Yang Wenyi

Yang Wenyi (simplified Chinese: 杨文意; traditional Chinese: 楊文意; pinyin: Yáng Wényì; born January 11, 1972 in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle.

After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd", holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in Minhang, Shanghai.

• 1987 – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

• Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay

• 1988 – Asian Swimming Championships

• Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.98 WR)
• Gold – 100 m backstroke (1:03.08, Asian best)
• Gold – 4x100 m medley relay
• Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay

• 1988 – Seoul Olympic Games

• Silver – 50 m freestyle

• 1990 – Beijing Asian Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle
• Gold – 100 m backstroke
• Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay

• 1991 – World University Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle

• 1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games

• Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.79 WR)

• 1989 – Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes
• 1989 – Voted one of forty Sports Stars in forty years since the founding of new China in 1949