Yang Wenyi (simplified Chinese: 杨文意; traditional Chinese: 楊文意; pinyin: Yáng Wényì; born January 11, 1972, in Shanghai) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from China, whose best performance was winning the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in the same year she won the same event at the 4th Asian Championships.

[1] She was the first woman in history to go under the 25-seconds barrier in the 50m freestyle when she was 20 years old.

[1] She was born in 1972 in Shanghai and she joined the national team and began intense training in 1986.

During her career she broke national swimming records eighteen times.

[3] After retirement, she owned "Jinyi Sports Promotion Ltd",[1] holding sports contests and running "Yang Wenyi Swimming Club".