Jiang Yonghua | |
Fullname: | Jiang Yonghua |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1973 |
Birth Place: | Jixi, China |
Height: | [1] |
Weight: | 68kg (150lb) |
Discipline: | Track |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Sprint |
Jiang Yonghua (; 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.[2]
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.