Ren Xiujuan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ren Xiujuan

Chinese long distance runner

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1974

Place of Birth: Dalian, Liaoning, China

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ren Xiujuan

  • Ren Xiujuan (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Rèn Xiùjuan; born September 14, 1974 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.
  • She represented her country twice in the Olympic marathon, having her best placing of ninth in 1996.
  • She also ranked fifth in the 10,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.
  • She won a global title at the 1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, becoming the first Asian person to win that event. She won the 1995 Beijing Marathon in a time of 2:30:00 and repeated that feat in 1996, improving to 2:27:13 hours.
  • Her final race in Beijing came in 2001, when she placed third in 2:24:22 hours – a personal best.

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