Sun Yanan

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Sun Yanan
Sun Yanan, 2016 Summer Olympics.jpg
Sun in 2016
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 31)
Fengcheng, Liaoning
Sport
SportSport wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle

Sun Yanan (Chinese: 孙亚楠; pinyin: Sūn Yànán; born 15 September 1992 in Fengcheng, Liaoning). She is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Career

She competes in the 51 kg division and won the silver medal in the same division at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships. [4]

She bettered her performance in the 2013 World Wrestling Championships where she won the gold medal after defeating Erdenechimegiin Sumiyaa of Mongolia.[5]

Sun also won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ Dandong News: 孙亚楠:没拿冠军挺遗憾 (2016-08-19)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Wrestling SUN Yanan - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "SUN Yanan profile page". uww.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ www.fila-official.com Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Eric. "Rising Sun: Chinese Star Aims for Olympic Glory in Land of Top Rivals". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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