Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic drug cheat and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance from 200 to 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medalist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer/drug cheat in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "very arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".