{{short description|Chinese long-distance runner}} {{family name hatnote|Zhou|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox Chinese |c=周春秀 |showflag=cp |p=Zhōu Chūnxiù |w=Chou Ch'un-hsiu }} {{MedalTableTop|Osaka07 D9M WMarathon Zhou running.jpg|210px|Zhou Chunxiu at the 2007 World Championships.}} {{MedalCountry| {{CHN}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Marathon}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Osaka | Marathon}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Doha | Marathon}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Guangzhou | Marathon}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Zhou Chunxiu''' ({{zh|t=周春秀|s=周春秀|p=Zhōu Chūnxiù}}; born November 15, 1978, in Sheqi County, Henan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.qq.com/d/players/1/614/|title=周春秀_2011深圳大运会_体育频道_腾讯网}}</ref>) is a Chinese marathon runner.
She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing the marathon in 3rd place. She placed fourth in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She won the marathon gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37009.html Jamal on course for double, while track debutant takes 10,000m title – Asian Games, Day Three]</ref> She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, and won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, one second behind the silver medalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080925231750/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/scenes.beijing/?cnn=yes Scenes From Beijing]</ref> She finished fourth at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
On April 22, 2007, she won the women's race at the London Marathon for the first time in a time of 2:20:38. In 2010, Zhou took second place at the Seoul International Marathon, finishing behind Amane Gobena with a time of 2:25:01.<ref>Jalava, Mirko (2010-03-21). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56205.html Surprise in Seoul – Teimet clocks 2:06:49 – Seoul International Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.</ref>
Her personal best for the marathon is 2:19:51 hours, a time which she achieved in March 2006 with her win at the Seoul International Marathon. The performance made her the seventh woman in history to surpass the barrier of two hours and twenty minutes in the marathon.<ref>Turner, Chris & Jalava, Mirko (2006-03-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33951.html Zhou Chunxiu becomes seventh woman to run a sub-2:20 Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-19.</ref>
She set a half marathon best of 1:08:59 hours at the 2008 Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon, winning the race in course record and China all-comers record time.<ref>[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=50593 World Half-Marathon Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327073030/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=50593 |date=2012-03-27 }}. ''Track and Field News''. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CHN}} |- |rowspan=2|2003 |Xiamen International Marathon |Xiamen, PR China |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:34:16 |- |Beijing Marathon |Beijing, PR China |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:23:41 |- |rowspan=3|2004 |Xiamen International Marathon |Xiamen, PR China |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:23:28 |- |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |33rd |Marathon |2:42:54 |- |Beijing Marathon |Beijing, PR China |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:28:42 |- |rowspan=4|2005 |Seoul International Marathon |Seoul, South Korea |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:23:24 |- |Xiamen International Marathon |Xiamen, PR China |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:29:58 |- |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |5th |Marathon |2:24:12 |- |Beijing Marathon |Beijing, PR China |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:21:11 |- |rowspan=2|2006 |Seoul International Marathon |Seoul, South Korea |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:19:51 |- |Asian Games |Doha, Qatar |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:27:03 |- |rowspan=2|2007 |London Marathon |London, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:20:38 |- |World Championships |Osaka, Japan |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:30:45 |- |2008 |Olympic Games |Beijing, PR China |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Marathon |2:27:07 |- |rowspan=2|2009 |London Marathon |London, United Kingdom |12th |Marathon |2:29:02 |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |4th |Marathon |2:25:39 |- |2010 |Asian Games |Guangzhou, China |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:25:00 |- |2011 |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |6th |Marathon |2:29:58 |}
==See also== *China at the World Championships in Athletics
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *{{SR/Olympics profile|zh/zhou-chunxiu-1}}
{{Asian Games Champions Athletics Marathon Women}} {{Footer WBYP Marathon Women}} {{Footer London Marathon Champions Women}} {{Footer Xiamen International Marathon Champions Women}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Chunxiu}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Chinese women long-distance runners Category:Chinese women marathon runners Category:London Marathon women winners Category:Olympic athletes for China Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China Category:People from Sheqi County Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:Runners from Henan Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China Category:Asian Games athletes for China Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Chinese Athletics Championships winners Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)