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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
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| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | freestyle |
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William Yang (born c.1999) is an Australian swimmer.[1] He competed in the 2022 World Aquatics Championships at Budapest, Hungary.
Career
Yang won the 100 metre freestyle at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide in May 2022 with a time of XX.YY. He therefore qualified for the Australian Swim Team at both the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2]
At the 2022 World Championships Yang swam in the heats of the 100 metre freestyle and ranked 24th with a time of 48.87 and did not progress to the semi-finals.He swam for the Australian team in both the heats and final of the silver medal winning 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. He swam the lead-off leg in the final with a time of 48.41.
Yang also swam in the heats of the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay swimming the 2nd leg with a split of 48.39. He was not selected to swim in the final of the relay but earned a gold medal for his contribution in the heats.
Australia: Womens and Mixed major championships relays since 2012
| Meet | 4×100 freestyle | 4×200 freestyle | 4×100 medley | 4×100 Mixed freestyle | 4×100 Mixed medley |
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| OG 2012 London |  |
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| WC 2013 Barcelona | |
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| CG 2014 Glasgow | |
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| PP 2014 Gold Coast | |
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| WC 2015 Kazan | |
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| OG 2016 Rio de Janiero | |
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| WC 2017 Budapest | |
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8th |
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| CG 2018 Gold Coast | |
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| PP 2018 Tokyo | |
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| WC 2019 Gwangju | |
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| OG 2021 Tokyo | |
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| WC 2022 Budapest | |
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| CG 2022 Birmingham | |
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| WC 2023 Fukuoka | |
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World records
Short course metres
| No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Ref |
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| 1 | 4x100 m medley relay[a] | 3:44.35 | 2022 World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Melbourne, Australia | 18 December 2022 | Current | [3] |
a split 56.47 (backstroke leg); with Lilly King (breaststroke leg), Torri Huske (butterfly leg), Kate Douglass (freestyle leg)
References
- ^ "William Xu Yang". FINA. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "William Yang among new stars to emerge". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's 4x100m Medley Relay – Final – Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
| Australia at the World Aquatics Championships | |
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| FINA code | AUS |
| National federation | Swimming Australia |
| Website | www |
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| World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Australia has participated in all World Aquatics Championships since the beginning in 1973.
Medalists
Australian Gold medalists at the World Aquatics Championships since 2013.
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