Sun Yanan (; born 15 September 1992 in Fengcheng,

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

) is a Chinese

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

She competes in the 51 kg division and won the silver medal in the same division at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships. She bettered her performance in the

2013 World Wrestling Championships The 2013 World Wrestling Championships was the 9th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 16 to 22 in Budapest, Hungary. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco- ...

where she won the gold medal after defeating

Erdenechimegiin Sumiyaa Erdenechimegiin Sumiyaa (born 28 February 1990) is a wrestler from Mongolia. At the 2013 FILA Wrestling World Championships, she won a silver medal in women's 51 kg freestyle. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the ...

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. Sun also won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

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* * * * 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Dandong Chinese female sport wrestlers Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic wrestlers for China Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games silver medalists for China People from Fengcheng, Liaoning Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub