Vũ Thị Hương

Vũ Thị Hương (born October 7, 1986, in Định Hóa, Thái Nguyên) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Vietnam.[1]

Vũ Thị Hương
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Vietnam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou100 m
Asian Indoor Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hanoi60 m
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 Amman100 m
Silver medal – second place2009 Guangzhou100 m
Silver medal – second place2009 Guangzhou200 m
Bronze medal – third place2007 Amman200 m
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Manila100 m
Gold medal – first place2007 Khorat100 m
Gold medal – first place2007 Khorat200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 Vientiane100 m
Gold medal – first place2009 Vientiane200 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Naypyidaw100 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Naypyidaw200 m
Silver medal – second place2003 Hanoi4×100 me relay
Silver medal – second place2005 Manila200 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 Hanoi100 m

Huong (she is referred to by her first name Huong, as is the custom in Vietnam) won the silver medal in women's 100m event and the bronze medal in women's 200m event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championship in Amman, Jordan. She also won the bronze medal in women's 100m and silver medal in the women's 200m event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in 2010.

At recent Southeast Asian Games editions, she has been dominating the short distances. She won the double (both 100m and 200m) gold medal at the 2007 Games in Thailand, and the 100m gold and 200 m silver at the 2005 Games in the Philippines. At the first SEA Games in her career (2003 in Vietnam) she won bronze in the 100m and silver in the 4x100 relay with the Vietnam team.

Huong represented Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Kim Gevaert and Yulia Nestsiarenka in a time of 11.65 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.70 was the eighth and slowest time of her race. At the first elimination round, she beat many strong contestants including Chisato Fukushima of Japan and Halimat Ismaila of Nigeria.[1]

At the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, she dominated in the women's 60 mm and won the gold medal in a time of 7.24 seconds.

References
  1. "Athlete - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2008.


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