{"id":610728,"date":"2025-04-22T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=610728"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:54:09","slug":"chinese-paraswimmer-jiang-yuyan-wins-laureus-sports-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chinese-paraswimmer-jiang-yuyan-wins-laureus-sports-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Paraswimmer Jiang Yuyan Wins Laureus Sports Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese Paraswimmer Jiang Yuyan Wins Laureus Sports Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chinese paraswimmer Jiang Yuyan<\/strong> was named the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability this week at the annual Laureus Sports Awards.<\/p>\n

Jiang was the only winner from the aquatics disciplines Monday night in Madrid<\/a>, the 25th annual presentation of the awards.<\/p>\n

An S6 swimmer, the native of Shaoxing was 19 at the Paris Paralympics, where she won seven gold medals<\/a>, making her the most decorated swimmer at the competition. Her performance included individual medals in the 50 freestyle, 100 free, 400 free, 100 backstroke and 50 butterfly (all in S6 except for the S7 400 free). She also helped China win two relay medals. Jiang set world records in the 50 free and 100 free in Paris.<\/p>\n

Jiang won gold medals<\/a> in the S6 50 fly and S6 400 free at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, to go with silver in the 100 back and bronze in the S7 100 free. She began swimming after a car accident led to the amputation of her right arm and leg at age three.<\/p>\n