Zhou Xia

Zhou Xia 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.

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
NationalityChina
Medal record
Women's athletics T35
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T35
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T35
IPC Athletics World Championships
2017 London100 m T35
2017 London200 m T35

Career

Zhou competed in 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 13.66 s.[1] She also won gold in the T35 200 m event with a world record time of 28.22 s.[2]

Zhou competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in London the following year. She won the silver medal in both the 100 m and 200 m events, behind Holt.[3][4]

References
  1. "Rio 2016: The new teens on the block". AW. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. Lindsay, Anna; Chowdhury, Saj (2016-09-18). "GB ensure best medal haul since 1988". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. "Maria Lyle wins another World Championships medal". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. "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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