Shi Yiting (born October 17, 1997) is a Chinese para athlete. She has impaired muscle movement in her left arm and different lengths in both of her legs. She won four gold medals at the Summer Paralympics and six gold medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.[1][2]
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 1997 Chengzhou, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Yiting won the women's T36 class 100m final gold medal.[3][4]
In the Kobe Para Athletics World Championships, held in East Asia, she won the women's 100m T36 final where she set a new world record.[5]
She achieved the fastest run (100 metres) by a female para athlete in the T36 category which was 13.68 seconds on 20 July 2017 at the World Para Athletics Championships held in London, UK.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "London 2017: Golden girls". International Paralympic Committee. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Shi Yiting - Athlete Bio". International Paralympic Committee. 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- ^ "China's Shi Yiting wins women's T36 class 100m final gold medal at Tokyo Paralympic Games (7) - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ 孙汝. "China's Shi Yiting wins women's T36 class 100m final gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "China's para runner Shi breaks women's 100m T36 world record-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "China's para runner Shi breaks women's 100m T36 world record - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Shi Yiting Wins Hunan's First Gold Medal in Women's 200-meter T36 Final at Hangzhou Asian Para Games-Hunan Government Website International-enghunan.gov.cn". enghunan.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
External links
edit- Shi Yiting at the International Paralympic Committee
- Shi Yiting at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived) (archive)