Jiang Yonghua
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| Full name | Jiang Yonghua | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 7, 1973 Jixi, China |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Infobox last updated on 8 January 2009 |
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Jiang Yonghua (simplified Chinese: 江永华; traditional Chinese: 江永華; pinyin: Jiāng Yǒnghuá; born September 7, 1973 in Jixi, Heilongjiang)[1] is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002 in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds. On 20 August 2004, she also broke the Olympic record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, setting a time of 34.112 seconds, but was beaten by Australia's Anna Meares a few minutes later, with new Olympic and world record time of 33.952 seconds.[2]
Yonghua began cycling career with the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Team C in October 1989. She became a member of the Beijing team in December 1999.[1]
[edit] Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st
500 m Time Trial, Chinese National Championships
- 2002
- 1st 500 m Time Trial, round of UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st 500 m Time Trial, Asian Games
- 2003
- 1st 500 m Time Trial, Chinese National Championships
- 5th 500 m Time Trial, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2004
- 2nd 500 m Time Trial, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd 500 m Time Trial, 2004 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Jiang Yonghua". Chinese Olympic Committee. http://en.olympic.cn/athletes/serch_J/2004-11-05/378117.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ "Australian wins women's 500m time trial, Chinese Jiang Yonghua silver". People's Daily Online. 2004-08-21. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200408/21/eng20040821_154069.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
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