 Yu Ai-wen, in FISU World Shooting Sport Championship, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Yu Ai-Wen (born December 25, 1995) is a Taiwanese female sport shooter. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol.
Yu Ai-wen won gold in FISU World Shooting Sport Championship 2018. [2]
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