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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.
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 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
References
- All-time Women's best 1500 m Retrieved 2015-07-24.
External links
- 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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| Preceded byTatyana Kazankina | Women's 1500 m World Record Holder September 11, 1993 — July 17, 2015 |
Succeeded byGenzebe Dibaba |
| World champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres | |
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| 3000 metres (1980–1993) |
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| 5000 metres (1995–present) |
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| Asian Games champions in women's 800 metres | |
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| Asian Games champions in women's 1500 metres | |
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| Asian Athletics Champions in women's 800 metres | |
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| Asian Athletics Champions in women's 1500 metres | |
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| Asian Athletics Champions in women's 5000 metres and 3000 metres | |
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| Distance from 1975 to 1993 was 3000 m, and 5000 m from 1995 onwards |
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