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Born | 9 March 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Mengqiu (born 9 March 2002) is a Chinese para-alpine skier. She won gold medals in the super-G and giant slalom events, and silver medals in the downhill, slalom and super combined standing events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [1] [2] [3]
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