Xu Qing (swimmer)

Chinese Paralympic swimmer

Xu Qing

Personal information

Full name| 许庆 (Xu Qing)
Nationality| Chinese
Born| September 27, 1992 (1992-09-27) (age 32)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Butterfly, freestyle, medley

Medal record

Paralympic Swimming
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
| 2008 Beijing | Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
| 2008 Beijing | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6
| 2008 Beijing | Men's 4 x 50 metre medley relay – 20 points
| 2012 London | Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
| 2012 London | Men's 100 metre freestyle S6
| 2012 London | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6
| 2012 London | Men's 50 metre Individual Medley SM6
| 2008 Beijing | Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6
| 2016 Rio | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6
| 2016 Rio | Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
| 2016 Rio | Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20 points
IPC Swimming World Championships
| 2010 Eindhoven | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6
| 2013 Montreal | Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
|  2015 Glasgow | 50 m freestyle S6
| 2010 Eindhoven | Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
| 2013 Montreal | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6
| 2013 Montreal | Men's 200 metre Individual Medley SM6
|  2015 Glasgow | 50 m butterfly S6

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Xu.

Xu Qing (born September 27, 1992) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. He lost both his arms in a car accident when he was 6[1] and began swimming training at 7, introduced to the sport by a doctor who had himself been a para-athlete.[2]

Competing in the S6 classification, Xu won 3 gold and one bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and 4 gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. As of April 2014[update], Xu holds S6 World records in 50 m freestyle and 50 m butterfly events; he also swam in the 2008 Chinese relay team that holds the 4 x 50 m medley 20pts World Record.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Athletes".
2. ^ "Athletes".
3. ^ "IPC Swimming World Records - Long Course". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

## External links

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* http://www.paralympic.org/athlete/qing-xu

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