Chen Yueling (; born December 24, 1969 (also reported as April 1, 1968) in

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

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) is now an

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, who became the first ever female Olympic Race walking champion in 1992 while competing for

. She was virtually tied with former Soviet, Unified Team member Alina Ivanova with 200 meters to go. Ivanova then accelerated past Chen to the finish, while Chen held form. After a short celebration, Ivanova earned a disqualification, while Chen was awarded her gold medal. She had done mountain climbing and long-distance running before she started training at the Tieling Sports School in 1985. Spotted by Chinese walking coach Wang Kui, she joined the Liaoning provincial walking team. In 1989 she won the Asian Championships in New Delhi. She also won the

1990 Asian Games The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( zh, c=第十一届亚洲运动会, p=Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Ga ...

and took silver at the 1991 Universiade. She left China for the United States in 1994. She competed for her new country at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, finishing 38th. She has been active in charitable activities in the United States and has done professional modeling. As of 2001, she was employed as Director of Asian Marketing for the health and nutritional company, Imagenetix, Inc,.
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1969 births Living people American female racewalkers Chinese female racewalkers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Olympic athletes for China Olympic gold medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games People from Tieling Athletes from Liaoning Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century American women {{US-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub