The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games closed on October 4. The Chinese sports delegation won 169 gold, 89 silver and 83 bronze medals, its best-ever performance at an Asian Games held outside China. A total of 11 athletes from Shenzhen University (SZU) competed, winning 13 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Swimming: 11 Golds, 2 Silvers and 3 Bronzes

From September 20 to 25, nine SZU student swimmers — Peng Xuwei, Dong Zhihao, Cheng Yujie, Wu Qingfeng, Li Jiaping, Liu Yaxin, Wang Haoyu, Jiang Chenglin and Chen Hao — represented China and won 11 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Their gold medals accounted for more than one-third of the Chinese swimming team’s total golds. The swimmers included undergraduates and master’s students from the College of Physical Education and master’s students from the Faculty of Education.

Individual Events

Gold: Dong Zhihao — men’s 100m breaststroke

Gold: Peng Xuwei — women’s 200m backstroke (2:05.77, Asian record)

Gold: Peng Xuwei — women’s 100m backstroke

Gold: Wu Qingfeng — women’s 50m freestyle (23.98, Games record)

Silver: Wu Qingfeng — women’s 50m butterfly

Silver: Li Jiaping — women’s 200m freestyle

Bronze: Liu Yaxin — women’s 200m freestyle

Bronze: Cheng Yujie — women’s 100m freestyle

Bronze：Cheng Yujie — women’s 50m freestyle

Fourth place: Chen Hao — men’s 50m freestyle

Relay Events

Gold: Wu Qingfeng, Cheng Yujie, Liu Yaxin (heats), Li Jiaping (heats) — women’s 4×100m freestyle relay

Gold: Dong Zhihao, Jiang Chenglin (heats) — men’s 4×100m medley relay

Gold: Dong Zhihao, Cheng Yujie (heats) — mixed 4×100m medley relay

Gold: Wang Haoyu (heats) — men’s 4×200m freestyle relay

Gold: Wang Haoyu — men’s 4×100m freestyle relay

Gold: Li Jiaping, Liu Yaxin, Cheng Yujie (heats) — women’s 4×200m freestyle relay

Gold: Peng Xuwei, Cheng Yujie (heats) — women’s 4×100m medley relay (3:54.55, Games record)

Table Tennis: 1 Gold, 2 Silvers

From September 24 to 27, 2026, Sun Yingsha, an athlete of the SZU team in the China Table Tennis Super League, won gold in the women’s team event and silver in mixed doubles and women’s singles.

Golf: 1 Gold

On October 3, 2026, Zhang Weiwei, an alumna from the Class of 2015 in Sport Training at the SZU College of Physical Education, won the women’s team golf gold — China’s first-ever Asian Games gold in golf.

At these Asian Games, SZU athletes competed with courage and determination, demonstrating solid competitive strength and a spirited outlook across venues and bringing honor to the university with outstanding results. Congratulations to all SZU athletes on their triumphant return!