Taiwanese swimmer
Huang Chih-yung (Chinese: 黃 智勇; pinyin: Huáng Zhìyǒng; born October 18, 1978) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a bronze medalist at the 1998 Asian Games.
Huang made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirty-third in the 100 m breaststroke (1:05.26), thirty-fourth in the 200 m breaststroke (2:25.96), and fifty-sixth each in the 50 m freestyle (24.89) and in the 100 m freestyle (53.47).[2][3][4][5]
Two years later, at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Huang shared bronze medals with China's Zhao Lifeng and Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-yung in the 100 m freestyle, with a matching time of 52.21.
Huang swam only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 23.75 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.[6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Kyrgyzstan's Sergey Ashihmin, Goodwill Games silver medalist for Russia, and Kazakhstan's two-time Olympian Sergey Borisenko. Diving in with a 0.68-second deficit, Huang faded down the stretch to hit the wall for a seventh seed in 24.01, a slimmest margin closer to Peru's Luis López Hartinger and Singapore's Leslie Kwok (a matching time of 24.00). Huang failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.[7][8]
National record SCM
50m Freestyle (23.02),
100m Freestyle (50.16),
50m Breaststroke (28.47),
100m Breaststroke (1:01.81),
50m Backstroke (26.26),
50m Butterfly (24.61)
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