Wang Riwei

Wang Riwei
Personal information
Native name 王日炜
Nationality Chinese
Born (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993[1]
Huadu, Guangzhou
Alma mater Jiuhu Primary School, Huadu district
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country  China
Sport sprint canoeing
Wang Riwei
Traditional Chinese 王日煒
Simplified Chinese 王日炜

Wang Riwei (simplified Chinese: 王日炜; traditional Chinese: 王日煒; pinyin: Wáng Rì Wéi; born 21 March 1993 in Guangzhou) is a Chinese male sprint canoeist. He won the silver medal of the C1 1000 metre canoeing event at the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia, qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics.[2]

On August 4, 2016, Chinese canoeing team arrived in Rio de Janeiro from São Paulo; during the night, Wang Riwei felt blurring in his left eye. The examination result at hospital was that his left eye appeared to have a retinal detachment, and finally he had to give up playing in the Games.[3]

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