Dai Guohong

Dai Guohong

Personal information
Nationality	China
Born	(1977-09-03) 3 September 1977 (age 39) Liaoyang, Liaoning, China
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, medley
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  China World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 400 m medley 1994 Rome 4×100 m medley 1994 Rome 100 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 1993 Palma 100 m breaststroke 1993 Palma 200 m breaststroke 1993 Palma 400 m medley 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley 1993 Palma 200 m medley Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima 100 m breaststroke 1994 Hiroshima 200 m medley 1994 Hiroshima 4×100 m medley 1994 Hiroshima 200 m breaststroke 1994 Hiroshima 400 m medley

Dai Guohong (simplified Chinese: 戴国红; traditional Chinese: 戴國紅; pinyin: Dài Guóhóng; born September 3, 1977 in Liaoyang, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. Although she had never competed in any edition of the Olympic Games, Dai held her distinction of being one of the world's top class swimmers in the early 1990s. During her sporting career, she captured more than a dozen medals in breaststroke and individual medley, and also helped the Chinese team demolish a global standard in the medley relay from the FINA World Aquatics Championships in 1994.

In 1993, Dai made her first international breakthrough at the first ever FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where she captured a total of five medals, four golds and one silver. Dai also established three world records each in the 100 m breaststroke (1:06.58), 200 m breaststroke (2:21.99), and 400 m individual medley (4:29.00), and teamed with He Cihong, Liu Limin, and Le Jingyi to snatch the first medley relay title in a sterling time of 3:57.73, adding it to a medal tally of ten for the Chinese team in short-course swimming.

At the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, Dai won a total of three medals, two golds and one silver. In her first event, 400 m individual medley, Dai edged out the American duo Allison Wagner and Kristine Quance on the freestyle leg to take home the gold in 4:39.14, despite of her accusations over China's doping scandal. Four days later, in the 100 m breaststroke, Dai earned a silver in 1:09.26, finishing behind Australia's Samantha Riley by 1.57 seconds. She also gave her teammate Yuan Yuan a further reason to celebrate as the Chinese handed a medal lock in the pool with a two–three finish. In the 4 × 100 m medley relay, Dai, along with He Cihong, Liu Limin, and Le Jingyi, established a new world record to claim the gold medal in a sterling time of 4:01.67, slashing 0.87 seconds off the standard set by the U.S. Olympic team from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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