# Xie Zhenye

Xie Zhenye (Chinese: 谢震业; pinyin: Xiè Zhènyè, born August 17, 1993) is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the 200 metres with a time of 19.88 seconds. In 2018, Xie ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds in the 100 metres, making him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after his compatriot Su Bingtian. Xie represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics where he became the first Chinese athlete to have ever qualified for a semi-final of men's 200 metres at any Summer Olympic Games. In 2023, in the absence of his injured compatriot Su Bingtian, Xie became the 2022 Asian Games champion in the 100 metres event, with a time of 9.97 seconds.

## Career
### Early career

Xie won the 200 metres gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2011 he set a new 100 metres personal best of 10.36 seconds and a 200 m best of 20.79 seconds. He won the 200 m title at the Chinese City Games that year.
Xie took 100 metres silver and 200 metres gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. He was also a finalist in both events at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was China's representative in the 200 m at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress beyond the heats. He equalled the Chinese record for that event with a run of 20.54 seconds and closed his year with a win at the Chinese Athletics Championships. In his opening meeting of 2013 he ran a 60 metres best of 6.66 seconds and broke the Chinese indoor record in the 200 m, running 20.93 seconds.

### 2022 Asian Games

In 2023, stepping up in the absence of fellow injured compatriot Su Bingtian, Xie competed in the 100 metres event in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, and won the gold with a time of 9.97 seconds, and edging out Thai Puripol Boonson who took the silver, with a time of 10.02 second.

## Personal life

Xie was signed by Adidas as a brand ambassador in 2018. He is currently studying a master's degree at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

## Statistics

Information from IAAF profile unless otherwise noted.

### Personal bests

| Event | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
| 60 m | 6.52 | n/a | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 3 March 2018 | |
| 100 m | 9.97 | +0.9 | Meeting de Montreuil | Montreuil, France | 19 June 2018 | Former NR |
| 100 m | 9.91 w | +4.1 | Pure Athletics Spring Invitational | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | 14 April 2017 | Wind-assisted |
| 200 m | 19.88 | +0.9 | London Grand Prix | London, United Kingdom | 21 July 2019 | AR, NR |
| 4×100 m relay | 37.79 | n/a | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 | NR |

### Sub-10 seconds 100 metres record

| Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
| 9.91 w | +4.1 | Pure Athletics Spring Invitational | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | 15 April 2017 | Wind-assisted |
| 9.93 w | +4.4 | Meeting Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 14 July 2017 | Wind-assisted |
| 9.97 | +0.9 | Meeting de Montreuil | Montreuil, France | 19 June 2018 | NR, PB |

### Circuit wins
#### 200 metres

* IAAF Diamond League
** London: 2019

#### 4 × 100 metres relay

* IAAF Diamond League
** Shanghai: 2016
** Monaco: 2017