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Chinese racing cyclist
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Female
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Birth:
7 September 1973
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jiang Yonghua (simplified Chinese: 江永华; traditional Chinese: 江永華; pinyin: Jiāng Yǒnghuá; born September 7, 1973 in Jixi, Heilongjiang) 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.
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.
Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st
500 m Time Trial, Chinese National Championships
- 2002
- 1st 500 m Time Trial, round of UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st 500 m Time Trial, Asian Games
- 2003
- 1st
500 m Time Trial, Chinese National Championships - 5th 500 m Time Trial, 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2004
- 2nd 500 m Time Trial, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd 500 m Time Trial, 2004 Summer Olympics