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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 11 November 1990 Haiyan County, Qinghai, China |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | China |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
Medal record | |
Qieyang Shijie (Chinese: 切阳什姐; pinyin: Qièyáng Shíjiě; Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་སྐྱིད་, Wylie: chos dbyings skyid, ZYPY: Qoiying Gyi, Lhasa dialect: [tɕʰǿjiŋ cîʔ], Amdo Tibetan language: [tɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl]; born 11 November 1990), also known as Qieyang Shenjie or Choeyang Kyi;[1] is a Chinese race walker.
She represented China three times at the Summer Olympics and won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. As a result, she became the first ethnic Tibetan to compete at the Olympics and the first to win an Olympic medal.
Personal life
[edit]Qieyang Shijie was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P, Qinghai province on 11 November 1990. Her family are Tibetan herders.[1]
Career
[edit]She was selected into the Qinghai Team in April 2008 by Yuan Dejiu, the major coach of the team who found her speciality when let accompany someone other to run and gave her her nickname "little tokyi".[2]
Qieyang Shijie made her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. Originally, she won a bronze medal in the women's 20 km racewalk. However, Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping and Qieyang Shijie was upgraded to silver. The subsequent disqualification of Elena Lashmanova saw Qieyang Shijie promoted to gold.[3] She is the first ethnic Tibetan to compete at the Olympics and the first to win an Olympic medal.[4]
Four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she finished the women's 20 km racewalk in fifth place.[5]
After winning the medal, Qieyang Shijie said she was most grateful to her coach.[6]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Qieyang Shijie finished seventh in the women's 20 km racewalk.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leicester, John; Ashwini Bhatia; Didi Tang (11 August 2012). "First Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "青海藏族姑娘切阳什姐的奥运梦想" [The Olympic dream of Qieyang Shijie, a Tibetan girl from Qinghai] (in Chinese). Sohu Roll. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
- ^ "22-year-old girl takes Tibet to the Olympics - www.phayul.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Rio 2016 20km race walk women - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "切阳什姐，走出青海人的自信" [Qieyang Shijie, the confidence of Qinghai people] (in Chinese). Qinghai News. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results". International Olympic Committee. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Qieyang Shijie at World Athletics
- Qieyang Shijie at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
