Zhao Xu (athlete)
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| Born | 16 November 1985 Yuxi, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (66 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Yunnan Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zhao Xu (born 16 November 1985) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in T46 classification sprint events.[1]
Zhao represented his country at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where he competed at two events, the 100 and 200 metre sprints. He managed to make the finals of the 100 metre race, finishing just outside the medals in fourth place. Four years later, at the 2012 Paralympics in London he won two medals, a gold in the 100 meter sprint and a silver as part of the men's 100 metre relay team.[2]
Personal history
[edit]Zhao was born in Yuxi, China in 1985. At the age of nine he touched a live electrical cable which resulted in the loss of his arms.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "IPC Athletics World Championship: Lyon 2013 - Official Results Book" (pdf). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Cao Yuanhang". IPC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
Categories:
- Paralympic athletes for China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Chinese male sprinters
- People from Yuxi
- Runners from Yunnan
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- 21st-century Chinese sportsmen