{"id":300969,"date":"2018-03-17T06:22:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T13:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=300969"},"modified":"2018-03-17T06:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T13:26:47","slug":"five-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-wenpan-huang-dies-in-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-wenpan-huang-dies-in-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist Wenpan Huang Dies in Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six-time Paralymic Games gold medalist <strong>Wenpan Huang<\/strong> of China unexpectedly died on March 16. Huang passed away after being in a car accident in Hongya County, China. The International Paralympic Committee provided a statement on his passing.<\/p>\n<h3>IPC Statement on Wenpan Huang:<\/h3>\n<p>International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President <strong>Andrew Parsons<\/strong> has sent his condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Chinese Paralympic swimming champion <strong>Wenpan Huang<\/strong> who died\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2061580220\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(16 March).<\/p>\n<p>Huang, a 22-year-old five-time gold medallist and one-time silver medallist from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, was killed in a car accident\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2061580221\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(16 March) in Hongya County, a country of Sichuan Province in China.\u00a0 He was an S3 class swimmer who picked up five golds and a bronze at last December\u2019s World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Parsons, IPC President, said: \u201cIt is absolutely devastating news that one of the world\u2019s best Para swimmers has been killed in a car accident.\u00a0 The thoughts of the whole Paralympic Movement are with his family, friends, and teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWenpan was one of a new breed of exceptionally talented athletes with high support needs.\u00a0 At Rio 2016 he was one of the star performers picking up five gold medals and setting five world records along the way.\u00a0 He will be a sad loss to the whole World Para Swimming community.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Many organizations have already given their condolences via social media:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are extremely sorry to hear the news of the passing of China Paralympic swimmer Wenpan Huang. The five time gold medalist was sadly involved in a car accident yesterday. IPC president, Andrew Parsons, has issued a tribute following the tradegy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTQ1uhMLBJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/uTQ1uhMLBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World Para Swimming (@Para_swimming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Para_swimming\/status\/974981444970930177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are saddened to learn of the passing of 5x Paralympic swimming champion Wenpan Huang, one of the stars of Rio 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The thoughts of all at ParalympicsGB are with his loved ones and our friends at NPC China.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYNrio6366\">https:\/\/t.co\/OYNrio6366<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ParalympicsGB (@ParalympicsGB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParalympicsGB\/status\/974994607485448192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six-time Paralymic Games gold medalist Wenpan Huang of China unexpectedly died on March 16. 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