Tā shì Zhōngguó dì yī gè huòdé nánzǐ yóuyǒng shìjǐnsài jīnpái de xuǎnshǒu.
He was the first Chinese male swimmer to win a gold medal at the World Championships.
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Zhang Lin's 2008 Olympic silver in the 400m freestyle was China's first ever Olympic medal in men's swimming. A year later in Rome he broke the 800m freestyle world record to take gold — the first world title and world record by a Chinese male swimmer.
usage
张琳 is also an extremely common modern Chinese woman's name; context usually resolves which 张琳 is meant.
