Tang Bin

Tang Bin ( Chinese  唐賓  /  唐宾 , Pinyin Táng Bīn ; born April 25, 1986 in Fengcheng ) is a Chinese rower .

Tang Bin started rowing in 2000. From 2006 to 2013 she was active in the World Cup . At the 2006 World Championships in Eton , the Chinese quadruple in the line-up of Tang Bin, Xi Aihua , Gao Yulan and Feng Guixin took fourth place behind the British, Australians and Germans, the Russian double quad was disqualified. At the World Cup in Amsterdam in 2007, the Chinese quadruple won with Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei , Xi Aihua and Feng Guixin. At the World Championships in Munich , the Chinese quadruple won the bronze medal behind the British and the Germans. The four rowers, who won the bronze medal in 2007, won the 2008 World Cup regatta in Lucerne. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Zhang Yangyang was in the boat for Feng Giuxin. In front of a home crowd, the four Chinese women won the gold medal in the double foursome, the first and so far (as of 2012) only Olympic rowing gold medal for the People's Republic of China.

After a break in 2009, Tang Bin rowed again in international regattas in 2010 and together with Tian Liang took eighth place in the double scull at the World Championships on Lake Karapiro . 2011 in Bled she reached fifth place in the A-final with the double foursome. The Chinese quadruple with Tang Bin also took fifth place at the 2012 Olympic Games .

Web links

• Tang Bin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Tang Bin at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Tang is the family name here, Bin is the first name.