Yang Wenyi (; born January 11, 1972, in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle. After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd", holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club". The club is located in Minhang, Shanghai. High performances 1987 – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Bronze – 4x100 m medley relay 1988 – Asian Swimming Championships Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.98 WR) Gold – 100 m backstroke (1:03.08, Asian best) Gold – 4x100 m medley relay Gold – 4x100m freestyle relay 1988 – Seoul Olympic Games Silver – 50 m freestyle 1990 – Beijing Asian Games Gold – 50 m freestyle Gold – 100 m backstroke Gold – 4x100 m freestyle relay 1991 – World University Games Gold – 50 m freestyle 1992 – Barcelona Olympic Games Gold – 50 m freestyle (24.79 WR) Honours 1989 – Selected one of National Top Ten Athletes 1989 – Voted one of forty Sports Stars in forty years since the founding of new China in 1949 See also World record progression 50 metres freestyle External links Profile on Chinese NOC sports-reference 1972 births Living people Chinese female backstroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic swimmers of China Swimmers from Shanghai Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Chinese female freestyle swimmers Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade 20th-century Chinese women