Sun Yawei (

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: 孙雅薇; born 17 October 1987,

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) is a female

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competes in the

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. She is a two-time gold medallist in the event at the

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and won the bronze at the

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in 2010. In China, she is referred to as the "female

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", in respect of her more successful hurdling compatriot. Her personal best time is 12.94 seconds, set in July 2011. Born in

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, she took part in

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at high school level and began competing at national level in 2007. After winning the 2007 Chinese junior title in the 100 m hurdles, she came third at the World Trials event, improved to second at the

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, then topped the podium at the end of the year at the

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. The following year she was third at the Olympic Trials and was again runner-up in the hurdles at the Chinese Championships.Sun Yawei
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-07-25. She closed 2008 with a personal best run of 13.39 seconds in

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. Sun made improvements in the 2009 season, which began with her winning her first national title with a best of 13.15 seconds. She ran faster (13.12) in the heats at the 11th Chinese National Games, but was not as quick in the final – the more experienced Liu Jing edged Sun into second place. In spite of her defeat in the national competition, she went unbeaten at regional level, winning gold medals at the

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and the

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. She ran in Europe for the first time in 2010, setting a

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best time of 8.24 seconds at the

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in Germany. After two wins on the

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circuit, she won China's university title for

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, where she was studying

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. She repeated as the national champion and represented her country in the

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event in France, coming fourth. She was among the favorites for the hurdles at the

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, but it was Korean Lee Yeon-Kyung who went away with the gold, while Sun had to settle for the bronze medal. She began her 2011 outdoor season in good form, winning an

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meet in 13.18 seconds, and rose to the occasion at the

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in July, where she retained her title in a personal best of 13.04 seconds. Later that month she ran under thirteen seconds for the first time, taking advantage of a 1.7 m/s wind to clock a time of 12.94 seconds in Nanching.High Jump: Ukhov over Baba, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder
RunBlogRun (2011-07-18). Retrieved on 2011-07-25.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Yawei Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Changzhou Runners from Jiangsu Chinese female hurdlers Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games