Duan Jingli (born 8 March 1989) is a Chinese competitive rower.
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duan was born in 1989. Initially a volleyball player, she did not grow tall enough to make China's national team and on advice by her parents, she took up rowing in 2003 instead.[1]
Duan competes in the single sculls. She first competed at World Championship level in 2010 on Lake Karapiro in New Zealand, where she came in eights place.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Rowing Championships at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[3] At the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France, she achieved the same result.[4]
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's single sculls, and again won bronze.[5][6] She was portrayed as FISA's Athlete of the Month in October 2017.[1]
Duan got engaged during 2017.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Jingli Duan". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jingli Duan". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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