Zhou Xia

Zhou Xia (born 1998 or 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]

This article is about the para-athlete. For the computer scientist, see Xia Zhou.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Xia
Personal information
Nationality China
Born1998 or 1999 (age 24–25)
Medal record
Women's athletics T35
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m T35
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Paris100 m T35
Gold medal – first place2023 Paris200 m T35
Silver medal – second place2017 London100 m T35
Silver medal – second place2017 London200 m T35
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 200 m T35

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.

References
  1. "ZHOU Xia". Tokyo 2020.
  2. "Athletics – Paralympic Records". Tokyo 2020.
  3. "Rio 2016: The new teens on the block". AW. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. Lindsay, Anna; Chowdhury, Saj (2016-09-18). "GB ensure best medal haul since 1988". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. "Maria Lyle wins another World Championships medal". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. "Results – Women's 200m T35 Final" (PDF). IPC. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  • Xia Zhou at International Paralympic Committee
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