Zhang Chunzhen (born 1970) is a retired female

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er from

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, who was one of the leading athletes in her discipline in the early 1990s. Before the event was an official world record event for women, Zhang set and improved the

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eight times. She set her personal best (4.05 metres) in the women's pole vault event on 10 August 1991 in

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. When Chinese rival Sun Caiyun set the first official world record in the event in May 1992, she actually only equalled Zhang's 4.05 from the year before.

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1970 births Chinese female pole vaulters Living people Chinese Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub