Qu Yunxia (simplified Chinese: 曲云霞; traditional Chinese: 曲雲霞; pinyin: Qǔ Yúnxiá; born 25 December 1972) is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialised in the 1500 metres.
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won a bronze medal in 1500 m.
On 11 September 1993, she set the world record in the 1,500 metres at 3:50.46 minutes[1] while running in the National Games of China in Beijing. The record stood 22 years, until broken on 17 July 2015, by Genzebe Dibaba who was the only non-Chinese athlete to seriously challenge the mark during that period.
She won the 3000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, setting what will likely be the permanent Championship Record in the event due to women switching to the 5,000 metres distance beginning in 1995.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ All-time Women's best 1500 m Retrieved 2015-07-24.
External links
edit- Qu Yunxia at World Athletics
- Qu Yunxia at Olympics.com
- Qu Yunxia at Olympedia
- Qu Yunxia at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
- Qu Yunxia at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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