Wu Yanan (canoeist)

Wu Yanan
Personal information
Nationality	China
Born	8 December 1985 (age 38); Chuzhou, Anhui, China
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event	Sprint canoe
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing China
Asian Games

Wu Yanan (simplified Chinese: 吴亚男; traditional Chinese: 吳亞男; pinyin: Wú Yànán; born December 8, 1985, in Chuzhou, Anhui) is a Chinese sprint canoeist.^[1]^[2] She won a gold medal, as a member of the Chinese women's kayak four team, at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, with a time of 1:34.440.^[3]^[4]

Wu represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Wu and her partner Zhou Yu narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in the A-final by almost fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14), finishing behind the Polish bronze-medal winning pair of Karolina Naja and Beata Mikołajczyk, with a time of 1:44.136.^[5]

References edit

^ "Wu Yanan". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wu Yanan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ "Wu Yanan Won Anhui 10th Gold". Anhui News. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ "China wins women's four 500m kayak gold at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final A". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.