Fu Yuanhui

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Fu Yuanhui

Fu Yuanhui in 2015 Kazan
Personal information
Full name	傅园慧
Nickname	Honghuang Girl (洪荒少女)[1]
National team	China
Born	(1996-01-07) January 7, 1996 (age 28) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Zhejiang Swimming Team
Medal record Women's swimming Representing China Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Olympics 0 0 1 World Championships (LC) 2 2 0 World Championships (SC) 0 2 0 Asian Games 2 1 0 Total 4 5 1 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 50 m backstroke 2015 Kazan 4×100 m medley 2013 Barcelona 50 m backstroke 2017 Budapest 50 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley Asian Games 2014 Incheon 50 m backstroke 2014 Incheon 100 m backstroke 2018 Jakarta 50 m backstroke

Fu Yuanhui (Chinese: 傅园慧; pinyin: Fù Yuánhuì; born January 7, 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke.^[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 100-meter backstroke.

On January 7, 1996, Fu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is the only daughter to her parents Fu Chunsheng (傅春昇) and Shen Ying (沈英).^[4]

Fu started swimming at the age of 5.^{[5] [6]}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she competed in the Women's 100 metre backstroke, finishing in 8th place in the final.

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championship in Barcelona, Fu placed second in the 50 metre backstroke, losing to her teammate Zhao Jing with a time of 27.39s.

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Fu won two gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m backstroke.

She won the 50 metre backstroke at the World Aquatics Championship in 2015 and helped China win the 4x100 metre medley. In the interview, Fu complained her swimsuit was too tight.^[7]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Fu gained popularity and became a swimming icon nationwide.^[8]

Fu won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke by tying for third place with Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse. She finished in a national record time of 58.76. Throughout the Olympics, her cheerful interviews and goofy demeanor made her very popular.^[9][10] Mark Dreyer, a Beijing-based sports writer, noted that Fu exemplified "a positive trend in Chinese sports whereby athletics was undergoing a transition away from "manufactured Olympic champions" from the state-run sports system who were effective at bringing home medals but had cardboard personalities and inspired little devotion among fans'.^[11] Her series of facial expressions spread widely in the Internet, and her sayings such as "I've already spent my supernatural energy!" (我已使出了洪荒之力！) became very popular catchwords.^[12][13]

A few days later, after her lackluster performance in the 4×100-meter medley relay where the team placed fourth, she told an interviewer that she was on her period; many commended her decision to speak about this, menstruation being considered a taboo topic in sports.^[14][15]

At the 2016 Asian Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Fu won gold medals for the first time. She won two gold medals in the 50 m and 100 m backstroke and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.^[16] Fu was very happy to show her medals on her Weibo.^[17]

Since 2016, Fu has been one of the most popular athletes in China. She takes part in some TV talk shows and charity activities. Fu also makes friends with many other swimmers such as Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen.^[18][19][20] She was a guest of the 2017 CCTV New Year's Gala.^[21]

As of July 20, 2017

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