Ye Shiwen

Ye Shiwen is a Chinese swimmer, born on 1 March 1996 in Hangzhou, who competes in the individual medley. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she won gold medals in the 400 metre and the 200 metre individual medley, breaking the world record in the 400 metres with a time of 4:28.43 and setting an Olympic record of 2:07.57 in the 200 metres. She had won the 200 metre individual medley at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, and at 14 swam 4:33.79 in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2010 Asian Games. Her fast finish in London drew allegations of doping, which commentators and the British Olympic Association chairman rejected, noting that she had passed drug tests. She started swimming at the age of six and trained in Brisbane with coaches Ken Wood and Denis Cotterell.