Xu Shixiao
Chinese canoeist (born 1992)
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Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) Yanshan County, Jiangxi, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprint canoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | C–2 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xu Shixiao (born 16 February 1992) is a Chinese sprint canoeist.[1] She won the gold medal with her teammate Sun Mengya in women's C-2 500 metres at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on 7 August 2021.[2][3]
Career
She studied at Jiangxi Normal University.
She competed at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, and won a gold medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[4]
She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she and her partner Sun Mengya won the gold medal in women's C-2 500 metres in the event's debut on the Olympic stage, as the Olympics moves toward gender equality.
References
- ^ Profile
- ^ "Canoe Sprint – Final A Results". Tokyo Olympics Official Website. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "SUN Mengya and XU Shixiao dominate to win canoe sprint women's C2 500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
External links
- Xu Shixiao at the International Canoe Federation
- Xu Shixiao at Olympedia