Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên

Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Personal information
Full name Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Nickname(s) "Tiểu tiên cá"
National team  Vietnam
Born (1996-11-09) November 9, 1996
Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
Coach Đặng Anh Tuấn
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Anh Vien.

Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên (born November 9, 1996 in Cần Thơ)[1] is a national-record holding swimmer from Vietnam. She swam for Vietnam at the 2012 Olympics. At the 2014 Asian Games, she garnered Vietnam's first-ever medal in Swimming.[2] She has been named Vietnam's Athlete of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.[3] As of the end of 2014, she holds the Vietnam Records in 14 of 17 long course individual events.

At the 2012 Olympics, she swam the 200 Backstroke and the 400 Individual Medley.[4][5]

2014 Asian Games

At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Anh Vien won the broze medals in th 200m Backstroke and the 400m Individual Medley event.

28th Sea Games in Singapore

Anh Vien was one of the top swimmers at Sea Games 2015 in Singapore along with native Singaporean Joseph Schooling. She was the best female athlete at this competition when she captures 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. This excellent result helped Vietnam secured the second place in swimming just behind host Singapore.

16th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KAZAN

At the 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Anh Vien moved into the semifinals in 200m IM but placed 8 in her heat. In the 400m individual medley she missed the final.

Event Results Time
Women's 200m Individual Medley place 15 2.13.29
Women's 400m Individual Medley place 10 4.38.78

References

  1. 1 2 Nguyen's entry on sports-reference.com
  2. Swimmer Anh Vien looks to repeat title win, from the Voice of Vietnam. Published 2014-12-30; retrieved 2015-03-19.
  3. Anh Vien named Best Athlete of 2014, from the Voice of Vietnam. Published 2014-12-31; retrieved 2015-03-19.
  4. (Vietnamese) "Đoàn Việt Nam ra quân ngày đầu ở Olympics". BBC Vietnamese. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. "Thi Anh Vien NGUYEN". london2012.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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