Tao Yujia (born 16 February 1987 in

Jiujiang Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

) is a

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sprinter who specializes in the

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.Athlete biography: Tao Yujia
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008 Her personal best time is 11.37 seconds, achieved in July 2011 in

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. Tao represented China at the

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competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Wang Jing, Jiang Lan and Qin Wangping. In their first round heat they placed fourth behind

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and

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. Their time of 43.78 seconds was the tenth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.

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