Zhong Huandi

Zhong Huandi ( Chinese  鍾 煥 娣  /  钟 煥 娣 , Pinyin Zhōng Huàndì ; born June 28, 1967 in Yunnan Province ) is a former Chinese long-distance runner .

In 1987 Zhong finished second in the Chinese marathon championship and won the silver medal in the 10,000 m at the Universiade in Zagreb . The following year she finished 30th in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Seoul in a time of 2:36:02 h. In 1989 she became Asian champion in the 3000 meter run in New Delhi . She successfully defended this title two years later in Kuala Lumpur .

The final international breakthrough came Zhong at the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 , where she won the titles over 3000 m and 10,000 m. The following year she won the silver medal in the 10,000 m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 with a time of 31: 35.08 min behind Briton Liz McColgan . Over the same distance she finished fourth at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

In 1993, despite a personal best of 2:25:36 h, she was only fifth in the Chinese marathon championship. At the East Asian Games in Shanghai, she won the 10,000 meter run. A few months later she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Wang Junxia over the same distance at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 31: 12.55 minutes . A short time later in Beijing, the world champion set an outstanding world record in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 29: 31.78 minutes. Although Zhong was almost 42 seconds behind in second in the race, she was still 0.37 seconds below the old record of Norwegian Ingrid Kristiansen with 30: 13.37 minutes .

Zhong's last major international success was a marathon victory at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima.

In 1989 she was Chinese champion over 5000 m , in 1990 over 3000 m and from 1989 to 1992 four times over 10,000 m. In 1994 she became a Japanese 10,000 m champion as a JAAF registered athlete.

Zhong is 1.55 m tall and weighed 42 kg at competition times. Unlike many other successful Chinese runners of her era, she was not one of the controversial coach Ma Junren's protégés .

Personal best

• 3000 m: 8: 41.67 min, September 13, 1993, Beijing
• 5000 m: 15: 05.69 min, September 8, 1993, Beijing (intermediate time)
• 10,000 m: 30: 13.37 min, September 8, 1993, Beijing
• Half marathon : 1:11:16 h, January 6, 1995, Miyazaki
• Marathon: 2:25:36 h, April 4, 1993, Tianjin

Web links

• Zhong Huandi in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Zhong Huandi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ^ Gbrathletics: Chinese Championships and Games
2. ↑ arrs.run National Outdoor 10,000 m Championships for Japan
3. ↑ Jeff Hollobaugh: A Giant Awakens ( Memento November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In Track & Field News. December 1993, p. 4 ff. ( PDF; 72 KB )