet, Shi and her teammates Fu Yuanhui, Lu Ying, and Shen Duo put up a fast finish in 3:54.41 to claim the gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, just over two seconds away of the current meet record set by her team in 2009.^[8][9]