Wu Yanan (; born December 8, 1985, in Chuzhou,

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) is a Chinese sprint canoeist. She won a gold medal, as a member of the Chinese women's kayak four team, at the 2010 Asian Games in

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, with a time of 1:34.440. Wu represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Wu and her partner

Zhou Yu Zhou Yu (, ) (175–210), courtesy name Gongjin (), was a Chinese military general and strategist serving under the warlord Sun Ce in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. After Sun Ce died in the year 200, he continued serving under Sun Quan, ...

narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in the A-final by almost fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14), finishing behind the Polish bronze-medal winning pair of

Karolina Naja Karolina Elżbieta Naja (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1990) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women ...

and

Beata Mikołajczyk Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish sprint canoer. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, in two events for each games; she won one silver and two bronze medals and placed fourth two times. ...

, with a time of 1:44.136.

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* * * 1985 births Chinese female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for China Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in canoeing People from Chuzhou Sportspeople from Anhui Canoeists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{PRChina-canoe-bio-stub