Personal information | |
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Full name | Lin Yu-an |
National team | Chinese Taipei |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 22 September 1988
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Individual medley |
Lin Yu-an OLY ( Chinese: 林昱安; pinyin: Lín Yù'ān; born September 22, 1988) is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. [1] Lin qualified for the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 4:33.10 from the National University Games in Taipei. [2] [3] He participated in the first heat against three other swimmers Saša Imprić of Croatia, Andrew Mackay of the Cayman Islands, and Nikita Polyakov of Uzbekistan. He raced to third place by a 9.74-second margin behind Impric in 4:41.76. Lin failed to advance into the top 8 final, as he placed thirty-fifth overall on the first day of preliminaries. [4] [5]