Xu Shixiao

Xu Shixiao

Xu in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 33) Yanshan County, Jiangxi, China
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Sprint canoe
Event	C–2 500 m
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing   China Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo C-2 500 m 2024 Paris C-2 500 m World Championships 2019 Szeged C-2 500 m 2022 Dartmouth C-2 500 m 2023 Duisburg C-2 500 m Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou C-2 500 m

Xu Shixiao (born 16 February 1992) is a Chinese sprint canoeist. ^[1] She won the gold medal with her teammate Sun Mengya in women's C-2 500 metres at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

She studied at Jiangxi Normal University.^{[ citation needed ]}

She competed at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, and won a gold medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. ^[4]

She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she and her partner Sun Mengya won the gold medal in women's C-2 500 metres in the event's debut on the Olympic stage, as the Olympics moves toward gender equality.

References

1. "Profile". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "Canoe Sprint – Final A Results". Tokyo Olympics Official Website. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
3. "SUN Mengya and XU Shixiao dominate to win canoe sprint women's C2 500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results

External links

• Xu Shixiao at the International Canoe Federation
• Xu Shixiao at Olympedia