Wang Xue'er
Chinese swimmer
Wang Xue'er (Chinese: 汪雪儿; born 15 January 1998) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter backstroke. She swam the 14th time in the heats and reached the semifinals where she finished 16th. She won gold and silver medals at the 50 m backstroke and 100 m backstroke at the 19th Asian Games.
Early life
Wang was born in Anqing city in 1998. She started swimming during second grade and in 2009, after winning the Youth Swimming Championships in Anhui, she enrolled for swimming training on the same year at Zhongshan Sports School. She is a graduate of the school of sports science at the South China Normal University.
Swimming career
On 6 September 2013, Wang achieved seventh position in 100 m backstroke at the 12th National Games of China held in Liaoning, China. On September 9, she finished 27th at the 200 m backstroke preliminaries at the same games, missing the finals. On 24 September 2014, she won third place in the 100 m backstroke at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
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