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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]

Xu Shixiao

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 30)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Sprint canoe
Event(s)	C–2 500 m
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo C-2 500 m World Championships 2019 Szeged C-2 500 m 2022 Dartmouth C-2 500 m

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, which replaced the men's K-2 200 metres as the Olympics moves toward gender equality.

References

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