This day, 9 August, in 1953, Chinese swimmer, Wu Chuanyu, won the men’s 100-metre backstroke championship with a time of 1 minute, 8.4 seconds, at the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, Romania, becoming the first Chinese swimmer to win a gold medal in an international competition.
1953年8月9日的这一天，中国游泳运动员吴传宇在罗马尼亚布加勒斯特举行的第四届世界青年和学生节上以1分8.4秒的成绩赢得了男子100米仰泳冠军，成为第一位在国际比赛中获得金牌的中国游泳运动员。
