Zhou Chunxiu
Zhou Chunxiu ( Chinese 周春秀 , Pinyin Zhōu Chūnxiù ; born November 15, 1978 in Jiangsu ) is a Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon .
In 2003 she won the premiere of the Xiamen Marathon and came second in the Beijing Marathon . The following year she qualified with a victory in Xiamen for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens , in which she finished 33rd. At the Half Marathon World Championships in New Delhi she was twelfth and again in Beijing second.
In 2005 she won the Seoul International Marathon and defended her title in Xiamen. At the marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2005 in Helsinki she was fifth and again in Beijing second.
In 2006, as in the previous year, she won the Seoul International Marathon and set a course record with 2:19:51. She won gold at the Asian Games marathon in Doha . The following year she won the London Marathon in 2:20:38 and won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka , eight seconds behind Catherine Ndereba and ten seconds ahead of Reiko Tosa .
In 2008, she set a course record in the Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon . At the Olympic Games in Beijing she managed to win a medal again. This time she came in bronze behind the winner Constantina Tomescu from Romania and Catherine Ndereba from Kenya.
In 2009 she was twelfth in London and fourth at the World Championships in Berlin and the Beijing Marathon. The following year she finished second in Seoul and defended her title at the Asian Games in Guangzhou .
Zhou Chunxiu is 1.60 m tall and weighs 46 kg.
Personal bests
- 5000 m : 15: 22.46 min, September 11, 2003, Shanghai
- 10,000 m : 31: 09.03 min, October 17, 2005, Nanjing
- Half marathon : 1:08:59 h, April 6, 2008, Yangzhou
- Marathon: 2:19:51 h, March 12, 2006, Seoul
Web links
- Zhou Chunxiu in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr (French)
- Athlete portrait ( memento from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the World Marathon Majors website
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Zhou Chunxiu wins Chinese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:23:28 - Sun Yingjie faces Olympic distance choice ( Memento from April 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ). March 30, 2004
- ^ IAAF: Raymond Kipkoech and Zhou Chunxiu take wins in the Xiamen Marathon . March 27, 2005
- ^ IAAF: Zhou Chunxiu becomes seventh woman to run a sub-2: 20 marathon ( Memento from March 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). March 14, 2006
- ^ IAAF: Zhou demolishes and Lel out-sprints rivals in the heat of London ( Memento of April 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). April 22, 2007
- ^ IAAF: Zhou Chunxiu is "aiming high" ( memento from April 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). April 24, 2007
- ^ IAAF: Ji and Zhou take Marathon titles as Asian Games conclude in Guangzhou ( Memento of November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). November 28, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zhou, Chunxiu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 周春秀; Zhōu, Chūnxiù |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jiangsu |