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Heilongjiang

For the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...

) is a female Chinese

China

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 swimmer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 and finished second in the 200 m butterfly at 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige

Liu Zige

Liu Zige is a world record holding swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she won the women's 200  butterfly in a new world record ....

, who won the race in 2:04.18. Both girls were under the former world record held by Australia's Jessicah Schipper

Jessicah Schipper

Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM is an Australian swimmer. She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Schipper now trains under the guidance of Stephan Widmer with the Commercial Swimming Club...

 (2:05.40).

Before the Olympics, Jiao had competed at the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, where she was 4th in the 200 m butterfly (2:07.22).

Major achievements

• 2005 National Games - 2nd 200m fly (2:10.31);
• 2006 Asian Championships - 1st 200m fly (2:08.54)
• 2008 Olympics
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...
  
   - 2nd 200m fly (2:04.72)
• 2009 World Championships
  2009 World Aquatics Championships
  The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
  
   - 3rd 100m fly (56.86)
• 2009 Asian Swimming Championships
  2009 Asian Swimming Championships
  The 8th Asian Swimming Championships were held November 25–28, 2009 in Foshan, China. It featured 38 different events , all of which were contested in a 50m pool.-Participating countries:...
  
   - 1st 50m fly, 1st 100m fly, 2nd 200m fly
• 2011 World Aquatics Championships
  2011 World Aquatics Championships
  The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...
  
  - 1st 200m fly

Personal Bests

In long course

• 50m butterfly: 26.04 Asian, Chinese Record (April 11, 2009)
• 100m butterfly: 57.16 Asian, Chinese Record (April 10, 2009)