Vũ Thị Hương (born October 7, 1986, in Định Hóa,

Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital and largest city of Thái Nguyên Province. The city is listed as a first class city and is the ninth largest city in Vietnam. It has long been famous throughout Vietnam for its Tân Cư� ...

) is a

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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. Huong (she is referred to by her first name Huong, as is the custom in Vietnam) won the silver medal in women's 100m event and the bronze medal in women's 200m event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championship in Amman, Jordan. She also won the bronze medal in women's 100m and silver medal in the women's 200m event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in 2010. At recent

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

editions, she has been dominating the short distances. She won the double (both 100m and 200m) gold medal at the 2007 Games in Thailand, and the 100m gold and 200 m silver at the 2005 Games in the Philippines. At the first SEA Games in her career (2003 in Vietnam) she won bronze in the 100m and silver in the 4x100 relay with the Vietnam team. Huong represented Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She competed at the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

sprint and placed third in her first round heat after

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and

Yulia Nestsiarenka Yuliya Nesterenko (alt. spelling: Yulia Nestsiarenka, née Bartsevich ( be, Юлія Несцярэнка, ; russian: Юлия Нестеренко, ; born 15 June 1979) is a Belarusian sprinter, Olympic 100 meters champion of 2004. Nesterenko ...

in a time of 11.65 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.70 was the eighth and slowest time of her race. At the first elimination round, she beat many strong contestants including Chisato Fukushima of Japan and Halimat Ismaila of Nigeria. At the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, she dominated in the women's 60 mm and won the gold medal in a time of 7.24 seconds.

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* 1986 births Living people People from Thái Nguyên province Vietnamese female sprinters Olympic athletes for Vietnam Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games 21st-century Vietnamese women {{vietnam-athletics-bio-stub