Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)

The list Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) includes Qiuyan Huang, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Elma Muros, Suman Rawat and Li Ling (pole vault). The list consists of 1,190 members and 2 sublists.

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Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Qiuyan Huang

Chinese triple jumper

Overview: Huang Qiuyan (simplified Chinese: 黄秋艳; traditional Chinese: 黃秋艷; pinyin: Huáng Qiūyàn; born January 5, 1980) is a Chinese triple jumper.

Date of birth: 5 January 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Triple Jumper

Gender: Female

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Chinese female triple jumpers 11T

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 1,353T

Asian Games gold medalists for China 1,439T
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Mutaz Essa Barshim

Qatari high jumper

Overview: Mutaz Essa Barshim (Arabic: معتز عيسى برشم‎; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete of Sudanese descent who competes in the high jump. He is the national record and Asian record holder ...

Date of birth: 24 June 1991

Age: 33

Nationality: Qatari

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners 26T

Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 90T

Diamond League winners 182T
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Elma Muros

Filipino, Track and Field

Overview: Elma Muros Posadas SEA Games Heptathlon Queen

Date of birth: 14 January 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees 41T

Competitors at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games 88T

Southeast Asian Games medalists in athletics 170T
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Suman Rawat

Indian distance runner

Overview: Suman Rawat (born 6 March 1961) is an Indian former track and field athlete. She competed in the 3000 metres event and won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games and gold in the 1987 South Asian Games in the 1500 ...

Date of birth: 6 March 1961

Age: 64

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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South Asian Games medalists in athletics 80T

Athletes from Himachal Pradesh 3T

Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 746T
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Li Ling (pole vault)

Chinese pole vaulter

Overview: Li Ling (Chinese: 李玲; pinyin: Lǐ Líng; born 6 July 1989 in Puyang, Henan) is a Chinese athlete, who specialises in the pole vault.

Date of birth: 6 July 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Pole Vaulter

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 90T

IAAF Continental Cup winners 153T

Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 492T
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P. T. Usha

Indian track and field athlete

Overview: Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha (born 27 June 1964) is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She was born in Kuthali, Kozhikode, Kerala. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979 ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Athletes from Kerala 29T

Indian female hurdlers 8T

Indian female sprinters 52T
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Koji Murofushi

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Koji Alexander Murofushi (広治アレクサンダー室伏, Kōji Arekusandā Murofushi, born October 8, 1974, in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a former Japanese-Romanian hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among ...

Date of birth: 8 October 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Hammer Thrower

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics 54T

Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 90T

Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 345T
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Olga Shishigina

Kazakh hurdler

Overview: Olga Vasilyevna Shishigina (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Шишигина; born 23 December 1968) is a retired Kazakhstani track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Kazakhstani

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 414T

Kazakhstani female hurdlers 12T

Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1,183T
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Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Ethiopian runner representing Bahrain

Overview: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Arabic: مريم يوسف جمال; Oromo: Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Bahraini

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Asian Cross Country Championships winners 17T

Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 90T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T
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Neeraj Chopra

Indian javelin thrower (born 1997)

Overview: Subedar Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian javelin thrower. As of 7 August 2021, he has collected six gold medals in major tournaments across the world, and is the first track and field ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1997

Age: 27

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1,868T

Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1,511T

Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 91T
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Kavita Raut

Indian distance runner

Overview: Kavita Tungar (née Raut on 5 May 1985) is an Indian long-distance runner from Nashik, Maharashtra. She holds the current national record for 10 km road running with a timing of 34:32 as well as the current ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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South Asian Games medalists in athletics 80T

South Asian Games gold medalists for India 141T

Athletes from Maharashtra 3T
12.

Pinki Pramanik

Indian sprinter

Overview: Pinki Pramanik (born 10 April 1986 in Purulia) is an Indian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Pramanik had success with the national 4×400 metres relay team, winning ...

Date of birth: 10 April 1986

Age: 39

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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South Asian Games medalists in athletics 80T

Intersex women 46T

LGBT sportspeople from India 2T
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Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Indian athlete

Overview: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli, Amritsar) is a former Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Panjab University alumni 93T

Athletes from Amritsar 3T

Athletes from Punjab, India 18T
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Kim Soon-Hyung

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Kim Soon-Hyung (born 15 July 1973) is a retired South Korean middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He represented South Korea in the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Date of birth: 15 July 1973

Age: 51

Occupation: Track and Field

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Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade 31T

Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade 37T

South Korean male middle-distance runners 13T
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Lydia de Vega

Filipina athlete (1964–2022)

Overview: Lydia de Vega-Mercado (26 December 1964 – 10 August 2022) was an athlete from the Philippines who was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s.

Date of birth: 12 December 1964

Date of death: 10 August 2022

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Track and Field

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2022 deaths 6,258T

Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees 42T

Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Singapore 10T
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Olga Rypakova

Kazakhstani long and triple jumpers

Overview: Olga Rypakova (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Рыпакова; née Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a Kazakh track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Kazakhstani

Occupation: Triple Jumper

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 90T

IAAF Continental Cup winners 153T

Diamond League winners 182T
17.

Marestella Torres

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Marestella Torres-Sunang (born February 20, 1981) is a Filipino long jumper.

Date of birth: 20 February 1981

Age: 44

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games 679T

Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games 356T

Southeast Asian Games medalists in athletics 170T
18.

Krishna Poonia

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Athletes from Haryana 21T

Indian female discus throwers 7T

21st-century Indian women 359T
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Shiny Abraham

Indian athlete

Overview: Shiny Wilson (nee Abraham, born 8 May 1965) is a retired Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years. Shiny Abraham Wilson (Shiny Abraham) represented India more than 75 ...

Date of birth: 8 May 1965

Age: 60

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Indian female sprinters 52T

Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 1,037T

Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 746T
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Geeta Zutshi

Indian athlete

Overview: Geeta Zutshi (born December 2, 1956) is a former Indian track and field athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events.

Date of birth: 2 December 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games 302T

Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games 502T

20th-century Indian women 230T