Ren Xiujuan

Ren Xiujuan (Chinese: 任秀娟; pinyin: Rèn Xiùjuān; born September 14, 1974, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

She won a global title at the 1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, becoming the first Asian person to win that event.

She won the 1995 Beijing Marathon in a time of 2:30:00 and repeated that feat in 1996, improving to 2:27:13 hours.

Her final race in Beijing came in 2001, when she placed third in 2:24:22 hours – a personal best.

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