Wang Riwei

Wang Riwei

Personal information
Native name	王日炜
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993[1] Huadu, Guangzhou
Alma mater	Jiuhu Primary School, Huadu district
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	sprint canoeing
Medal record Asian Games 2014 Incheon C-2 1,000 m Asian Championships 2015 Palembang C1 1,000 m 2013 Samarkand C1 1,000 m 2013 Samarkand C1 5,000 m

Wang Riwei (simplified Chinese: 王日炜; traditional Chinese: 王日煒; pinyin: Wáng Rì Wéi; born 21 March 1993 in Guangzhou) is a Chinese male sprint canoeist. He won the silver medal of the C1 1000 metre canoeing event at the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia, qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics.^[2]

On Auguest 4, 2016, 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 finally he had to give up playing in the Games.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Chinese Olympic Committee: profiles of sport person (Wang Riwei / 王日炜)
2. ↑ details about Wang Riwei' career and his family, according to huadu.gov: (2015-11-10) 花都籍健儿获里约奥运会参赛资格
3. ↑ 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 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