Wu Yanan (canoeist) explained

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Wu Yanan
Birth Date:	8 December 1985
Birth Place:	Chuzhou, Anhui, China
Weight:	600NaN0
Sport:	Canoeing
Event:	Sprint canoe
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Wu Yanan (; 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wu Yanan . London2012.com . . 19 February 2013 . 1 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130004/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/wu-yanan-1067147/ . dead .
2. Wu Yanan . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wu/wu-yanan-3.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 19 February 2013.
3. News: Wu Yanan Won Anhui 10th Gold . Anhui News . 26 November 2010 . 19 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523045812/http://english.anhuinews.com/system/2010/11/26/003499803.shtml . 23 May 2011 . dead.
4. News: China wins women's four 500m kayak gold at Asiad . . . 26 November 2010 . 19 February 2013.
5. Web site: Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final A . London2012.com . London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 19 February 2013 . 11 April 2013 . https://archive.today/20130411074454/www.london2012.com/canoe-sprint/event/kayak-double-500m-women/phase=cfw125100/index.html . dead .