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Incheon AsianGames Swimming 34
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Kazan 2015 - Gold medallist at the men's 400 metres freestyle Sun Yang
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孙杨

孫楊
Sūn Yáng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sun Yang (Chinese Olympic champion swimmer)

About Sun Yang

born 1991 · 运动员 athlete

Freestyle swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 400 m and 1500 m at London 2012 and the 200 m at Rio 2016, the first Chinese man to win Olympic swimming gold. He was banned from 2020 to 2024 over a 2018 doping test.

Examples

HSK 4
孙杨是中国最成功的游泳运动员之一。
Sūn Yáng shì Zhōngguó zuì chénggōng de yóuyǒng yùndòngyuán zhīyī.
Sun Yang is one of China's most successful swimmers.
HSK 6
孙杨在伦敦奥运会拿了两块金牌。
Sūn Yáng zài Lúndūn Àoyùnhuì ná le liǎng kuài jīnpái.
Sun Yang won two gold medals at the London Olympics.

Tips

culture
His name is just his parents' two surnames: 孙 from his father 孙全洪 and 杨 from his mother 杨明, both former athletes. 杨 also means 'poplar', but here it is only his mother's surname.

Stroke Order

孙 sūn
杨 yáng