Wen Yanfang

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Wen Yanfang
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Wen Yanfang (born October 20, 1966) is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Paris.

Wen also finished fifth in the K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

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