Bi Yirong

Bi Yirong (born 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2014 Asian Games.

Her given name Yirong expresses her father's wish that she would have an easy life; it is literally the Chinese word for "easy" (Chinese: 容易; pinyin: Róngyì) with the syllables reversed and a "tree" radical added to the character for "róng", making it into a homophonous morpheme meaning "banyan".

[5] At the 2013 Chinese National Championships, Bi won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle.

[7] At the 2014 Asian Games, Bi won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle.

[3] She also won a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 4:08.23, one second behind 1st-place finisher Zhang Yuhan.