Zhu Xiaolin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Zhu Xiaolin

Chinese marathon runner

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1984

Place of Birth: Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning, China

Profession: athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Zhu Xiaolin

  • Zhu Xiaolin (born 20 February 1984) is a female Chinese long-distance runner, who specialises in marathons.
  • She has won the Xiamen International Marathon and was third at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon.
  • She represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the women's marathon.
  • Zhu has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, where she finished in the top five in the marathon in both 2007 and 2009.
  • Her personal best over the distance is 2 hours and 23:57 minutes. In 2005, she was sixth at the Beijing Marathon and travelled to Nanjing to take part in the 10th Chinese National Games soon after.
  • She finished as runner-up in the women's 5000 metres behind Xing Huina, making a 36-second improvement to her personal best to secure the silver medal.
  • Early in the following year she competed at the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and she managed a championship record of 9:25.60 to win the gold medal over 3000 metres. She won at the Yangzhou Half Marathon in April 2007.
  • Zhu finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships marathon.
  • In the following year she achieved the same result, finishing fourth in the 2008 Olympics Marathon.
  • In 2009 Zhu Xiaolin took part in the 2009 World Championships Marathon, resulting in a fifth place in 2:26:08 this time. She entered the 2010 Stramilano Half Marathon and took second place behind Jane Kiptoo but set a personal best time of 1:10:07.
  • She took part in the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon shortly afterwards and finished in third place in 2:29:42.
  • She won the Amatrice-Configno road race in August, beating compatriot Jia Chaofeng.

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