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Xie Zhenye

謝震業　/　しゃ・しんぎょう

Sprinter from People's Republic of China

August 17, 1993 (age 32)　・　Shaoxing, People's Republic of China

sprinter
athletics competitor

My Take

Xie Zhenye is a genuine pioneer for Asian sprinting, and I don't say that lightly. Becoming the Asian record holder in the 200m at 19.88, and dipping under ten seconds in the 100m, the second Chinese man to do it after Su Bingtian, puts him at the absolute frontier of a discipline long dominated elsewhere. What gets me is the brutal margins of sprinting, where years of work hinge on hundredths of a second. To stay at the top that long takes ferocious discipline. As a Zhejiang University graduate carving records on the track, he embodies a kind of relentless ambition I find genuinely inspiring.

Overview

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. In 2018, Xie ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds in the 100 metres, making him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after his compatriot Su Bingtian.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Xie Zhenye
Name (Japanese): 謝震業
Reading: しゃ・しんぎょう
Born: August 17, 1993 (age 32)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rooster
Origin: Shaoxing, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: sprinter / athletics competitor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Zhejiang University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AC%9D%E9%9C%87%E6%A5%AD

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