Chen Yunxia (; born 5 December 1995) is a Chinese

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. She won a medal at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice (Litoměřice District), Račice in ...

. On 28 July 2021, she and three teammates won the gold medal in

women's quadruple sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each han ...

at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo with 6:05.13, setting the new WB. It is the second time China won the Olympic gold medal in this event.

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* 1995 births Living people Chinese female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for China Asian Games gold medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2018 Asian Games Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games rowers for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Olympic rowers for China Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in rowing 21st-century Chinese sportswomen People from Tongliao Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{PRChina-rowing-bio-stub