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Weiyuan Lu

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People's Republic of China
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S8, SB8, SM8

Further personal information

Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming in 2002 in Kunming, People's Republic of China.
Why this sport?
She loved playing in water as a child and became interested in swimming.
Club / Team
Yunnan Province: Kunming, CHN

General interest

Hero / Idol
Chinese artistic gymnast Li Xiaopeng. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Strengthen your conviction, and persevere." (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)
Awards and honours
In 2013 she was presented with the Feng Wu Talent Award of Xundian County in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. (blog.sina.com.cn, 09 Jan 2013)
Impairment
Her impairment was caused by a medical accident. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heat 2 2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Heat 2 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Final Round 5
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Heat 1 1
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final Round 3
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Heat 1 2
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heat 2 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final Round 8
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heat 2 5
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final Round 8
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Heat 2 3
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 Heat 1 6
Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 Heat 2 7
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heat 2 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final Round 4
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts Final Round 7
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 5
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final Round 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heats 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Heats 2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heats 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Final Round 2012-08-30 5
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Heat 2 2012-08-30 3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heat 2 2012-09-04 3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final Round 2012-09-04 8
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final Round 2012-09-05 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heat 1 2012-09-05 2
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final 1 2015-07-15 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heat 1 2015-07-15 2
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2015-07-16 6
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heat 1 2015-07-18 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final 1 2015-07-18 4
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Heat 1 2016-09-09 2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 Final Round 2016-09-09 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Final Round 2016-09-13 7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S8 Heat 3 2016-09-13 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Heat 2 2016-09-17 4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 Final Round 2016-09-17 7