Chen Yueling

Chen Yueling
Personal information
Born (1969-12-24) December 24, 1969
Liaoning, China
Sport
SportRace walking
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 Barcelona10 km walk
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place1989 New Delhi10 km walk
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place1991 Sheffield10 km walk
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1990 Beijing10 km walk

Chen Yueling (simplified Chinese: 陈跃玲; traditional Chinese: 陳躍玲; pinyin: Chén Yuèlíng; born December 24, 1969 (also reported as April 1, 1968) in Liaoning, China) is now an American race walker, who became the first ever female Olympic Race walking champion in 1992 while competing for China. She was virtually tied with former Soviet, Unified Team member Alina Ivanova with 200 meters to go. Ivanova then accelerated past Chen to the finish, while Chen held form. After a short celebration, Ivanova earned a disqualification, while Chen was awarded her gold medal.

She had done mountain climbing and long-distance running before she started training at the Tieling Sports School in 1985. Spotted by Chinese walking coach Wang Kui, she joined the Liaoning provincial walking team. In 1989 she won the Asian Championships in New Delhi.

She also won the 1990 Asian Games and took silver at the 1991 Universiade.[1] She left China for the United States in 1994.[2]

She competed for her new country at the 2000 Olympics, finishing 38th.

She has been active in charitable activities in the United States and has done professional modeling. As of 2001, she was employed as Director of Asian Marketing for the health and nutritional company, Imagenetix, Inc.[3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  China
1989 Asian Championships New Delhi, India 1st 48:59.86
World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 5th 44:24
1990 Asian Games Beijing, China 1st 44:47
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 2nd 44:33
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 8th 44:11
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st 44:32
Representing  United States
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 38th 1:39:36

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 1991 Universiade results
  2. ↑ http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/13841 Jongo
  3. ↑ "Business Net". Business Wire. July 11, 2001 – via FindArticles.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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