Cao Mianying (; born 12 August 1967) is a Chinese rower. She won a

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in double sculls with her partner

Zhang Xiuyun Zhang Xiuyun (; born 25 February 1976) is a female Chinese rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat u ...

at the

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta ...

. She also competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She is from Haiyan County,

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province. She graduated from

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in sports training. She is responsible for training the national rowing women's team. She is a member of the

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. In 2008, she became a delegate in the

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, where she has repeatedly emphasised the importance of the development of sports.

References

Living people 1967 births Chinese female rowers Olympic rowers for China Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in rowing Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1990 Asian Games Rowers at the 1994 Asian Games Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games World Rowing Championships medalists for China Rowers from Zhejiang Politicians from Jiaxing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang {{PRChina-rowing-bio-stub