Chen Yueling

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	10 km walk

Chen Yueling (simplified Chinese: 陈跃玲; traditional Chinese: 陳躍玲; pinyin: Chén Yuèlíng; born December 24, 1969 (also reported as April 1, 1968) in Liaoning, China) is now an American race walker, who became the first ever female Olympic Race waling champion in 1992 while competing for China.

She had done mountain climbing and long distance running before she started training at the Tieling Sports School in 1985. Spotted by Chinese walking coach Wang Kui, she joined the Liaoning provincial walking team. In 1989 she won the Asian Championships in New Delhi.

She also won the 1990 Asian Games and took silver at the 1991 Universiade.^[1] She left China for the United States in 1994.^[2]

She competed for her new country at the 2000 Olympics, finishing 38th.

She has been active in charitable activities in the United States and has done professional modeling. As of 2001, she was employed as Director of Asian Marketing for the health and nutritional company, Imagenetix, Inc,.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  China
1989	Asian Championships	New Delhi, India	1st	10,000 m
	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	5th	10 km
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	10 km

References

1. ^ http://www.racewalk.co.za/results/IAAF%20World%20Student%20Games%20-%201959%20to%202007.xls 1991 Universiade results
2. ^ http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/13841 Jongo
3. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_July_11/ai_76459937/ Business Net

External links

• IAAF profile for Chen Yueling
• Profile - China Daily
• Official Website

Persondata
Name	Yueling, Chen
Alternative names	Yuèlíng, Chén
Short description	Race Walker
Date of birth	1969
Place of birth	Liaoning China
Date of death
Place of death