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Xu Yanwei (simplified Chinese: 徐妍玮; traditional Chinese: 徐妍瑋; pinyin: Xú Yánwěi; born 14 June 1984 in Shanghai) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2000. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
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Born | (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984 (age 40) Shanghai, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was part of China's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, which won the silver medal, beaten by the USA team.
She was also part of China's 4 × 100 m women's freestyle relay team. China reached the final in this event but did not win a medal.
Xu competed as an individual in the 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly events, but did not progress past the heat stage in either.