Zhu Xiaolin (born 20 February 1984) is a female Chinese long-distance runner, who specialises in marathons. She has won the Xiamen International Marathon and was third at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. She represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the women's marathon. Zhu has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, where she finished in the top five in the marathon in both 2007 and 2009. Her personal best over the distance is 2 hours and 23:57 minutes.
In 2005, she was sixth at the Beijing Marathon and travelled to Nanjing to take part in the 10th Chinese National Games soon after. She finished as runner-up in the women's 5000 metres behind Xing Huina, making a 36-second improvement to her personal best to secure the silver medal.Jalava, Mirko (2005-10-22). Yu Chaohong sets Asian 50km Race Walk record, as Chinese National Games conclude - Day 6 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-17. Early the following year, she competed at the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and ran a championship record time of 9:25.60 to win the gold medal over 3000 metres.
She won at the Yangzhou Half Marathon in April 2007. Zhu finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships marathon. In the following year she achieved the same result, finishing fourth in the 2008 Olympics Marathon. In 2009 Zhu Xiaolin took part in the 2009 World Championships Marathon, resulting in a fifth place in 2:26:08 this time.
She entered the 2010 Stramilano Half Marathon and took second place behind Jane Kiptoo but set a personal best time of 1:10:07.Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-22). Mosop clocks 59:20 in Milan Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22. She took part in the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon shortly afterwards and finished in third place in 2:29:42.van Hemert, Wim (2010-04-11). Makau storms 2:04:48 in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11. She won the Amatrice-Configno road race in August, beating compatriot Jia Chaofeng.Amatrice: vince Kemboi, 11° Baldini . FIDAL. Retrieved on 2010-08-28.
Personal bests 1500 metres - 4:12.73 min (2005) 5000 metres - 15:22.35 min (2005) 10,000 metres - 31:53.96 min (2010) Half marathon – 1:10:07 hrs (2010) Marathon - 2:23:57 hrs (2002)
International competitions 2002Beijing International Women's EkidenBeijing, China1stLeg 515:402006Asian Indoor ChampionshipsPattaya, Thailand1st3000 m9:25.602007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan4thMarathon2:31:21World Marathon CupOsaka, Japan2ndTeam7:35:522008Olympic GamesBeijing, China4thMarathon2:27:162009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5thMarathon2:26:08World Marathon CupBerlin, Germany1stTeam7:17:022010World Half Marathon ChampionshipsNanning, China8thHalf marathon1:11:018thTeam3:47:05Asian GamesGuangzhou, China 2ndMarathon2:26:352011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea6thMarathon2:29:58World Marathon CupDaegu, South Korea2ndTeam7:31:342012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom6thMarathon2:24:48
Professional races Representing 2002Dalian MarathonDalian, China 1st2:42:56Jinan MarathonJinan, China5th2:51:12Beijing MarathonBeijing, China4th2:23:572004Hong Kong MarathonHong Kong, China8th2:58:01Xiamen MarathonXiamen, China21st2:41:04Dalian MarathonDalian, China9th2:44:482005Xiamen MarathonXiamen, China9th2:35:04Beijing MarathonBeijing, China6th2:32:272006Xiamen MarathonXiamen, China 2nd2:28:27Dalian MarathonDalian, China1st2:45:572007Xiamen MarathonXiamen, China 1st2:26:08Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half MarathonYangzhou, China1st1:13:25 2009Udine Half MarathonUdine, Italy 2nd1:11:11Beijing MarathonBeijing, China3rd2:34:552010Stramilano Half MarathonMilan, Italy2nd1:10:07Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 3rd2:29:42Amatrice-Configno 8.5KProvince of Rieti, Italy1st27:51Portugal Half MarathonLisbon, Portugal5th1:13:272011Paris Half MarathonParis, France4th1:10:28London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom12th2:26:282012Chongqing MarathonChongqing, China3rd2:24:19
National competitions Chinese Athletics Championships 5000 m: 4th (2002), 3rd (2006) 10,000 m: 8th (2002), 17th (2005), 4th (2009) China City Games 10,000 m: 2nd (2003) National Games of China 5000 m: 2nd (2005) 10,000 m: 6th (2009), 17th (2013) Marathon team: 3rd (2013) Chinese Cross Country Championships Women's race: 6th (2006)
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