1991 - Today
Sun Yang (Chinese: 孙杨; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n.jǎŋ]; born 1 December 1991) is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 to 1500 metres. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Yang has received more than 1,413,344 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sun Yang is the 122nd most popular swimmer (down from 72nd in 2019), the 975th most popular biography from China (down from 832nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Swimmer.
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Among swimmers, Sun Yang ranks 122 out of 392. Before him are Bill Mulliken, Ines Diers, Eleanor Holm, Claudia Poll, César Cielo, and Ute Geweniger. After him are Matt Vogel, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Federica Pellegrini, Hannelore Anke, Ulrike Tauber, and Camille Muffat.
1939 - 2014
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 116
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 117
1913 - 2004
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 118
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.84
Rank: 119
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 120
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.60
Rank: 121
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 122
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 123
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 124
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 125
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 126
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 127
1989 - 2015
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 128
Among people born in 1991, Sun Yang ranks 156. Before him are Iñigo Martínez, Benjamin Lecomte, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Richard Harmon, Darya Klishina, and Pol Espargaró. After him are Gaël Kakuta, Mena Massoud, Manu Trigueros, Jung Jin-young, Kiki Bertens, and Ramiro Funes Mori.
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 150
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 151
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 152
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 153
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 154
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 155
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 156
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 157
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 158
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 159
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 160
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 161
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 162
Among people born in China, Sun Yang ranks 975 out of 1,392. Before him are Chen Long (1989), Dolkun Isa (1967), Zhang Yuan (1963), Deng Chao (1979), Guo Jingjing (1981), and Sun Li (1982). After him are Raymond Lam (1979), Yang Zi (1992), Liu Shishi (1987), Jing Haipeng (1966), Hu Ge (1982), and Fan Zhendong (1997).
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 969
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 970
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 971
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 972
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 973
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 974
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 975
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 976
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 977
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 978
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 979
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 980
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 981
Among swimmers born in China, Sun Yang ranks 1. After him are Le Jingyi (1975), Yang Wenyi (1972), Huang Xuechen (1990), Fu Yuanhui (1996), Ye Shiwen (1996), Liu Zige (1989), Zhang Yufei (1998), Jiao Liuyang (1991), Zhang Lin (1987), Ning Zetao (1993), and Wang Shun (1994).
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 1
1975 - Present
HPI: 30.33
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.98
Rank: 3
1990 - Present
HPI: 29.49
Rank: 4
1996 - Present
HPI: 28.31
Rank: 5
1996 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 6
1989 - Present
HPI: 27.10
Rank: 7
1998 - Present
HPI: 26.43
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.43
Rank: 9
1987 - Present
HPI: 25.21
Rank: 10
1993 - Present
HPI: 24.53
Rank: 11
1994 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 12