Yang Shuqing

Yang Shuqing
Personal information
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event50 km Race Walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best50 km walk – 4:20:49 (2017)[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 50 km walk

Yang Shuqing (Chinese: 杨树青; born 30 August 1996) is a female Chinese race walker who specialises in the 50 kilometres race walk. She was the bronze medallist over 50 km at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2]

Biography

She took part in the 2017 World Championships inaugural 50 km women's event on August 13, 2017 where she won the bronze medal in 4 h 20 min 49 s. The race saw the participation of just seven athletes, out of which only four officially finished.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Yang Shuqing at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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.