Xie Zhenye

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
Xie Zhenye
Xie Zhenye.jpg
Xie at the 2017 Meeting Madrid.
Personal information
Born (1993-08-17) August 17, 1993 (age 28)
Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event(s)60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m: 6.52 (Birmingham 2018)[2]
100 m: 9.97 (Montreuil 2018)[2]
200 m: 19.88 AR NR (London 2019)[3]
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Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
IAAF World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m relay
Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Pune 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Pune 4×100 m relay
Athletics World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 London 200 m
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore 200 m
Asian U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Colombo 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Colombo 100 m

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
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
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[]

  • IAAF Diamond League
    • London: 2019

4 × 100 metres relay[]

  • IAAF Diamond League

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Xie Zhenye - Profile". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Xie Zhenye at World Athletics
  3. ^ Xie Zhenye at World Athletics
  4. ^ "China's Xie Zhenye wins men's 200m title in London with new Asian record". Xinhua. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ Zhenye Xie. IAAF . Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Asian Junior Championships 2012 Archived August 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  8. ^ World Junior Championships 2012 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  9. ^ Men's 200m. London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  10. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-26). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "ZHENYE XIE ATHLETE PROFILE". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

External links[]

Records
Preceded by
Femi Ogunode 		Men's 200 m Asian record holder
21 July 2019 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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