Xie Zhenye
Personal information | |
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Born | Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China | August 17, 1993
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Country | China |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 60 m: 6.52 (Birmingham 2018)[2] 100 m: 9.97 (Montreuil 2018)[2] 200 m: 19.88 AR NR (London 2019)[3] |
Medal record |
Xie Zhenye (Chinese: 谢震业; pinyin: Xiè Zhènyè, born August 17, 1993) is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the 200 metres with a time of 19.88 seconds.[4] Xie's personal best in the 100 metres of 9.97 seconds makes him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after his compatriot Su Bingtian.[citation needed] Xie represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics where he became the first Chinese athlete to have ever qualified for a semi-final of men's 200 metres at any Summer Olympic Games.
Career
Early career
Xie won the 200 metres 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.[5] He won the 200 m title at the Chinese City Games that year.[6]
Xie took 100 metres silver and 200 metres gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[7] He was also a finalist in both events at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[8] He was China's representative in the 200 m at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress beyond the heats.[9] 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.[10] 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.
Personal life
Xie was signed by Adidas as a brand ambassador in 2018. He is currently studying a master's degree at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.[11]
Statistics
Information from IAAF profile unless otherwise noted.[12]
Personal bests
Event | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
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60 m | 6.52 | n/a | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 3 March 2018 | |
100 m | 9.97 | +0.9 | Meeting de Montreuil | Montreuil, France | 19 June 2018 | Former NR |
9.91 w | +4.1 | Pure Athletics Spring Invitational | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | 14 April 2017 | Wind-assisted | |
200 m | 19.88 | +0.9 | London Grand Prix | London, United Kingdom | 21 July 2019 | AR, NR |
4×100 m relay | 37.79 | n/a | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 | NR |
Sub-10 seconds 100 metres record
Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
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9.91 w | +4.1 | Pure Athletics Spring Invitational | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | 15 April 2017 | Wind-assisted |
9.93 w | +4.4 | Meeting Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 14 July 2017 | Wind-assisted |
9.97 | +0.9 | Meeting de Montreuil | Montreuil, France | 19 June 2018 | NR, PB |
Circuit wins
200 metres
4 × 100 metres relay
References
- ^ a b "Xie Zhenye - Profile". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b Xie Zhenye at World Athletics
- ^ Xie Zhenye at World Athletics
- ^ "China's Xie Zhenye wins men's 200m title in London with new Asian record". Xinhua. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Zhenye Xie. IAAF . Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Asian Junior Championships 2012 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
- ^ World Junior Championships 2012 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
- ^ Men's 200m. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-26). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
- ^ "Who is Xie Zhenye? Meet China's new fastest man and find out why fans are talking of their very own Usain Bolt". SCMP. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "ZHENYE XIE ATHLETE PROFILE". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
External links
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Chinese male sprinters
- Sportspeople from Shaoxing
- Runners from Zhejiang
- Olympic athletes of China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for China
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for China
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)