Xie Zhenye

Xie Zhenye
	Xie at the 2017 Meeting Madrid.
Personal information
Born	August 17, 1993; Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	60 m, 100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m: 6.52 (Birmingham 2018)[2]; 100 m: 9.97 (Montreuil 2018)[2]; 200 m: 19.88 AR NR (London 2019)[3]
Men's athletics
Representing China
World Championships
IAAF World Relays
Asian Games
Asian Athletics Championships
Athletics World Cup
Youth Olympic Games
Asian U20 Championships

Xie Zhenye (Chinese: 谢震业; pinyin: Xiè Zhènyè, born August 17, 1993) is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the 200 metres with a time of 19.88 seconds.[4] Xie's personal best in the 100 metres of 9.97 seconds makes him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after his compatriot Su Bingtian. Xie represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Xie won the 200 metres gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2011 he set a new 100 metres personal best of 10.36 seconds and a 200 m best of 20.79 seconds.[5] He won the 200 m title at the Chinese City Games that year.[6]

Xie took 100 metres silver and 200 metres gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[7] He was also a finalist in both events at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[8] He was China's representative in the 200 m at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress beyond the heats.[9] He equalled the Chinese record for that event with a run of 20.54 seconds and closed his year with a win at the Chinese Athletics Championships.[10] In his opening meeting of 2013 he ran a 60 metres best of 6.66 seconds and broke the Chinese indoor record in the 200 m, running 20.93 seconds.

Xie was signed by Adidas as a brand ambassador in 2018. He is currently studying a master's degree at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.[11]

Information from IAAF profile unless otherwise noted.[12]

Event	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
60 m	6.52	n/a	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	3 March 2018
100 m	9.97	+0.9	Meeting de Montreuil	Montreuil, France	19 June 2018	Former NR
100 m	9.91 w	+4.1	Pure Athletics Spring Invitational	Clermont, Florida, U.S.	14 April 2017	Wind-assisted
200 m	19.88	+0.9	London Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom	21 July 2019	AR, NR
4×100 m relay	37.82	n/a	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	18 August 2016	Former AR, NR

Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
9.91 w	+4.1	Pure Athletics Spring Invitational	Clermont, Florida, U.S.	15 April 2017	Wind-assisted
9.93 w	+4.4	Meeting Madrid	Madrid, Spain	14 July 2017	Wind-assisted
9.97	+0.9	Meeting de Montreuil	Montreuil, France	19 June 2018	NR, PB

Records
Preceded by Femi Ogunode	Men's 200 m Asian record holder 21 July 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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