Qu Yunxia

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qu.

Qu Yunxia (simplified Chinese: 曲云霞; traditional Chinese: 曲雲霞; pinyin: Qǔ Yúnxiá; born 25 December 1972) is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialised in the 1500 metres.

Qu Yunxia

Personal information
Born	25 December 1972 Dalian, China
Medal record Women's thletics Representing  China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 1500 m World Championships 1993 Stuttgart 3000 m Asian Championships 1991 Kuala Lumpur 800 m 1991 Kuala Lumpur 1500 m 1993 Manila 3000 m 1991 Kuala Lumpur 4×400 m World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv 1500 m

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won a bronze medal in 1500 m.

On 11 September 1993, she set the world record in the 1,500 metres at 3:50.46 minutes^[1] while running in the National Games of China in Beijing. The record stood 22 years, until broken on 17 July 2015, by Genzebe Dibaba who was the only non-Chinese athlete to seriously challenge the mark during that period.

She won the 3000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, setting what will likely be the permanent Championship Record in the event due to women switching to the 5,000 metres distance beginning in 1995.

See also

• China at the World Championships in Athletics

References

1. All-time Women's best 1500 m Retrieved 2015-07-24.

External links

• Qu Yunxia at World Athletics
• Qu Yunxia at Olympics.com
• Qu Yunxia at Olympedia
• Qu Yunxia at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
• Qu Yunxia at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina	Women's 1500 m World Record Holder September 11, 1993 — July 17, 2015	Succeeded by Genzebe Dibaba