Huang Chih-yung

Huang Chih-yung

Personal information
Full name	Huang Chih-yung
National team	Chinese Taipei
Born	18 October 1967 Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Chinese Taipei Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 100 m freestyle

Huang Chih-yung (Chinese: 黃 智勇; pinyin: Huáng Zhìyǒng; born October 18, 1967) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a bronze medalist at the 1998 Asian Games.

Huang made his official debut, as a 28-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirty-third in the 100 m breaststroke (1:05.26), thirty-fourth in the 200 m breaststroke (2:25.96), and fifty-sixth each in the 50 m freestyle (24.89) and in the 100 m freestyle (53.47).^[2][3][4][5]

Two years later, at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Huang shared bronze medals with China's Zhao Lifeng and Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-yung in the 100 m freestyle, with a matching time of 52.21.

Huang swam only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 23.75 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.^[6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Kyrgyzstan's Sergey Ashihmin, Goodwill Games silver medalist for Russia, and Kazakhstan's two-time Olympian Sergey Borisenko. Diving in with a 0.68-second deficit, Huang faded down the stretch to hit the wall for a seventh seed in 24.01, a slimmest margin closer to Peru's Luis López Hartinger and Singapore's Leslie Kwok (a matching time of 24.00). Huang failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.^[7][8]

References

1. "Huang Chih-yung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 36. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
4. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
5. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
6. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 104. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 June 2013.