Jin Bingjie Explained

Jin Bingjie (金 冰洁 - Jīn Bīngjié; born 1 April 1971 in Liaoning) is a retired Chinese race walker.

She won the bronze medal in the 5000 m walk at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics then took third a year later in the 10 km race at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. She came seventh in the latter event at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and was the silver medallist in at the 1990 Asian Games.

In 1990 she set an Asian record and world junior record of 20:37.7 minutes for the 5000 km track walk. This stood as the best Asian mark over twenty years, finally being beaten by Liu Hong.[1]

Achievements

Representing
1986Athens, Greece3rd5000 m22:17.83
1987New York City, United States3rd10 km43:45
Rome, Italy7th10 km45:24
1990Beijing, China2nd10 km46:57
World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5000m DQ

Notes and References

  1. Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-18). Walking records galore at China’s National University Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.