Qieyang Shijie

This is a Tibetan name. The entire name is her given name and she does not have a family name.

Qieyang Shijie
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 34)
Haiyan County, Qinghai, China
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 20 km walk
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 35 km walk
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 20 km walk
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Qieyang Shijie (Chinese: 切阳什姐; pinyin: Qièyáng Shíjiě; Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་སྐྱིད་, Wylie: chos dbyings skyid, ZYPY: Qoiying Gyi, Lhasa dialect: [tɕʰǿjiŋ cîʔ], Amdo Tibetan language: [tɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl]; born 11 November 1990), also known as Qieyang Shenjie or Choeyang Kyi;[1] is a Chinese race walker.[2] She was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P, Qinghai province, and her family are Tibetan herders.[3] She won gold medal in the Women's 20 km walk race in 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4] She is the first ethnic Tibetan to compete and win a medal in the Olympics.[5] After winning the medal, Qieyang Shijie said she was most grateful to her coach.[6] Originally she won a bronze medal, but after Russia's Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping, she was awarded the silver medal, and with the subsequent disqualification of Elena Lashmanova she was promoted to gold. She also finished in 5th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Qieyang Shijie finished 7th at 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]

She was selected into the Qinghai Team in April 2008 by Yuan Dejiu (袁德久), the major coach of the team who found her speciality when let accompany someone other to run and gave her her nickname "little tokyi".[9] In June 2010, she was selected by Zhang Fuxin (张阜新), who later became her coach, into the National Team.

  1. ^ Leicester, John; Ashwini Bhatia; Didi Tang (11 August 2012). "First Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ Shenjie Qieyang - Athletics – Olympic Athlete | London 2012 Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Leicester, John; Ashwini Bhatia; Didi Tang (11 August 2012). "First Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. ^ "NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  5. ^ "22-year-old girl takes Tibet to the Olympics - www.phayul.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  6. ^ 切阳什姐，走出青海人的自信 – Qinghai News
  7. ^ "Rio 2016 20km race walk women - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". International Olympic Committee. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ 青海藏族姑娘切阳什姐的奥运梦想 – Sohu Roll