Zhu Xiaolin (born 20 February 1984) is a female

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, who specialises in

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

s. She has won the

Xiamen International Marathon The Xiamen International Marathon () is an annual marathon race held in January in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the prominent marathon races of the year. More than 50,000 runners took p ...

and was third at the 2010

Rotterdam Marathon The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April every year since the third edition in 1984 and attracts many top athletes. ...

. She represented China at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

and was fourth in the women's marathon. Zhu has also competed at the

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, where she finished in the top five in the marathon in both 2007 and 2009. Her personal best over the distance is 2 hours and 23:57 minutes. In 2005, she was sixth at the

Beijing Marathon The Beijing Marathon () is an annual marathon race held around October in Beijing, People's Republic of China, since 1981. The race begins at Tiananmen Square and finishes in Celebration Square in Olympic Green. The full marathon is the onl ...

and travelled to

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to take part in the 10th Chinese National Games soon after. She finished as runner-up in the women's

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behind

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, making a 36-second improvement to her personal best to secure the

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. Early in the following year she competed at the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and she managed a championship record of 9:25.60 to win the

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over

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

. She won at the

Yangzhou Half Marathon The Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon ( Chinese: 扬州鉴真国际半程马拉松赛) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance which takes place in April in Yangzhou, People's Republic of China. The event ...

in April 2007. Zhu finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships marathon. In the following year she achieved the same result, finishing fourth in the 2008 Olympics Marathon. In 2009 Zhu Xiaolin took part in the 2009 World Championships Marathon, resulting in a fifth place in 2:26:08 this time. She entered the 2010

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and took second place behind

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but set a personal best time of 1:10:07. She took part in the 2010

shortly afterwards and finished in third place in 2:29:42. She won the Amatrice-Configno road race in August, beating compatriot Jia Chaofeng.Amatrice: vince Kemboi, 11° Baldini
.

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. Retrieved on 2010-08-28.

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 4:12.73 min (2005) *

- 15:22.35 min (2005) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

- 31:53.96 min (2010) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...

– 1:10:07 hrs (2010) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

- 2:23:57 hrs (2002)

International competitions

Professional races

National competitions

Chinese Athletics Championships The Chinese Athletics Championships ( zh, 全国田径锦标赛) is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the People's Republic of China. It is organised by Chinese Athletic Association, China's nation ...

**5000 m: 4th (2002), 3rd (2006) **10,000 m: 8th (2002), 17th (2005), 4th (2009) * China City Games **10,000 m: 2nd (2003) *

National Games of China The National Games of the People's Republic of China (), sometimes known as the All China Games (though not to be confused with the All-China Games), is the premier sports event in China at national level. It is usually held once every four yea ...

**5000 m: 2nd (

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) **10,000 m: 6th (

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), 17th (

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) **Marathon team: 3rd (

) * Chinese Cross Country Championships **Women's race: 6th (2006)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Xiaolin 1984 births Living people Chinese female long-distance runners Chinese female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Runners from Liaoning Sportspeople from Anshan Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games