YANG Jiayu

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 18 Feb 1996

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.63/5'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 20km Race Walk	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
GR	Women's 20km Race Walk	1:29:15	29 August, 2018	Jakarta (INA)
WR	Women's 20km Race Walk	1:23:49	20 March, 2021	Huangshan (CHN)
AR	Women's 20km Race Walk	1:23:49	20 March, 2021	Huangshan (CHN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Smart New World Qiantang River Green Belt	Women's 20km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's 20km Walk	2018	Indonesia	1:29:15
Olympic Games
12	Women's 20km Walk	2020	Tokyo, JPN	1:31:54
World Championships
1	Women's 20km Walk	2017	London, GBR	1:26:18
12	Women's 20km Walk	2023	Budapest, HUN	1:29:40
DSQ	Women's 20km Walk	2019	Doha, QAT	DSQ
World Race Walking Tour
1	Women's 20km Walk	2023	Rio Maior, POR	1:29:10
1	Women's 10km Walk	2023	Madrid, ESP	43:20
1	Women's 20km Walk	2017	London, GBR	1:26:18
2	Women's 20km Walk	2023	Taicang, CHN	1:29:42
2	Women's 20km Walk	2019	A Corunya, ESP	1:25:34
2	Women's 20km Walk	2019	Taicang, CHN	1:28:16
2	Women's 20km Walk	2017	Taicang, CHN	1:31:04
3	Women's 20km Walk	2018	Taicang, CHN	1:27:22
7	Women's 20km Walk	2016	Rome, ITA	1:28:56

Occupation:

Civil Engineering - Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, CHN

Husband Wei Xinmeng

Languages spoken:

Inner Mongolia [People's Republic of China]

She began training in the sport in 2010. (81, 16 Aug 2017 )

She finished second in a school cross-country competition at age 14, and her physical education teacher recommended she start training seriously. (81, 16 Aug 2017 )

To compete at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and to win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sohu, 24 Jun 2023; news, 06 Sep 2022)

Chinese race walkers Wang Zhen and Liu Hong. (sports, 23 Mar 2021; sports, 03 Sep 2017)

In 2014 she was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport, 30 Oct 2014)

Additional Information

General
LOSS OF FATHER
Her father died of illness when she was competing at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, where she won a silver medal in the 20km team event. Her family told her the news after the competition. When she won gold at the 2017 World Championships in London, England, she dedicated the medal to her father. "I wanted to make my father in heaven proud of me." (sports, 14 Aug 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree at Beijing Sport University in the People's Republic of China. (Weibo profile, 01 Jan 2022; dpe, 21 Jun 2019)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
AR:: Asian Record
GR:: Asian Games Record
WR:: World Record