Qin Haiyang Explained

覃海洋 （Qin Haiyang）
Nationality:Chinese
Birth Date:17 May 1999
Birth Place:Shimen County, Hunan, China
Height:1.92 m
Strokes:Breaststroke, Medley
Club:Shanghai Swimming Team
Coach:Cui Dengrong

Qin Haiyang (Chinese: 覃海洋, born 17 May 1999) is a Chinese swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and individual medley. He holds the world record in the 200m breaststroke, which he set at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[1] At the same competition, Qin became the first swimmer in history to win all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships.[2] Qin was also the former world junior record holder in the 200m breaststroke and 200m individual medley.[3] In 2023, Qin became the first Asian swimmer to be named as the Male Swimmer of the Year by World Aquatics.[4]

Career

At his first major international competition, the 2018 Asian Games, he participated in the 4x100 metre medley relay and won gold.

Later in December, he competed in the 2018 World Championships, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metre Breaststroke.

Then, in 2019, he won three silver medals and one bronze at the Military World Games.[5]

He qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 200 Breaststroke and finished first in his 200m breaststroke heat, but was disqualified for making an illegal kick after a turn, in what he called a "stupid mistake".[6]

After this upset, he moved to Beijing, where he trained under Cui Dengrong, who also coached a Chinese Olympian, Zhang Yufei. Under his coaching, he saw large improvements.[7]

In 2022, Qin competed in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. He won gold in the 100m breastroke event and set a new games record time of 57.76 seconds, which was 1.33 seconds ahead of fellow compatriot Yan Zibei, who took the silver.[8] He also competed in the breastroke leg of both the mixed 4 × 100m medley relay, and the men's 4 × 100m medley relay, and won gold in both events.[9] [10] Qin also took gold in the 200m breastroke event, and set a new Asian Games record of 2 minutes and 7.03 seconds, and was 1.64 seconds ahead of his fellow compatriot, Dong Zhihao who won the silver.[11] On the final day of the swimming championships, he won another gold and set a new Asian Games record in the 50m breastroke, with a time of 26.25 seconds, and with fellow teammate Sun Jiajun winning the silver.[12] [13]

At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, Qin became the first man in history to win gold in all three breaststroke events at a single edition of the championships, setting new Asian records for each event as well as becoming the current world record holder for the 200m.[14]

Afterwards, at the 2023 Swimming World Cup, Qin won gold in all three breaststroke events (50m, 100m, and 200m) at all three World Cup legs, held in Berlin, Athens and Budapest. Qin was consequently named as the winner of the World Cup title due to his performances at all three legs.[15]

Personal bests

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Long course (50 m)

EventTimeMeetDateNote(s)
50 m breaststroke26.202023 World Championships25 July 2023AS, NR
100 m breaststroke57.692023 World Championships24 July 2023AS, NR
200 m breaststroke2:05.482023 World Championships28 July 2023WR, AS, NR
200 m individual medley1:56.792019 Military World Games20 October 2019
400 m individual medley4:10.412019 Military World Games21 October 2019

Short course (25 m)

EventTimeMeetDateNote(s)
50 m breaststroke25.812022 World Short Course Championships17 December 2022
100 m breaststroke56.312022 Chinese National Championships (25m)27 October 2022NR
200 m breaststroke2.01.152018 World Short Course Championships13 December 2018NR, Former AS
100 m individual medley57.182017 Swimming World Cup11 November 2017
200 m individual medley1.54.512022 Chinese National Championships (25m)28 October 2022
Key: NR = National Record; AS = Asian Record; WR = World Record

Records

Long course (50 m)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeTypeStatus
1200 m individual medley1:57.542017 Chinese National ChampionshipsQingdao, China14 April 201717WJ (not ratified)Former[17]
2200 m breaststroke2:08.712017 Chinese National ChampionshipsQingdao, China15 April 201717WJ (not ratified), NRFormer[18]
3200 m individual medley1:59.01h2017 World Aquatics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary26 July 201718WJFormer[19]
4200 m individual medley1:57.981sf2017 World Aquatics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary26 July 201718WJFormer[20]
5200 m breaststroke2:09.39h2017 World Aquatics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27 July 201718WJFormer[21]
6200 m individual medley1:57.062017 World Aquatics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27 July 201718WJFormer[22]
7200 m breaststroke2:07.352017 National Games of ChinaTianjin, China4 September 201718WJ (not ratified), NRFormer[23]
850 m breaststroke26.632023 Chinese Spring ChampionshipsQingdao, China24 March 202323ASFormer[24]
9100 m breaststroke57.932023 Chinese ChampionshipsHangzhou, China2 May 202323ASFormer[25]
10100 m breaststroke57.692023 World ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan24 July 202324ASCurrent[26]
1150 m breaststroke26.34h2023 World ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan25 July 202324ASFormer[27]
1250 m breaststroke26.20sf2023 World ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan25 July 202324ASCurrent[28]
13200 m breaststroke2:05.482023 World ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan28 July 202324WRCurrent[29]
14100 m breaststroke57.692023 World Aquatics Swimming World CupBerlin, Germany6 October 202324=ASCurrent[30]

