Yang Jiayu
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| Born | 18 February 1996 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 (archived)
| 1987–1997 10 kilometres |
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| 1999–present 20 kilometres |
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| 2017–2019 50 kilometres |
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| 2022-present 35 kilometres |
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Chinese female racewalkers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for China
- World Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for China
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for China