Zhong Guiqing
Zhong Guiqing (Chinese: 钟桂清; born 5 July 1977) is a Chinese former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. Her best of 4.15 m (13 ft 7+1⁄4 in) is a former world record. She was a one-time Chinese national champion.
Zhong was active in the early history of women's pole vaulting, starting to achieve results at national level in 1994 – five years before the women's event first featured at the
Zhong's record lasted only three days, as Daniela Bártová of the Czech Republic began a string of records in the event that year, with a total of ten record jumps culminating in a height of 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in). Reflecting the growing popularity of the sport, Zhong was one of five women to hold the world record that season, alongside Sun, Bártová, Andrea Müller and Emma George.[4] Zhong eventually ranked sixth globally for the season in 1995, and third among Chinese athletes behind Sun and Cai Weiyan.[5]
She improved her bests in 1996, managing 4.03 m (13 ft 2+1⁄2 in) indoors in Karlsruhe in February and then a lifetime best of 4.15 m (13 ft 7+1⁄4 in) in national competition in October.[6] Despite her improvements, the sport was being pushed to new heights at the same time and George's world record reached 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) that July. Zhong was again behind her national rivals Sun and Cai, though her season's best height placed her equal eighth on the global rankings for the year.[7] Zhong's last vault over four metres came in the 1997, but she dropped out of the world top twenty.[2] She continued to compete until 2001, at which point her career came to a close.[1]
National titles
- Chinese Athletics Championships
- Pole vault: 1995
References
- ^ a b Zhong Guiqing. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
- ^ a b Zhong Guiqing. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
- ^ Chinese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
- ^ a b "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 645. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
- ^ Top 25 Lists - 1995. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
- ^ Zhong Guiqing. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
- ^ Top 25 Lists - 1996. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-01-31.
