Zhou Zhaoqian

Zhou Zhaoqian
Personal information
Born (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Country China
SportPara-athletics
Disability classT54
Event(s)100 metres
200 metres
1500 metres
Marathon
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 800 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 400 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 400 m T54
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 400 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 1500 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai 100 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 800 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe 800 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe 100 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kobe 800 m T54
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris 1500 m T54
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 100 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 200 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 1500m T54
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 400 m T54

Zhou Zhaoqian (born 11 October 1997) is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing to the T54 category.

Career

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Having been injured in a car accident at the age of five, which saw doctors forced to amputate her right leg, Zhou started practicing para-athletics in 2012. In 2018, she wore the shirt of the Chinese national team for the first time at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, where she won two gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters and the silver medal in the 400 meters.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Zhou finished second in the 100 meters,[1] while she reached the fourth and seventh position in the 400 and 1500 meters respectively. In 2021, she took part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where she won the gold medal in the 100 and 1500 meters and won the bronze medal in the 400 meters.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Results - Women's 100m T55 Final" (pdf). IPC. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Sprinter Cheri Madsen wins third 100m Paralympic medal – 25 years after her first". NBC Sports. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.