Dong Ying (; born September 5, 1972, in

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who competed in the mid-1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany for the third time. The German city had hosted the event previously in 1979 and 1987 when it was part of West Germany. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian ( ...

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. Ying also finished fourth in the K-4 500 m event at the

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after finishing third in the preliminaries.details about Dong Ying (董瑛
Sports branch of Shanghai Records: Canoeing
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1975 births Living people Canoeists from Shanghai Olympic canoeists for China Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Canoeists at the 1990 Asian Games Canoeists at the 1994 Asian Games Chinese female canoeists Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Chinese sportswomen {{PRChina-canoe-bio-stub