Chen Bin, the builder

Chen Bin was born on 1980, in Huadu, Guangzhou, China. He went to the Guangzhou Sport School to learn finswimming with a chance when he was just 11 years old. In 1992, he was learning in Guangzhou finswimming team, and his teacher was Li Suping, during 2 years. He immediately won the youth finswimming championship of the whole Chinese nation in the middle and long distances, setting himself as one of the most noted young finswimmer in that years. In April 1997, mr Qiu Yadi, who was the senior finswimming coach had discovered him as great finswimmer, and asked him to get training in Guangdong’s finswimming team in this same season. Since he had been the formal team member of Guangdong’s finswimming team, he has joined many competitions, and won 4 world championships, 5 Asia championships,19 Chinese championships and he set 3 times the world record. He was assessed with “The Special contribution for swimming” by Guangdong Provincial Sports Institute.

His best results are:

Date Competition Place Item Record Result Note
1997.8

4th world young Championship

HUN 4*100m relay 2’40”34 Champion
4*200m relay 6’18”4 Second place
100m surface 41”95 Thrid place
1999.10 National Championship DA LIAN 100m immersion 34”85 Champion
400m immersion 3’00”89 Champion
50m immersion 15”65 Second place
2000.2 World Cup Competition SWEDEN 400m immersion 3’10”40 Second place
100m immersion 38”61 Third place
2000.6 1st National Games NING BO 100m immersion 35”7 Champion
400m immersion 2’58”4 Champion
2000.10 l0th world Championship SPAIN 800m immersion 6’19”2 Second place
400m immersion 2’57”52 Third place
2000.11 Nationnal Championship WU HAN 400m immersion 2’58’6 Champion
800m immersion 6’21”4 Champion
2001.9 National Championship SHANG HAI 400m immersion 3’00”8 Champion
800m immersion 6’27”5 Champion
2001.10 7th Asia Championship VIETNAM 800m immersion 6’29”8 Champion
2002.5 2th National Games MIAN YANG 400m immersion 2’48”05 Champion NWR!
800m immersion 6’03”32 Champion NWR!
4*200m relay 6’02”77 Champion NNR!
2002.9 11th world Championship GREECE 400m immersion 2’48”14 Champion NCR!
800m immersion 6’02”08 Champion NWR!
2002.10 National Championship WU HAN 400m immersion 2’56”3 Champion
800m immersion 6’27”4 Champion
2003.8 National Championship ZHAN JIANG 400m immersion 3’05”31 Champion
800m immersion 6’51”27 Second place
2003.9 8th Asia Championship KOREA 400m immersion 3’00”30 Champion
800m immersion 6’26”36 Champion
2004.4 National championship WU HAN 400m.Im 2’50″1 Champion
800m.Im 6’04″ Champion
2004.10 12th world championship SHAGHAI 400m.Im 2’49″76 Third Place
800m.Im 6’01″51 Third Places NNR!
2006.5 National Games JIANG SU 400m.Im 2’52″38 Champion
800m.Im 6’09″62 Champion
2006.7 13th world championship ITALY 400m.Im 2’50″98 Third Place

Most of these fantastic results have been reached with the help of the fantastic monofins that he created, the Binfins. And now, that his incredible career of finswimmer is ended, Chen Bin put his utmost optimism in producing his monofins, the Binfins, and helping every people that love to swim, to reach his best sensations in the water.

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One Response to “Chen Bin, the builder”

  • xavier says:

    hello
    do you speak french ?

    tank you