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Christy Yiu Kit-Ching
Personal information
Born (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36)
Hong Kong
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportTrack and field
Eventlong-distance running
Updated on 16 August 2016

Christy Yiu Kit-Ching (born 20 February 1988) is a long-distance runner from Hong Kong. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Olympic Games.[1]

Career

Yiu finished 39th in the women’s marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, setting a new personal best and national record with a time of two hours 36 minutes and 11 seconds.[2]

In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]

Personal bests

  • 5000 metres – 16:01.88 min, 07 May 2016, Nobeoka (JPN)
  • 10,000 metres – 33:45.00 min, 16 July 2015, Abashiri (JPN)
  • Half marathon – 1:12:57 hrs, 15 November 2015, Ageo (JPN)
  • Marathon – 2:34:07 hrs, 07 July 2019, Gold Coast (AUS)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's marathon results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ Porteous, James (15 August 2016). "Hot stuff: Christy Yiu Kit-ching beats the heat to run a PB but falls just short of Hong Kong's marathon record". South China Morning Post.
  3. ^ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.