Xu Lijia is a Chinese sailor born August 30, 1987, in Shanghai, who competes in the Laser Radial single-handed dinghy class. She won an Olympic bronze medal in Laser Radial at the 2008 Beijing Games and Olympic gold in the same event at the 2012 London Games, having overcome partial deafness in one ear, partial blindness in one eye, and surgery for a bone tumor before the 2004 Olympics; she also won the 2006 World Championship gold in her class and multiple Asian Games medals, and served as China's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
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Career HighlightWon a bronze medal in the Laser Radial sailing class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2012 London Olympics, China's second ever Olympic gold in sailing. 1 Classification
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Did Xu Lijia compete at only two Olympic Games?
She sailed at three Olympics: bronze in 2008, gold in 2012 and eighteenth in 2016.
No. Xu Lijia sailed at three Olympic Games, always in the women's one-person dinghy event. She won bronze in 2008, gold in 2012 and finished eighteenth in 2016. At the 2012 Games she was also the flagbearer for China at the closing ceremony.
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Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; pinyin: Xú Lìjiā; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closing ceremony.
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August 30, 1987
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is a Chinese sailboat racer
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China's second ever Olympic gold in sailing
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Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; pinyin: Xú Lìjiā; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closi
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; pinyin: Xú Lìjiā; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closi
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Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; pinyin: Xú Lìjiā; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closing ceremony.
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