Zhang Yufei

Zhang Yufei is a Chinese competitive swimmer, born on 19 April 1998, who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is considered one of the most promising swimmers on the international scene and has won forty-three medals across her career: eighteen gold, eight silver and seventeen bronze, earned at the Youth Olympics, the Asian Games, the World Championships and the Summer Olympics. She currently holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by a Chinese athlete. In 2023 she was named the most valuable player of the women's division at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, a recognition of her standing at the continental level as well as on the global stage.