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Xu Shixiao

Xu Shixiao
Xu in 2024
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32)
Yanshan County, Jiangxi, China
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportSprint canoe
EventC–2 500 m

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 and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[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

  1. ^ Profile
  2. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Final A Results". Tokyo Olympics Official Website. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "SUN Mengya and XU Shixiao dominate to win canoe sprint women's C2 500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results