Yin Hang (racewalker)

Yin Hang (Chinese: 尹航; born 7 February 1997) is a female Chinese race walker who specialises in the 20 kilometres and 50 kilometres race walk. She was the silver medallist over 50 km at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.^[2]

Yin Hang

Personal information
Born	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 28)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20 km Race Walk 50 km Race Walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20 km walk – 1:33:26 (2017) 50 km walk – 4:08:58 (2017)[1]
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  China World Championships 2017 London 50 km walk

Biography

She took part in the 2017 World Championships inaugural 50 km women's event on August 13, 2017 where she won the silver medal in 4 h 08 min 58 s thereby beating her previous Asian Record. The race saw the participation of just seven athletes, out of which only four officially finished.^[3][4]

See also

• China at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. Yin Hang at World Athletics
2. "50 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
3. "Athletics: Henriques breaks own world record to win women's 50km title". Reuters. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
4. "REPORT: WOMEN'S 50KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

External links

• Yin Hang at World Athletics