Lü Yang (; born 26 November 1993) 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 competed in the women's double sculls event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. On 28 July 2021, she and three teammates won the gold medal in women's quadruple sculls 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 was the second time that China won the Olympic gold medal in the event.

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* 1993 births Living people Chinese female rowers Olympic rowers for China Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Luohe Asian Games medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2014 Asian Games Rowers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games World Rowing Championships medalists for China Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese sportswomen {{PRChina-rowing-bio-stub