Wang Jiao (, born 20 January 1988,

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

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) is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who won gold at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a late replacement for Xu Wang. She beat

Jenny Fransson Jenny Fransson (born 17 July 1987 in Karlstad) is a female freestyle wrestler from Sweden who participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the 1/8 f ...

in the first round,

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in the quarter-finals and

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in the semi-finals before beating

Stanka Zlateva Stanka Zlateva Hristova ( bg, Станка Златева Христова; born 1 March 1983 in Krushare, Sliven Province) is a retired female Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...

in the gold medal match. She competed again at the

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, but was less successful. She beat

Amarachi Obiajunwa Amarachi Favour Obiajunwa (born 10 October 1989) is a female freestyle wrestler from Nigeria who has participated at the Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she competed in the women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg event. She lost in the 1/8 ...

in her first match and Svetlana Saenco in the quarterfinals before losing to Nataliya Vorobyova in the semifinals. Because Vorobyova reached the final, Wang entered the repechage, but lost her bronze medal match to Guzel Manyurova.

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