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Full name | Jiang Yonghua | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jixi, China | September 7, 1973||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jiang Yonghua ( simplified Chinese: 江永华; traditional Chinese: 江永華; pinyin: Jiāng Yǒnghuá; born September 7, 1973, in Jixi, Heilongjiang) [1] is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002, in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds. On 20 August 2004, she also broke the Olympic record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, setting a time of 34.112 seconds, but was beaten by Australia's Anna Meares a few minutes later, with new Olympic and world record time of 33.952 seconds. [2]
Yonghua began cycling career with the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Team C in October 1989. She became a member of the Beijing team in December 1999. [1]
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Full name | Jiang Yonghua | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jixi, China | September 7, 1973||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jiang Yonghua ( simplified Chinese: 江永华; traditional Chinese: 江永華; pinyin: Jiāng Yǒnghuá; born September 7, 1973, in Jixi, Heilongjiang) [1] is a female Chinese track cyclist. She is a former world record holder for the Women's 500 m Time Trial, which was set on August 11, 2002, in Kunming with a time of 34.000 seconds. On 20 August 2004, she also broke the Olympic record at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, setting a time of 34.112 seconds, but was beaten by Australia's Anna Meares a few minutes later, with new Olympic and world record time of 33.952 seconds. [2]
Yonghua began cycling career with the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Team C in October 1989. She became a member of the Beijing team in December 1999. [1]