| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 4 | 200m Butterfly | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:54.35 |
| 6 | 200m Butterfly | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1:56.28 |
| Heats | 100m Butterfly | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 55.17 |
| Heats | 200m Individual Medley | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 2:03.60 |
| Heats | 400m Individual Medley | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 4:19.32 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | 200m Butterfly | 2007 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 1:55.13 |
| 3 | 200m Butterfly | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 1:54.67 |
| 3 | 200m Butterfly | 2005 | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1:56.50 |
| Semifinal | 200m Butterfly | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 1:55.73 |
| Heats | 100m Butterfly | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 53.59 |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 3 | 100m Butterfly | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 52.72 |
| 4 | 200m Butterfly | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 1:55.34 |
| Pan Pacific Championships | ||||
| 4 | 200m Butterfly | 2010 | Irvine, CA, USA | 1:55.36 |
| 7 | 100m Butterfly | 2010 | Irvine, CA, USA | 52.61 |
| World Championships Short Course | ||||
| 5 | 200m Butterfly | 2010 | Dubai, UAE | 1:51.92 |
Hobbies
Surfing the internet and playing computer games. (NOC Media Guide, 01 Jan 2004)
Education
Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, CHN
Language(s) spoken
Chinese
Club name
Club Wolverine Swimming, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Coach
Zhu Zhigen (data.star.sports.cn, 14 Jul 2011)
Position and style
Butterfly (danvren.com, 05 Dec 2006)
Debut
2002 for China, Asian Games (Busan) (hudong.com, 24 Nov 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started swimming at age five. (caymannetnews.com, 26 Jun 2006)
Reason for taking up this sport
His parents forced him to start swimming because they wanted him to lose weight. (danvren.com, 05 Dec 2006)
Hero
US swimmer Michael Phelps. (China Daily, 16 Jul 2005)
Awards
When he won a bronze medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, he became only the second male swimmer from China to win a medal at a world championship. (China Daily, 16 Jul 2005)
General
AFTER SWIMMING
"I am not going to swim my whole life. When I am 23 I want to go to study abroad. After the 11th National Games I will apply for a scholarship to go to the United States and study things I am interested in, like an MBA. If you do the same thing throughout all your life, that is a boring life." (danvren.com, 05 Dec 2006)
POOL TO COURT?
After he had learned to swim his parents wanted him to stop the sport so he could take up basketball. But his first coach, Wu Xiajun, convinced them to let him continue. (danvren.com, 05 Dec 2006)
WU WINS
He upset Michael Phelps to win the 200m butterfly at the Michigan Grand Prix in April 2011. Wu's victory marked the first defeat in the event for Phelps since 2002. (france24.com, 15 May 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
