Sun Mengya
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprint canoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | C–2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sun Mengya (simplified Chinese: 孙梦雅; traditional Chinese: 孫夢雅; pinyin: Sūn Mèngyǎ; born 3 May 2001) is a Chinese sprint canoeist.[1] She won the gold medal with her teammate Xu Shixiao in women's C-2 500 metres at 2020 Summer Olympics In Tokyo on 7 August 2021.[2][3]
Career[]
She won a medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[4]
She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she and her partner Xu Shixiao won the gold medal in women's C-2 500 metres in the event's debut on the Olympic stage, which replaced the men's K-2 200 metres as the Olympics moves toward gender equality.
References[]
- ^ Profile
- ^ "Canoe Sprint - Final A Results". Tokyo Olympics Official Website. 2021-08-07.
- ^ "SUN Mengya and XU Shixiao dominate to win canoe sprint women's C2 500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
 Olympic kayaking champions in women's C-2 500 m | |
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Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Chinese female canoeists
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Asian Games medalists in canoeing
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Olympic canoeists of China
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in canoeing