Cao Mianying

Cao Mianying
Personal information
Born 19 June 1967 (1967-06-19) (age 51)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
1989 Bled Coxless four

Cao Mianying (Chinese: 曹棉英; born 19 June 1967) is a Chinese rower. She won a silver medal in double sculls with her partner Zhang Xiuyun at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.[1] She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

She is from Haiyan County, Zhejiang province. She graduated from Beijing Sport University in sports training. She is responsible for training the national rowing women's team.

She is a member of the Communist Party. In 2008, she became a delegate in the 11th National People's Congress,[3][4] where she has repeatedly emphasised the importance of the development of sports.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Cao Mianying". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  3. ↑ 新华网. "第十一届全国人大代表". 新华网. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "全国人大代表信息-曹棉英". 全国人大网. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "曹棉英：政府工作报告中七次提到体育很受鼓舞". General Administration of Sport in China. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.