Wu Chunyan (Chinese: 吴春艳; pinyin: Wú Chūnyàn; born 6 December 1989)[1] is a Chinese Paralympic archer.[2] She represented China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won two medals: the gold medal in the mixed team recurve open event and the silver medal in the women's individual recurve open event.[2][3][4]

Wu Chunyan
Personal information
Born (1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 (age 34)
Xi'an, China
Sport
CountryChina
SportPara-archery
Medal record
Women's recurve para-archery
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed team open
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Individual open
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual open
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual open
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team open

She won the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve open event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] She also won the bronze medal in the mixed team recurve open event.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Wu Chunyan Profile". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Wu Chunyan". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ Winters, Max (12 September 2016). "China claim mixed team recurve open gold in first archery event of Rio 2016 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ Palmer, Dan (15 September 2016). "Nemati defends London 2012 Paralympic recurve title in Rio". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (4 September 2021). "RPC pair win back-to-back shoot-offs to clinch mixed team recurve open gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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