Zou Lihong
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Chinese |
Born | Dali, China | 26 February 1984
Height | 162 cm (64 in) |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics (track) |
Disability | Limb deficiency |
Disability class | T54 |
Club | Shanghai |
Coached by | Huang Peng |
Medal record |
Zou Lihong (born 26 February 1984) is a Paralympic Champion from China competing mainly in category T54 sprint, middle-distance and long-distance events.[1]
Athletic career
[edit]Zou made her first senior appearance as a T54 athlete for China in 2010 at track meet in Guangzhou. Her first major international competition was at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[2] She entered four track events winning bronze in the 800 metres middle-distance race.[2] As well as her Paralympic success, Zou has also found success at World Championship level. At the 2015 Doha she medals at all four events she entered, including three golds, in the individual 800 m and 5000m and the 4 × 400 m relay.[2] Zou also enters long-distance events, finishing fifth in the 2016 London Marathon.
Personal history
[edit]Zou was born in Dali, China in 1984. During her childhood she contracted polio which resulted in an impairment to her legs.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zou Lihong". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Zou Lihong". IPC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Zou Lihong at the International Paralympic Committee
- Zou Lihong at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Chinese female sprinters
- Chinese female middle-distance runners
- Chinese female long-distance runners
- Chinese female wheelchair racers
- Paralympic athletes for China
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic bronze medalists for China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- People from Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
- Runners from Yunnan
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Chinese women