Xie Zhenye

Who is Xie Zhenye?

Xie Zhenye is a Chinese track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 200-meter dash events. He is the Chinese record holder for the 200 m indoors and outdoors. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He won the gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. 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 m silver and 200 m gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. He was also a finalist in both events at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was China's representative in the 200 m at the 2012 London Olympics 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 Chinese Athletics Championships.

In his opening meeting of 2013 he ran a 60 metres best of 6.66 seconds and broke the Chinese indoor record in the 200 m, running 20.93 seconds.