Qieyang Shijie (; ,

Amdo Tibetan language Amdo Tibetan (; also called ''Am kä'') is the Tibetic language spoken in Amdo (now mostly in Qinghai, some in Ngawa and Gannan). It has two dialects, the farmer dialect and the nomad dialect. Amdo is one of the three branches of traditional cl ...

: ɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl born 11 November 1990), also known as Qieyang Shenjie or Choeyang Kyi; is a Chinese

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

. She was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P,

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

province, and her family are Tibetan herders. She won gold medal in the Women's 20 km walk race in 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She is the first ethnic Tibetan to compete and win a medal in the Olympics. After winning the medal, Qieyang Shijie said she was most grateful to her coach. Originally she won a bronze medal, but after Russia's Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping, she was awarded the silver medal, and with the subsequent disqualification of Elena Lashmanova she was promoted to gold. She also finished in 5th place at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Qieyang Shijie finished 7th at

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. 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".青海藏族姑娘切阳什姐的奥运梦想 – Sohu Roll
/ref> In June 2010, she was selected by Zhang Fuxin (), who later became her coach, into the National Team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qieyang Shijie 1990 births Living people Chinese female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes from Qinghai Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of China People from Haibei Athletes from Tibet Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for China World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists for China

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