Qu Yunxia

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Qu.
Qu Yunxia
Personal information
Born 25 December 1972
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona 1500 m
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart 3000 m
World Junior Championships
1990 Plovdiv 1500 m

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 specialized in the 1500 metres.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she won a bronze medal on 1500 m.

On 9 November 1993 she set the world record in the 1500 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.

She won the 3000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics setting what will likely be the permanent Championship Record in the event. In 1995 and since, women switched to running 5,000 metres.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_1500ok.htm


Records
Preceded by
Tatyana Kazankina		 Women's 1500 m World Record Holder
September 11, 1993 — July 17, 2015 		Succeeded by
Genzebe Dibaba


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