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 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 130 lb (59 kg)[1]
Sport
Country  China
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 20.44 s
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
World Championships
2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore 200 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 200 m 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

References

  1. 1 2 "Zhenye Xie". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  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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