Lü Yang (; born 26 November 1993) is a 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 using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. On 28 July 2021, she and three teammates won the gold medal in women's quadruple sculls at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo with 6:05.13, setting the new WB. It was the second time that China won the Olympic gold medal in the event.

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* 1993 births Living people Chinese female rowers Olympic rowers for China Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Luohe Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2014 Asian Games Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games World Rowing Championships medalists for China Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in rowing 21st-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-rowing-bio-stub