Lin Zhi-ai is a Chinese rower. She has won gold medals in the lightweight women's four at World Rowing Championships in 1988 and 1989. At the 1990 World Rowing Championships, she won a bronze medal in the lightweight women's four. [1] At the 1991 World Rowing Championships, she came seventh with the women's eight. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she came fifths in the women's eight. [1]
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