Zhou Yu (canoeist)

Zhou Yu (Chinese: 周玉; pinyin: Zhōu Yù; born 23 January 1989) is a Chinese sprint canoeist.^[2][3] She won gold and silver medal in the women's kayak singles (both 200 and 500 m) at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.^[4][5] Zhou is also a member of Hunan Sports Club, there she is coached and trained by Wu Yubiao.^[2]

NationalityChinese

Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 37)

Liaoyang,^[1] Liaoning, China

Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Weight70 kg (154 lb)

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Zhou Yu

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Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 37) Liaoyang,[1] Liaoning, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoeing
Event	Sprint canoe
Club	Hunan Sports Club[2]
Coached by	Wu Yubiao[2]
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  China World Championships 2015 Milan K-1 500 m Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou K-1 500 m 2010 Guangzhou K-1 200 m Asian Championships 2011 Tehran K-1 200 m 2011 Tehran K-1 500 m 2011 Tehran K-4 500 m 2013 Samarkand K-1 500 m 2013 Samarkand K-1 1000 m 2015 Palembang K-1 500 m

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Zhou represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in both the women's kayak singles and doubles. For her first event, the women's K-2 500 metres, Zhou and her partner Wu Yanan narrowly missed out of the Olympic medal in the A-final by nearly fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14) behind the Polish pair Karolina Naja and Beata Mikołajczyk, posting their time of 1:44.136.^[6] Three days later, Zhou barely advanced to the semi-final rounds of the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, after finishing sixth and attaining a qualified time of 42.885 seconds in the heats.^[7] Unfortunately, Zhou fell short in her bid for the final by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind Slovenia's Špela Ponomarenko, with a time of 42.279 seconds.^[8]