Wang Wei-wen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wang Wei-wen

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1986

Place of Birth: Taipei

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Wang Wei-wen

  • Wang Wei-wen (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wáng Wéiwén; born 16 December 1986) is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
  • He represented the Chinese Taipei national team in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and has won a career total of eight gold medals in national and regional meets across Taiwan. Wang made his own swimming history, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 200 m breaststroke.
  • Swimming in heat one, Wang trailed throughout the race behind Bradley Ally of Barbados, and Miguel Molina of the Philippines to come home powerfully to third and forty-second overall with a time of 2:20.65.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Wang swam in the second heat of the 200 m breaststroke event, against six other competitors, including his former rival Molina.
  • Wang struggled to maintain his crawl and pace in the entire race, but was able to finish it in last place, with a time of 2:17.20.
  • Wang, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.

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