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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1996 (age 28) Zhangzhou, Fujian, China[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | RS:X, IQFOiL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lu Yunxiu (Chinese: 卢云秀, born 6 September 1996) is a Chinese windsurfer. She is the 2020 Olympic champion in Women's RS:X.[2] The discipline is being retired from the Olympics, which also makes her the last Olympic champion in Women's RS:X.[3]
Lu is from Zhangzhou, Fujian. She was born in 1996 in the city of Duxun. Since 2008, she specialized in track and field, but eventually switched to windsurfing and was selected by the Fujian Provincial Sailing and Windsurfing Center.
- ^ "Sailing: LU Yunxiu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ O'connor, Philip (31 July 2021). "Sailing-Yunxiu Lu of China wins women's RS:X windsurfing gold". Reuters.
- ^ "LU Yunxiu wins last women's windsurfing RS:X Olympic gold medal". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021.