Qu Yunxia (; born 25 December 1972 in

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) is a

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athlete who specialized in the

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. At the

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she won a bronze medal in 1500 m. On 9 November 1993 she set the

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in the 1500 metres at 3:50.46 minutesAll-time Women's best 1500 m
Retrieved 2015-07-24. while running in the

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. The record stood 22 years, until broken on 17 July 2015, by

Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Keneni ( Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold med ...

who was the only non-Chinese athlete to seriously challenge the mark during that period. She won the

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at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, setting what will likely be the permanent Championship Record in the event due to women switching to the 5,000 metres distance beginning in 1995.

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1972 births Living people Runners from Liaoning Chinese female long-distance runners Chinese female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of China Olympic bronze medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for China Athletes from Dalian World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub

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