Xia Yuyu

Xia Yuyu
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	1st March 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	China
size	162 cm
Weight	47 kg
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
U18 Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Youth Asian Championships silver Doha 2015 3000 m
last change: July 9, 2019

Xia Yuyu (born March 1, 1998 ) is a Chinese long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Xia Yuyu gained her first international experience at the 2015 Asian Youth Championships in Doha , where she won the silver medal in the 3000 meter run in 9: 53.03 min . She then finished 13th in the Youth World Championships in Cali in 9: 59.17 mins. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei , she started in the half marathon, but could not finish her race. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus she finished 87th in 42:26 min and at the Asian Championships in Doha she finished fourth in the 10,000 meter run in 33: 02.31 min . In July she took tenth place at the Summer Universiade in Naples in 34: 49.18 minutes.

In 2018, Xia became the Chinese champion in the 10,000 meter run.

Personal best

• 3000 meters: 9: 53.03 min, May 8, 2015 in Doha
• 5000 meters: 16: 18.66 min, April 16, 2018 in Zhuzhou
• 10,000 meters: 33: 02.31 min, April 23, 2019 in Doha

Web links

• Xia Yuyu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Xia is the family name here, Yuyu is the first name.