Zhou Xia

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Zhou Xia
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Born12 July 1999 (1999-07-12) (age 25) [1]
Huaihua [1]
Sport
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class T35
Event Sprints
Medal record
Women's athletics T35
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 200 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 200 m T35
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Paris 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Paris 200 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Kobe 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Kobe 200 m T35
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 London 100 m T35
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 London 200 m T35
Asian Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Jakarta 200 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 100 m T35
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Hangzhou 200 m T35

Zhou Xia (born 12 July 1999) is a Chinese para-athlete who competes in sprint events. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in the T35 100 m and 200 m races. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the T35 100m race and T35 200m, setting a new world record in both event. [1] [2]

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Career

Zhou competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, when she was 17 years old. She won the T35 100 m (ahead of Australia's Isis Holt and Britain's Maria Lyle) and set a Paralympics record for the event with a time of 13.66s. [3] She also won gold in the T35 200 m event with a world record time of 28.22s. [4]

Zhou competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in London in 2014. She won the silver medal in both the 100 m and 200 m events, behind Isis Holt. [5] [6]

Zhou competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She won the T35 100 m in a world record time of 13.00s. She also won the T35 200 m in a world record time of 27.17s.

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References

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