Yin Lili
Chinese middle-distance runner
Yin Lili (born 11 November 1979) is a female Chinese middle-distance runner.
On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:53.91 minutes. This ranks her sixth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, Lang Yinglai, Wang Junxia and Tatyana Kazankina.[1]
At the 1998 World Junior Championships she won both the 3000 and the 5000 metres.
Yin never had a distinguished career after this, rarely competing internationally. In 2001, she received a two-year suspension for doping.[2]
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World U20 Champions in women's 3000 metres
- 1986: Cleopatra Palacian (ROU)
- 1988: Ann Mwangi (KEN)
- 1990: Simona Staicu (ROU)
- 1992: Zhang Linli (CHN)
- 1994: Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
- 1996: Anita Weyermann (SUI)
- 1998: Yin Lili (CHN)
- 2000: Beatrice Jepchumba (KEN)
- 2002: Meseret Defar (ETH)
- 2004: Jebichi Yator (KEN)
- 2006: Veronica Nyaruai (KEN)
- 2008: Mercy Cherono (KEN)
- 2010: Mercy Cherono (KEN)
- 2012: Mercy Chebwogen (KEN)
- 2014: Mary Cain (USA)
- 2016: Beyenu Degefa (ETH)
- 2018: Nozomi Tanaka (JPN)
- 2021: Teresia Muthoni Gateri (KEN)
- 2022: Betty Chelangat (KEN)
- 2024: Aleshign Baweke (ETH)
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