Archive · 1 Aug 2025
Yu Zidi Makes History, Youngest Medalist at Aquatics Championship
A young swimmer named Yu Zidi, only 12 years old, is making a splash in the swimming world.
She won a bronze medal in a relay race at a big competition called the World Aquatics Championships, becoming the youngest person ever to get a medal there.
Yu is really fast and almost won another medal in a different race, coming in fourth.
She started swimming when she was six and is getting advice from an Olympic swimmer.
This is her first time competing at this level, and she is already doing amazing things!
12-year-old Yu Zidi became the youngest medalist at the World Aquatics Championships.
Yu earned a bronze medal as part of China's women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay team.
She contributed to the relay's success in the preliminaries.
Yu narrowly missed an individual medal in the women’s 200m butterfly.
Yu is competing in her first World Aquatics Championships and is the second-youngest competitor in its history.
- Who
- 12-year-old Yu Zidi.
- What
- Yu Zidi became the youngest medalist at the World Aquatics Championships, winning a bronze in the women’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
- When
- The World Aquatics Championships are currently ongoing.
- Where
- Singapore
- Why
- Yu qualified by meeting the competition's elite standards.
- Age
- 12 years old
- Sport
- Swimming
- Medal Won
- Bronze
- Event
- Women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay
- Team
- China
- Individual events
- 200m butterfly, 400m medley
- Mentor
- Li Bingjie