Wei Yanan

Wei Yanan (Chinese: 魏亚楠 ; born 6 December 1981 in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province) is a Chinese marathon runner. She won the Beijing Marathon at the age of eighteen and has won marathons in Seoul, Shanghai and Dalian.

Wei Yanan
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
Military World Games
2011 Rio de JaneiroMarathon
East Asian Games
2001 OsakaHalf marathon

Wei won the 2002 Beijing Marathon in a record time, but was disqualified after failing a drugs test and was banned from the sport for two years. Her personal best time for the marathon is 2:23:12 hours, while her 10 km road best of 31:49 minutes is a Chinese record. She represented China at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. She has won medals at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2011 Military World Games.

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