Jiang Yuyan

Jiang Yuyan (born 2 November 2004) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S6 disability class. She was the most decorated athlete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning seven gold medals in total. She is a recipient of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. Due to her skill in swimming, she is known by the nickname "flying fish". She was one of the youngest swimmers to participate in the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where she won three gold medals and two bronze medals. She won one of these gold medals in the women's 50m butterfly S6 event with a world record of 34.56.

In 2021, Yuyan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won 4 medals, securing two gold medals in the women's 400 m freestyle S6 and the women's 50m butterfly S6 events, the silver medal in the women's 100 m backstroke S6 event, and the bronze medal in the women's 100 m freestyle S7 event.

In 2024, Yuyan competed at the Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France, and she has been the most decorated athlete in the competition, winning 7 golds in total. She secured her fourth gold by breaking another world record in the women's 100m freestyle S7 with a time of 1:09.68. Yuyan secured her seventh and final gold medal at Paris 2024 setting a world record in the women's 100m backstroke S6 event, with a time of 1:19.44. In 2025, Yuyan was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.

At the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, Jiang won the women's 100 m backstroke S6 on the opening day. The following day she took the women's 100 m freestyle S6 title in a world-record time of 1:09.58, lowering her previous mark of 1:09.68. By the end of the meet she had seven podium finishes including four golds, one silver and two bronzes.