Qu Yunxia

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Qu Yunxia is a former Chinese middle-distance runner best known for setting a long-standing world record in the women's 1500 meters in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
middle-distance runner
competedIn 1992 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
World Championships in Athletics NERFINISHED
continentOfCitizenship Asia
countryOfBirth China NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1972-12-25
era 1990s
eventSpecialty 1500 metres
3000 metres
hasFamilyName Qu NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Yunxia NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
memberOf Ma’s Army NERFINISHED
nationality Chinese
nativeNameLanguage zh
notableFor exceptional performances in women’s middle-distance running in early 1990s
notableWork world record in women’s 1500 metres
occupation athlete
middle-distance runner
olympicEvent women’s 3000 metres
olympicGames 1992 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
olympicMedal bronze medal
olympicMedalInEvent women’s 3000 metres
olympicMedalYear 1992
olympicTeam China NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Dalian NERFINISHED
retired true
setWorldRecordInDiscipline women’s 1500 metres
sexOrGender female
sport athletics
middle-distance running
trainedUnder Ma Junren NERFINISHED
worldRecord1500mCompetition 1993 National Games of China NERFINISHED
worldRecord1500mDate 1993-09-11
worldRecord1500mPlace Beijing NERFINISHED
worldRecord1500mStatus long-standing world record
worldRecord1500mSurpassedBy Genzebe Dibaba NERFINISHED
worldRecord1500mSurpassedYear 2015
worldRecordTime1500m 3:50.46

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Ma Junren coached Qu Yunxia