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Yang Jiayu

Personal information
Born	(1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km Race Walk
Medal record Representing  China Olympic Games 2024 Paris 20 km walk World Championships 2017 London 20 km walk Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 20 km walk 2022 Hangzhou 20 km walk

Yang Jiayu (Chinese: 杨家玉; born 18 February 1996) is a Chinese race walker and Olympic champion. She specialises in the women's 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk events, and she holds the world record in the latter. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Yang won gold in the 20 kilometres walk. She also won the 20 kilometre walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Biography

In May 2014, Yang participated in the 2014 World Cup, placing second in the women's 10 km (junior) event in 43:37, behind Duan Dandan.

On August 13, 2017, Yang won the 20 km race at the 2017 World Championships with a personal best of 1:26:18, ahead of Mexican María Guadalupe González and Italian Antonella Palmisano. Her compatriot, Lü Xiuzhi, was dramatically disqualified just about 20 metres away from winning the bronze medal.

In 2019, Yang competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She was disqualified after a fourth red card.

In 2021, Yang set a new world record in the women's 20km race walk, with a time of 1:23:49 at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Yang won the gold medal in the 20 kilometre race walk event.

See also

• China at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
• China at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Yang Jiayu". data.star.sports.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. "Athletics-China's Yang secures women's race walk gold". The Straits Times. 2024-08-01. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
3. "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Athletics: Yang takes 20km walk gold in dramatic finish on Mall". Reuters. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
5. ^ "Women's 20 kilometres walk" (PDF). IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
6. "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
7. "Women's 20km Race Walk Results". 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

External links

• Yang Jiayu at World Athletics
• Yang Jiayu at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)

• 1996 births
• Living people
• Chinese female racewalkers
• People from Wuhai
• Athletes from Inner Mongolia
• World Athletics Championships athletes for China
• World Athletics Championships winners
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for China
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for China
• World Athletics record holders
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)