Wu Chunmiao (; born 1984) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T11 sprint events. Wu was born in 1984, and became blind at the age of 10. At the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

, Wu competed in the T12 400m, and won a silver medal in the T11 100m and a gold in the T11 200m. She competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres – T11 event and a silver medal in the women's 200 metres – T11 event. She took the

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for athletes at the

in Beijing.

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* 1984 births Living people Paralympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Chinese female sprinters Athletes from Qingdao Runners from Shandong Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Chinese women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub