Gao Yulan (born 3 October 1982 in
Ruichang
Ruichang () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang, in the north of Jiangxi province, along the Yangtze River, bordering Hubei province to the north.
Ruichang suffered deaths and extensive damage from the 2005 Ruichang earthqua ...
,
Jiujiang
Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city ...
,
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
) is a female
Chinese
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rower
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, who won silver medal in the
Women's double sculls at the
2008 Summer Olympics. Her race partner was
Wu You
Wu You (; born 27 March 1984 in Jinzhou, Liaoning) 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 ...
.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she and partner Zhang Yage did not qualify for the final.
Records
*2008 World Cup
Lucerne – 1st W2-
References
1982 births
Living people
Olympic rowers for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
People from Jiujiang
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in rowing
Chinese female rowers
Rowers from Jiangxi
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
20th-century Chinese women
21st-century Chinese women
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