Sun Yang

Sun Yang 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. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "very arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".

1 December 1991

Born on the same birth date (1 December 1991): Hilda Melander • Rakeem Christmas

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Born in the same month (December 1991): Beth Potter • Brandon Knight (basketball) • Brandon Scherff • Camila Giorgi • Chloé Dufour-Lapointe • Choi Min-ho • Craig Goodwin • Dave Leduc • David Johnson (running back) • Declan Galbraith • Ekaterine Gorgodze • Fabian Schär • KiKi Layne • Kyren Wilson • Lara Michel • Riccardo Saponara • Sofia Black-D'Elia • Vladimir Tarasenko