Xie Zhenye

Xie Zhenye
Xie Zhenye at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality Chinese
Born (1993-08-17) August 17, 1993
Shaoxing County, Zhejiang province, China.
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 171 lb (78 kg)[1]
Sport
Country  China
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100m-9.97s 200m-20.16s
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
World Championships
2015 Beijing4×100 m relay
IAAF World Relays
2017 Nassau4×100 m relay
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore200 m

Xie Zhenye (Chinese: 谢震业; pinyin: Xiè Zhènyè, born August 17, 1993) is a Chinese track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 200-meter dash events. He is the Chinese record holder for the 200m outdoors and represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He won the gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2011 he set a new 100 metres personal best of 10.36 seconds and a 200 m best of 20.79 seconds.[2] He won the 200 m title at the Chinese City Games that year.[3]

Xie took 100 m silver (behind Hassan Taftian) and 200 m gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[4] He was also a finalist in both events at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[5] He was China's representative in the 200 m at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress beyond the heats.[6] He equalled the Chinese record for that event with a run of 20.54 seconds and closed his year with a win at the Chinese Athletics Championships.[7]

In his opening meeting of 2013 he ran a 60 metres best of 6.66 seconds and broke the Chinese indoor record in the 200 m, running 20.93 seconds.[8]

Personal bests

  • 60 metres: 6.52 seconds (2018)
  • 100 metres: 9.97 seconds (2018)
  • 200 metres: 20.16 seconds (2018)
  • 200 metres indoors: 20.93 (2013)

Sub-10-second 100 meters record

  • 2017.04.15, 9.91, +4.1 m/s, Pure Athletics Spring Invitational at the NTC 2017, Clermont,USA
  • 2017.07.14, 9.93, +4.4 m/s, Madrid Meeting 2017, Madrid, USA
  • 2018.06.20, 9.97, +0.9 m/s, Meeting de Montreuil 2018, Montreuil, France

References

  1. 1 2 "Xie Zhenye - Profile". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Zhenye Xie. IAAF . Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  3. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-25). Asian junior men's Shot Put record in Nanchang as Chinese City Games Conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  4. ↑ Asian Junior Championships 2012 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  5. ↑ World Junior Championships 2012. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  6. ↑ Men's 200m. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  7. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-26). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  8. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07). Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
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