Qin Wangping (born 16 June 1982 in

Nantong Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...

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province) is a

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. Her personal best time is 11.30 seconds, achieved in June 2000 in

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. Qin represented China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Wang Jing, Jiang Lan and Tao Yujia. In their first round heat they placed fourth behind

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and

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. Their time of 43.78 seconds was the tenth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final.

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* 1982 births Living people Chinese female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Sportspeople from Nantong Runners from Jiangsu Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese women Chinese Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub