Chen Jingwen (, born 4 February 1990 in

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) is a

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sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented her country in the

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event at the 2008 Summer Olympics but finished last in the heats. She went on to have a run of success in Asian competitions in 2009: she won the 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 11th Chinese National Games, won individual gold at the

2009 Asian Indoor Games The 2009 Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoo ...

, took a relay gold at the

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and beat compatriot Tang Xiaoyin to the gold medal at the

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor ...

. Her personal best time is 52.18 seconds, achieved in November 2006 in Foshan. In the

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she has 23.91 seconds, achieved in the same time and place.

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