Imagen
26873-Shiwei He photo

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S5, SB4

Further personal information

Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began swimming in 2010 in Dali, People's Republic of China.
Why this sport?
He was inspired to take up the sport after watching the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing on television. He was then noticed by swimming coach Zhao Lingling.
Club / Team
Yunnan Province : China
Name of coach
Huang Yan [national], CHN

General interest

Most influential person in career
Coach Sun Rong. (times.clzg.cn, 12 Sep 2016)
Ambitions
To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (times.clzg.cn, 12 Sep 2016)
Impairment
He fell from a cable car at age 13 while he was playing with his classmates at Cang Mountain in the People's Republic of China. (mt.sohu.com, 14 Sep 2016)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2016-09-10 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2016-09-10 2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2016-09-11 9999
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2016-09-12 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2016-09-12 6