Xie Zhenye (, born August 17, 1993) is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the

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with a time of 19.88 seconds. In 2018, Xie ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds in the

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, making him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the

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, after his compatriot

Su Bingtian Su Bingtian (; born 29 August 1989) is a professional Chinese track and field athlete specializing in the 100 metres event. He was the first-ever Asian-born sprinter to break the 10-second barrier and remains the only Asian sprinter to ever bre ...

. Xie represented China at the

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and

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where he became the first Chinese athlete to have ever qualified for a semi-final of men's 200 metres at any Summer Olympic Games. In 2023, in the absence of his injured compatriot Su Bingtian, Xie became the

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champion in the 100 metres event, with a time of 9.97 seconds.

Career

Early career

Xie won the

gold medal at the

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. In 2011 he set a new 100 metres personal best of 10.36 seconds and a 200 m best of 20.79 seconds. He won the 200 m title at the Chinese City Games that year. Xie took 100 metres silver and 200 metres gold at the

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. He was also a finalist in both events at the

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. He was China's representative in the 200 m at the

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but did not progress beyond the heats. He equalled the Chinese record for that event with a run of 20.54 seconds and closed his year with a win at the

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. In his opening meeting of 2013 he ran a

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best of 6.66 seconds and broke the Chinese indoor record in the 200 m, running 20.93 seconds.

2022 Asian Games

In 2023, stepping up in the absence of fellow injured compatriot

, Xie competed in the 100 metres event in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, and won the gold with a time of 9.97 seconds, and edging out Thai

Puripol Boonson Puripol Boonson (, born 13 January 2006) is a Thai sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres. His 200 metres time is the List of Southeast Asian Games records in athletics, Southeast Asian Games record. Career 2022 Puripol ...

who took the silver, with a time of 10.02 second.

Personal life

Xie was signed by

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as a brand ambassador in 2018. He is currently studying a master's degree at

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Statistics

Information from

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profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

Sub-10 seconds 100 metres record

Circuit wins

200 metres

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4 × 100 metres relay

*IAAF Diamond League **

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: 2016 **

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: 2017

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, Zhenye Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Shaoxing Runners from Zhejiang Chinese male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for China Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for China World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics