Tao Zheng

Zheng Tao (Chinese: 郑涛) is a Chinese para swimmer and two-time Paralympic champion. He is known as the "armless swimmer".

Zheng competed in his first Paralympic games at the 2012 London Paralympics, where he won the gold medal in a close race in the 100m backstroke S6 final.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he suffered a lower back injury, but still won the gold medal at the Men's 100 metre backstroke S6 event with a world record of 1:10.84, two seconds faster than the previous record, which was established by himself in 2015. He then caught the stomach flu on the day of the 50-metre butterfly S6 final, and lost to his teammate Xu Qing, winning a silver medal in the event.