Zhou Chunxiu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Chunxiu (Chinese: 周春秀; pinyin: Zhōu Chūnxiù; born November 15, 1978, in Sheqi County, Henan^[1]) is a Chinese marathon runner.

Zhou Chunxiu

Zhou Chunxiu at the 2007 World Championships.
Medal record
Representing  China
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Marathon
World Championships
	2007 Osaka	Marathon
Asian Games
	2006 Doha	Marathon
	2010 Guangzhou	Marathon

Zhou Chunxiu
Chinese	周春秀
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōu Chūnxiù Wade–Giles Chou Ch'un-hsiu

She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing the marathon in 3rd place. She placed fourth in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She won the marathon gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.^[2] She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, and won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, one second behind the silver medalist.^[3] She finished fourth at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

On April 22, 2007, she won the women's race at the London Marathon for the first time in a time of 2:20:38. In 2010, Zhou took second place at the Seoul International Marathon, finishing behind Amane Gobena with a time of 2:25:01.^[4]

Her personal best for the marathon is 2:19:51 hours, a time which she achieved in March 2006 with her win at the Seoul International Marathon. The performance made her the seventh woman in history to surpass the barrier of two hours and twenty minutes in the marathon.^[5]

She set a half marathon best of 1:08:59 hours at the 2008 Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon, winning the race in course record and China all-comers record time.^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  China
2003	Xiamen International Marathon	Xiamen, PR China	1st	Marathon	2:34:16
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	2nd	Marathon	2:23:41
2004	Xiamen International Marathon	Xiamen, PR China	1st	Marathon	2:23:28
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	33rd	Marathon	2:42:54
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	2nd	Marathon	2:28:42
2005	Seoul International Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	1st	Marathon	2:23:24
	Xiamen International Marathon	Xiamen, PR China	1st	Marathon	2:29:58
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	Marathon	2:24:12
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	2nd	Marathon	2:21:11
2006	Seoul International Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	1st	Marathon	2:19:51
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	Marathon	2:27:03
2007	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:20:38
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:30:45
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	3rd	Marathon	2:27:07
2009	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	12th	Marathon	2:29:02
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	Marathon	2:25:39
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	Marathon	2:25:00
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	6th	Marathon	2:29:58

See also

• China at the World Championships in Athletics

References

1. "周春秀_2011深圳大运会_体育频道_腾讯网".
2. Jamal on course for double, while track debutant takes 10,000m title – Asian Games, Day Three
3. Scenes From Beijing
4. Jalava, Mirko (2010-03-21). Surprise in Seoul – Teimet clocks 2:06:49 – Seoul International Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.
5. Turner, Chris & Jalava, Mirko (2006-03-14). Zhou Chunxiu becomes seventh woman to run a sub-2:20 Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-19.
6. World Half-Marathon Stats. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.

External links

• Zhou Chunxiu at World Athletics
• Zhou Chunxiu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)