Lu Yunxiu
{{short description|Chinese Olympic windsurfer}}
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| nationality = Chinese
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|6 September 1996}}
| birth_place = Zhangzhou, Fujian, China{{cite news |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1336626-lu-yunxiu.htm |title=Sailing: LU Yunxiu |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731075213/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1336626-lu-yunxiu.htm |archive-date=31 July 2021 |access-date=16 March 2023}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's sailing}}
{{MedalCountry |{{CHN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Women's RS:X}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Torbol | Women's RS:X }}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 Aarhus | Women's RS:X }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Enoshima | Women's RS:X }}
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Lu Yunxiu ({{lang-zh|卢云秀|p=}}, born 6 September 1996) is a Chinese windsurfer. She is the 2020 Olympic champion in Women's RS:X.{{cite news |last1=O'connor |first1=Philip |title=Sailing-Yunxiu Lu of China wins women's RS:X windsurfing gold |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/sailing-yunxiu-lu-china-wins-womens-rsx-windsurfing-gold-2021-07-31/ |work=Reuters |date=31 July 2021}} The discipline is being retired from the Olympics, which also makes her the last Olympic champion in Women's RS:X.{{cite news |title=LU Yunxiu wins last women's windsurfing RS:X Olympic gold medal |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/lu-yunxiu-wins-last-women-s-windsurfing-rs-x-olympic-gold-medal |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |date=31 July 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731213839/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/lu-yunxiu-wins-last-women-s-windsurfing-rs-x-olympic-gold-medal |archive-date=31 July 2021}}
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.
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=CHNYL6|www=yunxiu-lu}}
- {{Olympics.com|yunxiu-lu}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Women's Sailboard}}
{{Footer World Champions Women's RS:X}}
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Category:Chinese female sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for China
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:RS:X class world champions
Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen
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