Ye Shiwen
Swimmer
Swimmer who represented China at the 2012 Olympics and won gold medals in the 400-meter and 200-meter individual medleys.
She started swimming when she was 6 years old.
She won gold in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
Her father Ye Qingsong was a runner, and her mother Ning Yiqing was a long jumper.
She swam the freestyle leg of her 2012 Olympic 400-meter medley final faster than American male swimmer Ryan Lochte.