Short course (25 m)

No.EventTimeMeetLocationDateAgeTypeStatus
1200 m breaststroke2:04.182017 Swimming World CupBeijing, China10 November 201718NRFormer[31]
2200 m breaststroke2:01.64h2018 World Short Course ChampionshipsHangzhou, China13 December 201819NRFormer[32]
3200 m breaststroke2:01.152018 World Short Course ChampionshipsHangzhou, China13 December 201819ASFormer[33]
4100 m breaststroke56.312022 Chinese National Championships (25m)Beijing, China27 October 202223NRCurrent[34]
Key: NR = National Record; AS = Asian Record; WJ = World Junior Record; WR = World Record; h = heats; sf = semifinal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results. omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. 28 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023-09-14 . History Maker, Ten minutes with Qin Haiyang . 2023-09-14 . worldaquatics.com . en.
  3. Web site: Third Time's the Charm: Qin Haiyang Continues to Lower 200 IM World Junior Record . Swimming World Magazine . 27 July 2017 . 25 July 2019.
  4. News: 2023-10-24 . Qin, McKeown named best swimmers of year by World Aquatics . en . The Straits Times . 2023-10-24 . 0585-3923.
  5. Web site: Highlights of swimming finals at Military World Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn .
  6. News: China's breaststroke world champion Qin Haiyang and Co out to make an Asiad splash . The Straits Times . 23 September 2023 .
  7. News: China's breaststroke world champion Qin Haiyang and Co out to make an Asiad splash . The Straits Times . 23 September 2023 .
  8. Web site: NEWS . KYODO . Asian Games: Breaststroke "prince" Qin starts treble bid with 100 win . 2023-09-25 . Kyodo News+.
  9. Web site: Presse . AFP-Agence France . China Smash Asian Record To Win 4x100m Medley Relay Gold . 2023-09-29 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
  10. Web site: Zhang fires Olympic warning as China narrowly miss 4x100m mixed medley relay world record at Hangzhou Asian Games . 2023-09-29 . The Star . en.
  11. Web site: Presse . AFP-Agence France . China's Qin Powers To Asian Games Men's 200m Breaststroke Title . 2023-09-29 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
  12. Web site: . Qin Challenges Peaty Dominance As Zhang Targets Sixth Asiad Gold . 2023-09-29 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2023-09-29 . China swimmers sign off in style as 'Faker' gets gold and more . 2023-09-29 . Yahoo News . en-GB.
  14. Web site: 2023-07-28 . China's Qin sets world record in 200 breaststroke . 2023-07-29 . ESPN.com . en.
  15. Web site: 2023-10-22 . Qin Haiyang, Kaylee McKeown take overall World Cup title to conclude racing in Budapest . 2023-10-24 . World Aquatics . en.
  16. Web site: FINA personal best results.
  17. QIN HAIYANG BREAKS ANDREW'S JUNIOR WORLD RECORD AT CHINESE NATIONALS. SwimSwam. Braden Keith. 14 April 2017. 14 September 2023.
  18. TAN HAIYAN BREAKS CHINESE, WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE. SwimSwam. Braden Keith. 15 April 2017. 14 September 2023.
  19. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0105EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
  20. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0105EE02FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Semifinals results
  21. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0103EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
  22. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0105EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results
  23. TAN HAIYAN BREAKS CHINESE, WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE. SwimSwam. Hannah Hecht. 4 September 2017. 14 September 2023.
  24. QIN HAIYANG CLOCKS 26.63 ASIAN RECORD IN 50 BREAST, 9TH FASTEST PERFORMER EVER (VIDEO). SwimSwam. Retta Race. 24 March 2023. 28 March 2023.
  25. QIN HAIYANG RIPS 57.93 TO BECOME THIRD MAN EVER UNDER 58 SECONDS IN 100 BREAST (VIDEO). SwimSwam. Retta Race. 2 May 2023. 10 May 2023.
  26. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results. omegatiming.com. 24 July 2023. 24 July 2023.
  27. Web site: Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results. omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  28. Web site: Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results. omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  29. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results. omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. 28 July 2023.
  30. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results. Omega Timing. 6 October 2023. 6 October 2023.
  31. https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011101070103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Final results
  32. Web site: Heats results . 2018-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215160149/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0103EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . 2018-12-15 . dead .
  33. Web site: Final results . 2018-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181213114721/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000112010C0103EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . 2018-12-13 . dead .
  34. QIN HAIYANG NAILS 56.31 CHINESE RECORD IN 100 BREASTSTROKE. SwimSwam. Retta Race. 27 October 2022. 30 October 2022.

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