Qieyang Shenjie

Qieyang Shenjie
Personal information
Nationality  China
Ethnicity Tibetan
Born (1990-11-11) November 11, 1990
Qinghai, China
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight 110 lb (50 kg)
Medal record
racewalking
Representing the  People's Republic of China
Olympic Games
2012 London 20 km walk

Qieyang Shenjie, also known as Qieyang Shijie (Chinese: 切阳什姐; pinyin: Qièyáng Shíjiě; Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་སྐྱིད་, Wylie: chos dbyings skyid, ZYPY: Qoiying Gyi, Lhasa dialect IPA: tɕʰǿjiŋ cîʔ , also known as Choeyang Kyi;[1] Amdo Tibetan language: [tɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl]; born November 11, 1990) is a Chinese race walker.[2] She was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P, Qinghai province, and her family are herders.[3] She won bronze medal in the Women's 20 km walk race in 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4] She is the first ethnic Tibetan to compete and win a medal in the Olympics.[5] After winning the medal, Qieyang Shenjie said she was most grateful to her coach.[6] As Russia's Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping, she is expected to be awarded the silver medal.

She was selected into the Qinghai Team in April 2008 by Yuan Dejiu (袁德久), the major coach of the team who found her speciality when let accompany someone other to run and gave her her nickname "little tokyi".[7] In June 2010, she was selected by Zhang Fuxin (张阜新), who later became her coach, into the National Team.

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References

  1. ↑ Leicester, John; Ashwini Bhatia; Didi Tang (11 August 2012). "First Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Shenjie Qieyang - Athletics - Olympic Athlete | London 2012 Archived 2013-04-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Leicester, John; Ashwini Bhatia; Didi Tang (11 August 2012). "First Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.nbcolympics.com/track-and-field/event/women-20km-walk/phase=atw092100/index.html/
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ 切阳什姐，走出青海人的自信 - Qinghai News
  7. ↑ 青海藏族姑娘切阳什姐的奥运梦想 - Sohu Roll
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