Tan Meiyun (born 11 February 1978) is a Chinese lightweight rower.
At the 2000 World Rowing Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, she won a bronze medal in the lightweight women's quadruple sculls. At the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan, Italy, she won a gold medal in the lightweight women's quadruple sculls. At the next world championships in 2004 in Banyoles in Catalonia, Spain, she defended her world championship title in that boat class. [1]
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