Yang Jintong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Jintong is a Chinese competitive swimmer. He won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore.^[2] He also won the silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle behind Grant Shoults.^[3]

Yang Jintong

Personal information
National team	China
Born	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 26)[1] Tianjin, China
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing China Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore 800 m freestyle 2015 Singapore 400 m freestyle

In 2014 at the 2nd FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Balatonfüred, Hungary, Yang won the silver medal in the 5 km youth event.^[4] Together with his teammates Qiao Zhongyi and Yan Siyu, he won the gold medal in the mixed team event.^[5]

At the senior 2015 Chinese Championships in Huangshan, Yang finished second in the 400-meter freestyle, behind reigning Olympic champion Sun Yang.^[6]