Sun Mengya

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]

Sun Mengya
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001
Sport
CountryChina
SportSprint canoe
Event(s)C–2 500 m
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo C-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 SzegedC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC-2 500 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangC-2 500 m

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

  1. Profile
  2. "Canoe Sprint - Final A Results". Tokyo Olympics Official Website. 2021-08-07. Archived from the original on 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. "SUN Mengya and XU Shixiao dominate to win canoe sprint women's C2 500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  4. 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
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