Zhang Linli

{{short description|Chinese long-distance runner}}

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Zhang Linli ({{zh|张林丽}}; born 6 March 1973 in Shenyang) is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who set world class times in events ranging from 1500 metres up to the marathon. She broke the world record in the women's 3000 metres on 12 September 1993.

International competitions

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1992

|World Junior Championships

|Seoul, South Korea

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|3000 m

|8:46.86

rowspan=4|1993

|World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|3000 m

|8:29.25

East Asian Games

|Shanghai, China

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

|3000 m

|8:44.82

IAAF World Marathon Cup

|San Sebastián, Spain

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

|Marathon

|2:29.42

Asian Championships

|Manila, Philippines

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

|3000 m

|9:16.19

1994

|Asian Games

|Hiroshima, Japan

|bgcolor="gold"| 1st

|3000 m

|8:52.97

Personal bests

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Distance

! Performance

! Date

! Location

1500 malign=right | 3:57.46align=right | 11 September 1993Beijing
3000 malign=right | 8:16.50align=right | 13 September 1993Beijing
10,000 malign=right | 31:16.28align=right | 8 September 1993Beijing
Marathonalign=right | 2:24:42align=right | 4 April 1993Tianjin

See also

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