Wang Shun

Wang Shun (February 11, 1994 -), a native of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is a Chinese male swimmer and the Chinese national swimming captain, specializing in medley swimming. Wang Shun officially started swimming at the age of 6. He entered the provincial team at the age of 13 and the national team at the age of 15. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Wang Shun won the bronze medal in the 200-meter men's medley, achieving a breakthrough for Chinese male athletes in the medley event. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun broke the Asian record in the men's 200-meter medley with a time of 1 minute, 55.00 seconds and became the first Asian athlete to win the Olympic championship in this event. At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang Shun once again broke the Asian record in the men's 200-meter medley with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 62 seconds and won the Asian Games championship in this event. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Wang Shun won the bronze medal again in the men's 200-meter medley, becoming the only Asian swimmer to win individual medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. At the FINA Swimming World Cup Shanghai Station in the same year, Wang Shun broke the Asian record in the short course men's 100m individual medley with a time of 51.24 seconds. At the 2025 FINA World Championships in Singapore, Wang Shun participated in the men's 4*200m freestyle relay, broke the Asian record and won the silver medal. Wang Shun graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Antai College of Economics and Management in 2019. In June 2022, he graduated with a master's degree from the China Swimming College of Beijing Sport University. In September 2023, he entered the School of Physical Education of Ningbo University and became a doctoral candidate.