SUN Mengya

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 3 May 2001

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.72/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Canoe Double 500m CHN People's Republic of China	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuyang Water Sports Centre	Women's Canoe Double 500m Final #27	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's C1 200m	2018	Indonesia	49.070
1	Women's C2 500m	2018	Indonesia	2:02.512
Olympic Games
1	Women's C2 500m	2020	Tokyo, JPN	1:55.495
World Championships
1	Women's C2 500m	2023	Duisburg, GER	1:52.775
1	Women's C2 500m	2022	Halifax, NS, CAN	2:01.26
1	Women's C2 500m	2019	Szeged, HUN	2:02.811
World Cup
1	C2 500m	2023	Paris, FRA	1:56.13
1	C2 500m	2023	Poznan, POL	2:03.22
1	C2 500m	2023	Szeged, HUN	2:01.34
1	C2 500m	2022	Racice, CZE	1:53.645
2	C2 500m	2019	Poznan, POL	1:55.829
2	C2 500m	2018	Duisburg, GER	1:54.509
2	C2 500m	2018	Szeged, HUN	1:54.130
4	C2 500m	2019	Duisburg, GER	1:54.920
11	K4 500m	2022	Poznan, POL	1:37.08

Listening to music, watching films. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Occupation:

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, CHN

Languages spoken:

Shandong Province [People's Republic of China]

Jing Ying [club, national], CHN

Other sports:

She has also competed in canoe marathon at junior international level, including at the 2017 World Cup in Shaoxing, People's Republic of China. (canoeicf, 27 Oct 2017)

2018 for People's Republic of China, World Cup in Szeged, Hungary (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018; canoeicf, 27 Oct 2017)

She has sustained shoulder injuries during her career. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

She took up the sport in 2016 at Shandong Water Sports Centre in the People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

She was passionate about the sport. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Winning gold in the women's C2 500m at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Her parents. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

She listens to music before competing. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

In 2021 she received the National March 8th Red Banner Pace-Setter award in the People's Republic of China. (tyj, 13 Aug 2021)

Milestones

She and Xu Shixiao became the first female sprint paddlers representing the People's Republic of China to win gold at the Olympic Games. The pair claimed victory in the C2 500m at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jan 2022; news, 25 Aug 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event