Xu Lijia

Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; born 1987-08-30 in Shanghai) is a female Chinese sports sailor who won a bronze medal for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

She races Laser Radial class single-handed dinghies. She began her international career aged 11 in the Optimist dinghy in the 1998 Asian Optimist Championships, progressing to the Europe class (an Olympic class until 2004.) [Cite web
url=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=47744
title=Sailor biography: Lijia Xu
publisher=ISAF
accessdate=2008-08-19]

Xu won the 7th race in the fleet series at the Qingdao Olympic regatta, earning a net 50 points overall. [Cite web
url=http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php
title=Laser Radial - Women - Overall Results
work=Beijing Olympics 2008
accessdate=2008-08-19
publisher=ISAF]

Major performances

*1998 Chinese Optimist Championships – 1st
*1999 Asian Championships – 1st Optimist class;
*2001/2002 World Championships – 1st Optimist class;
*2002 Asian Games – 1st Optimist class;
*2005 National Games – 2nd Europe class;
*2006/2008 World Championships – 1st/2nd Laser Radial class;
*2006 Asian Games – 1st Laser Radial class
*2008 Olympics – 3rd Laser Radial class

References

* Cite web|url=http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5151
title=Biography:Xu Lijia
work=BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES CHINESE SPORTS DELEGATION ROSTER
publisher=Chinese Olympic Committee

External links

* Cite web
url=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=47744
title=Sailor biography: Lijia Xu
publisher=ISAF