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Zhou Xia

Zhou Xia

Chinese para-athlete (b. 1998/1999)


Zhou Xia (born 12 July 1999) is a Chinese para-athlete who competes in sprint events. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in the T35 100 m and 200 m races. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the T35 100m race and T35 200m, setting a new world record in both event.[1][2]

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Career

Zhou competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, when she was 17 years old. She won the T35 100 m (ahead of Australia's Isis Holt and Britain's Maria Lyle) and set a Paralympics record for the event with a time of 13.66s.[3] She also won gold in the T35 200 m event with a world record time of 28.22s.[4]

Zhou competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in London in 2014. She won the silver medal in both the 100 m and 200 m events, behind Isis Holt.[5][6]

Zhou competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She won the T35 100 m in a world record time of 13.00s. She also won the T35 200 m in a world record time of 27.17s.


References

  1. "ZHOU Xia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021. Date of Birth: 12 Jul 1999 / Sport Class: T35 / Place of birth: HUAIHUA
  2. "Athletics – Paralympic Records". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. "Rio 2016: The new teens on the block". Athletics Weekly. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. Lindsay, Anna; Chowdhury, Saj (18 September 2016). "GB ensure best medal haul since 1988". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "Maria Lyle wins another World Championships medal". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. "Results – Women's 200m T35 Final" (PDF). Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.



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