Yang Jiayu
Chinese race walker (born 1996)
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| Born | (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) Wuhai, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 20 km Race Walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yang Jiayu (Chinese: 杨家玉; born 18 February 1996)[1] is a female Chinese race walker who specialises in the 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk. She was the gold medallist over 20 km at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2]
Biography
In May 2014 she participated in the 2014 World Cup, placing second in the Women's 10 km (Junior) event in 43:37, behind Duan Dandan.
On August 13, 2017 she became champion in the 20 km race at the 2017 World Championships with a personal best of 1:26:18, ahead of Mexican María Guadalupe González (1:26:19, season's best) and Italian Antonella Palmisano (1:26:36, personal best.) Her compatriot, Lü Xiuzhi, was dramatically disqualified just about 20 meters away from winning the bronze medal.[3]
In 2019, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4] She was disqualified after a fourth red card.[4]
In 2021, she set a new world record in the women's 20km race walk with a time of 1:23:49 at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Yang Jiayu". data.star.sports.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Athletics: Yang takes 20km walk gold in dramatic finish on Mall". Reuters. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
External links
- Yang Jiayu at World Athletics
- Yang Jiayu at the Chinese Olympic Committee (also available in Chinese)
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World champions in women's racewalking
10 kilometres
- 1987:
Irina Strakhova (URS) - 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
- 1993:
Sari Essayah (FIN) - 1995:
Irina Stankina (RUS) - 1997:
Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
20 kilometres
- 1999:
Liu Hongyu (CHN) - 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
- 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
- 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
- 2009:
Olive Loughnane (IRL) - 2011: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2013: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2017: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
- 2019: Liu Hong (CHN)
- 2022:
Kimberly García (PER) - 2023:
María Pérez (ESP)
50 kilometres
- 2017:
Inês Henriques (POR) - 2019: Liang Rui (CHN)
35 kilometres
- 2022: Kimberly García (PER)
- 2023: María Pérez (ESP)
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