Nationality China Weight 50 kg Height 1.60 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Qieyang Shenjie | |
Born November 11, 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-11-11 ) Qinghai, China Olympic medals Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's 20 km Walk | ||
First representative of the tibetans at the olympic games london 2012 qieyang shenjie of tibet
Qieyang Shenjie, also known as Qieyang Shijie (Chinese: 切阳什姐; pinyin: Qiēyáng Shíjiě; Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་སྐྱིད་, Wylie: chos dbyings skyid, ZYPY: Qoiying Gyi, Lhasa dialect IPA: tɕʰǿjiŋ cîʔ, also known as Choeyang Kyi; Amdo Tibetan language: [tɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl]; born November 11, 1990) is a Chinese race walker. She was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P, Qinghai province, and her family are herders. She won bronze medal in the Women's 20 km walk race in 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She is the first ethnic Tibetan to compete and win a medal in the Olympics. After winning the medal, Qieyang Shenjie said she was most grateful to her coach. As Russia's Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping, she is expected to be awarded the silver medal.
She was selected into the Qinghai Team in April 2008 by Yuan Dejiu (袁德久), the major coach of the team who found her speciallity when let accompany someone other to run and gave her her nickname "little tokyi". In June 2010, she was selected by Zhang Fuxin (张阜新), who later became her coach, into the National Team.