Nguyễn Thị Oanh is a Vietnamese athlete specialising in middle and long-distance events. She holds various national records, is the

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record holder for the

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, and has won 13 SEA Games medals and an Asian Games medal to date.

Running career

At the Southeast Asian level, Nguyễn's first medal was a silver in the

at the

2013 SEA Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (, ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Naypyidaw, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 ...

in Myanmar.https://vovworld.vn/en-US/personality-of-the-week/goldmedal-runner-named-among-sea-games-31s-top-athletes-1105115.vov The following year, she won gold in the same event at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships, but due to illness, she had to take a break from running before resuming at the

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in Kuala Lumpur. There, she won a pair of gold medals in the

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and

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; she repeated this feat at the

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in the Philippines, and also added a gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase. At the

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in Hanoi, she defended all three titles, and did so again at the

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in Phnom Penh, while also adding a gold in the

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. Notably, in Phnom Penh, due to a last-minute change in the schedule, the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase were held just 20 minutes apart. With her wins in the 2023 edition, Nguyễn became the first Vietnamese to win four individual gold medals in a single SEA Games. At the Asian level, Nguyễn was a bronze medallist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the

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and 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the

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. At the

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, she won gold in the 1500 metres and came in fifth in the 3000 metres. In the

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, she was ranked 13th in the 1500 metres.

Personal bests

* 1500 metres – 4:12.28, 19 August 2023 * 1500 metres indoor – 4:15.55, 11 February 2023 (national record) * 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:43.83, 27 August 2018 (national and SEA Games record)https://vovworld.vn/en-US/current-affairs/runner-nguyen-thi-oanh-wins-3-gold-medals-in-a-day-1198113.vov * 5000 metres – 15:53.48, 10 December 2021 (national record) * 10,000 metres – 33:13.23, 17 December 2022 (national record)

References

{{Authority control SEA Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 1995 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Vietnam Asian Games athletes for Vietnam Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games People from Bắc Giang province Vietnamese female middle-distance runners Vietnamese female long-distance runners Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)