Wang Riwei

{{short description|Chinese canoeist}}

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|name = Wang Riwei

|native_name = 王日炜

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|nationality = Chinese

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|birth_place = Huadu, Guangzhou

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|alma_mater = Jiuhu Primary School, Huadu district

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|weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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|sport = sprint canoeing

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|C-2 1,000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Palembang|C1 1,000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Samarkand|C1 1,000 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Samarkand|C1 5,000 m}}

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{{Infobox Chinese|s=王日炜|t=王日煒|p=Wáng Rì Wéi}}

Wang Riwei ({{zh|s=王日炜|t=王日煒|p=Wáng Rì Wéi}}; born 21 March 1993 in Guangzhou) is a Chinese male sprint canoeist. He won the silver medal in the C1 1000 metre canoeing event at the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia, and qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics.details about Wang Riwei' career and his family, according to [http://www.huadu.gov.cn/web/hdxcb/tpxw/201511/t20151112_264255.html huadu.gov: (2015-11-10) 花都籍健儿获里约奥运会参赛资格]

On August 4, 2016, the Chinese canoeing team arrived in Rio de Janeiro from São Paulo; during the night, Wang Riwei felt blurring in his left eye. The examination result at hospital was that his left eye appeared to have a retinal detachment, and he had to give up participating in the Games.[http://www.huadu.gov.cn/hdzx/hdxw/201608/t20160817_336255.html Huadu District News (2016-08-17) : 皮划艇运动员王日炜，因视网膜脱落放弃比赛]; also see [http://fj.people.com.cn/n2/2016/0816/c181466-28839901.html People's Daily (2016-08-16): 皮划艇运动员王日炜因视网膜脱落放弃比赛] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910234932/http://fj.people.com.cn/n2/2016/0816/c181466-28839901.html |date=2016-09-10 }}