Huang and Pan (foreground) on their way to winning the LW2x B final at the 2010 World Rowing Championships
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London LW2x
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro LW2x
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Amsterdam LW2x

Huang Wenyi (Chinese: 黄文仪; pinyin: Huáng Wényí; born 6 March 1991) is a female Chinese rower. She is a World and Olympic medallist.

Career

Huang began to row at the age of 12.[1] Her mother had been a basketball player.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she and Xu Dongxiang won the silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls.[2] Two years later, the team of Huang and Pan Dandan won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship, again in the women's lightweight double sculls.[3] Huang won her second Olympic medal in 2016, winning women's lightweight double sculls bronze with Pan Feihong.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wenyi HUANG". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - London, GBR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "2016 OLYMPIC GAMES REGATTA - Rio de Janeiro, BRA - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.


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