Ning Menghua

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Ning Menghua
Personal information
Native name宁梦华
NationalityChinese
Born (1973-11-08) 8 November 1973 (age 50)[1]
Jianjialong, Shaodong, Hunan[2]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)[1]
Sport
Country China
Sportfemale sprint canoeist
Retiredyes [3]
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Paris K-4 500 m
Ning Menghua
Traditional Chinese寧夢華
Simplified Chinese宁梦华

Ning Menghua (Chinese: 宁梦华; born November 8, 1973, in Jianjialong, Shaodong county) is a Chinese sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Paris.

Ning competed in two Olympic Games, she finished 5th at K-4 500 m, 7th at K-2 500 m in 1992 Barcelona Olympics; 8th at K-2 500 m in 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She also won the gold medalist at K-4 500 m in 1990 Beijing Asian Games. As a canoeing player, Ning competed in international games, including the World Championship, World Cup, invitational tournament and domestic competitions, she won 11 gold medalists, 9 silver medalists and 9 bronze medalists. Ning received many honors, He was awarded the Pace-setters of the New Long March of Hunan and National Woman Pace-setter in 1991. Currently Ning serves as a water sports coach in Wuhan Sports University.[4]

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